TELEVISION - June 28, 1991

Alzado Admits Steroid Use: Former football terror Lyle Alzado, who a year ago told NBC’s Maria Shriver that he had never taken steroids, admits he lied when Shriver interviews him again Saturday at 10 p.m. on her NBC special. Asked why he denied it then, Alzado replies, “I thought I’d get into trouble. I lied to you because I was afraid.” Alzado, who is now battling brain cancer, says he was on steroids most of his playing career, and in his comeback attempt last year “used a certain steroid that caused me to ruin my immune system. . . . I hope this interview will convince other people they can do without this stuff.”