... androstenedione, an over-the-counter steroid supplement, the year he broke Ruth's home run record. Former Oakland Athletics slugger Jose Conseco recently admitted to being a "steroid addict." More and more baseball players and "more than half a million U.S. high school students used steroids last year to beef up their athletic image and attempt to increase their sports efficiency." (New York Post; July ... 13, 2003). Steroids in baseball and other sports have been proven to enhance performance and provide a competitive advantage. But the risks associated with these substances are alarmin...

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... work starts to diminish, you are replaced. For that reason, these players should move on and start maybe a new career. Better yet, if you don't want to quit baseball, start conditioning your body with weight training, cardiovascular regiments or even supplemental vitamins or powders that are not illegal. Indians infielder John McDonald can understand why some players might choose ... ("andro" was inadvertently popularized by former star Mark McGwire), and creatine (used by slugger Barry Bonds) have been associated with hormonal imbalance, kidney ailments and injury or death." (Saraceno, ...

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... by Gloria Fischer in 1997 and was titled, "Abstention from sex and other pre-game rituals used by college male athletes." In this study, 83 football and 73 baseball players from PAC-10 schools were given a survey with questions regarding their individual beliefs and rituals they used within their respected sport. One of the questions was what effect having ... believed reflexes would be sharper if sex was put off and 20 players and six players respectively believed it would also lead to better concentration. Finally, 25 football players and 6 baseball players answered that holding off f...

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... been taking a legal drug to improve his power of lifting. He wanted to raise his testosterone level to reach Roger Maris's record in baseball. The Major League Baseball Committee did not take away his record, but many fans did not think that he deserved such a great accomplishment (Bamerger and Yaegar 7). As ... the years go by, baseball stats are being blown out of proportion, and the history records are written unfairly. If it is okay for athletes to take steroids, ... not only during football season, but also during off-season as well (Zaccardi). Another sport is baseball which is t...

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... add anything" to his and would much rather talk about shrinking the size of the shorts worn by the female players in his sport. Baseball, meanwhile, is in its own little world, as usual. The current landscape resembles the Old West, with hapless Sheriff Selig shaking his head ... with murder, prompting the local citizenry. As the commissioner's office turned a blind eye to the home run boom of the late 1990's, baseball writers and broadcasters began to fret over the sudden onslaught of 50 and 60 home run seasons and the potential fraud being ravaged on the ... but, unfortunately, some i...

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... end up Like many other things in life , high school students will find themselves taking steroids because the older kids are doing it. When a high school baseball player who is hoping for a college scholarship watches a big league slugger hitting the ball 450 feet he feels like he needs to do something to get ... 67% to 59%.(Yesalis) This is directly related to the professional ranks in which it is believed that 50% of all professional baseball players use steroids. A decline must be made in the professional ranks. In some professional sports there is no testing for such substances as s...

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... : Slugger Barry Bonds (anabolic steroids) who broke Hank Aaron's longstanding record for career home runs in 2007, Alex Rodriguez (human growth hormone or HGH) who signed one of the richest baseball contracts in the history, cyclist Lance Armstrong (performance enhancing drug or PED) who won the Tour De France seven consecutive times, as well as Roger Clemens (performance enhancing drug or ... (and not to enhance performance). It is estimated that 40 percent of the National Football League (NFL) players regularly use cocaine and that number is also increasing in Major League Baseball (ML...

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Millions of people watch sports contests such as baseball, basketball and football everyday. None of those millions want to see an unfair game. By letting athletes take the easy way out ... it will make you mentally advanced. Performance-enhancing drugs are not needed to perform at your best, all that is needed is hard work. Luis Gonzalez, a professional baseball player, has never taken steroids before was on a homerun pace of sixty-three on July 30, 2001 (Dark). Gonzalez is a perfect example of a hard worker ... 't, are always trying to find a way to get better. Those who take performance ...

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... 25% of the season. This is a weak punishment if you compare it to other leagues which do more testing and are more strict overall. For instance, the MLB (major league baseball) effectively launched a productive system which stopped players from using steroids after the steroid era and only have a few steroid users in the game today. Because of their effective testing for ... for this is that costs for testing for steroids can range from $100 to $200, while tests for most street drugs may only cost $25. (The Associated Press). Sports like baseball have had a long history of rampant stero...

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... the game. Big name bodybuilder like Arnold Swartzenegger has even admitted to using them. Bodybuilding is not the only professional sport where steroids are being used consistently. Swimmers, Rugby players, Baseball players, and especially pro Football players are often using steroids. The use of anabolic steroids is a controversial topic in the sports world today, but just a few decades ago were viewed ... gained when they were using steroids and people being charged with dealing steroids. Sportsmen using steroids were shunned throughout the sports world. Many sports with the exception...

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... their family doctor's prescription pad. Fans of many sports have different opinions on sportsmanlike conduct. Do fans  really care if their favorite player is using enhancement drugs? For example in baseball, as stated by a fan, "he and other fans still considered Roger Maris, a North Dakota native, to be the single-season home run champ with 61", even though he had not ... ...

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Anabolic Steroids Anabolic Steroids are synthetic compounds formulated to be like the male sex hormone testosterone. Many athletes use anabolic steroids male and female alike, such as body builders, weightlifters, baseball players, football players, swimmers, and runners. They do so because they mistakenly believe that they will gain strength and size. In a male, testosterone is released by the cells in the ... ...

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... that used steroids only had one reason to take them, which was to get an advantage over their opponents, whether they were playing on the football team, track team, or baseball team, the students that abused steroids were simple to pick out of a crowd. Very often they would have needle marks on their bodies from injections, as well as gaining a huge ... ...

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... stores (Schrof, 54). Androstenedione has gained national attention with the controversy surrounding Mark McGwire. McGwire openly uses Androstenedione to supplement his workouts. The product is not banned by Major League Baseball, but team physicians are skeptical about the product's side effects. If in fact Androstenedione increases testosterone, users can face similar side effects of those who use steroids. Many people believe ... ...

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... get into these drugs to pass the time or try and get an edge over everybody else. NFL player die between 30-50 because of arteriole sclerosis associated with steroids. Baseball player chew amphetamines like smarties and this causes a lot of heart attacks and deaths to many great players. Athletes of this time are too worried about winning that they don ... ...

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... first by bodybuilders and weightlifters and then by athletes in other sports. In December 9, 1998 the Los Angeles Times reported about the use of androstenedione (andro) in the Major League Baseball. "Mark McGwire was one of, at least 100 professional Players who took andro."" (L.A.Times, December 9, 1998, pg. 8) A debatable issue came up. Andro can be purchased legally without a prescription through many ... ...

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... " is recovery time after extreme physical exercise. It allows athletes to repair their torn muscle tissues quicker to allow for more exercises per week. For example, before Mark McGwire, a famous baseball athlete took the supplement; his body allowed him 4 intense exercises per week. Once on the drug, he was allowed 6. This drug however does not offer any benefits to the cardio ... ...

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... people want to win. Athletes are willing to do whatever it takes to win. Steroids have taken sports to new levels. The reality is, there are several players Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NFL that got there by using steroids. Teenagers are using steroids more than ever today, and this is becoming a big problem. Athletes are cultural icons, and ... ...

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