David Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox slugger, recently made an official announcement that he never made use of steroids.
The announcement came nine months after the slugger admitted that his name appeared on the player list of 2003 who have been tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.
From Espnstar.com:
Ortiz addressed the media today after asking [...]
October 26, 2010 | Posted in
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Known in the baseball circles as a man who swings ferociously and built like a mountain, Jim Thome recently went past Rafael Palmeiro on the career list with his 585 career home run.
Thome may have lost the charm at the age of 40 but doesn’t seem to have lost the aspiration for climbing the [...]
October 23, 2010 | Posted in
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Several athletes, in the recent past, have seen their reputation getting tarnished after admitting to use of use of anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs.
Roger Clemens, the pitching great, was the recent casualty after he was indicted by a federals grand jury on perjury charges because of statements made in a congressional hearing [...]
October 8, 2010 | Posted in
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Former bodybuilding champion and the present governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, recently said that superstar athletes have no option but to act like perfect role models and should understand that use of steroids is the wrong message for kids.
The message of not using drugs and alcohol has the potential of inspiring young kids, Schwarzenegger added.
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September 29, 2010 | Posted in
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A survey of retired NFL players has suggested that the use of steroids could increase the risk of musculoskeletal injuries. It was admitted by more than nine percent of 2,522 former NFL players that they made use of steroids during their professional football careers.
More data are needed for further examining the relationship between use [...]
September 25, 2010 | Posted in
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The retired US baseball star, Mark McGwire, has made an admission that he did make use of steroids during his illustrious career and this time included the period when he broke the home run record.
The confession by McGwire was seen by many as a follow-step after Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees in 2009 confessed about [...]
September 4, 2010 | Posted in
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According to a recently concluded survey by a drug charity, young men of today are increasingly turning to anabolic steroids to enhance their looks and self-confidence.
Steroids are now becoming popular among young men between the ages of 16 and 25, as per DrugScope. The popularity of steroids has extended beyond their use for improving performance [...]
August 28, 2010 | Posted in
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The use of anabolic steroids can possibly have long-term effects on aggression and behavior much after the abuse of these performance enhancing drugs has been stopped, according to Northeastern University psychology professor Richard Melloni.
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of the world’s foremost medical research centers.
From Sciencedaily.com:
The researchers initially [...]
August 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Jim Thome of the Minnesota Twins is all set to join Alex Rodriguez in the 600 home run club with 577 career homers till now.
However, his contributions were and will be possibly subdued by baseball sluggers relying on anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs to make a name in the world of baseball and Baseball [...]
August 23, 2010 | Posted in
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More and more sportsmen are turning to steroids these days and the relationship between steroids and sports is getting strengthened with each passing day. The relationship has been there for many decades despite tall claims and enough measures from scientists and anti-doping officials. While some members of sport fraternity believe that use [...]
August 17, 2010 | Posted in
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