600th home run of A-Rod will not be tainted by past steroid admission

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

The about-to-come 600th home run by Alex Rodriguez, popularly known as A-Rod, will not be devalued by his admission about use of steroids in the past according to some baseball fans and sluggers.
Rodriguez’s image is not tarnished like a Barry Bonds, as per Arlan Ettinger, President of Guernsey’s auction house.
Brandon Steiner, head of Steiner Sports [...]

Alex Rodriguez Hooked On Steroids Since Teenage Years

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Alex Rodriguez is believed to have used steroid since he was in high school until the time he became part of the New York Yankees. This detail was implied in the book written by Selena Roberts of Sports Illustrated. Details from the book on Alex Rodriguez became the basis of today’s report of New York [...]

BASEBALL NEEDS TO RECOVER AFTER STEROIDS CONTROVERSY

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

The union chief Don Fehr and his right hand man Gene Orza must leave the union graciously. The steroid controversy, which was set off when the results of Alex Rodriguez’s use of performance enhancing drugs leaked to the press, had put many of the baseball players’ careers in jeopardy. When Fehr was barraged with questions [...]

STEROIDS ALSO A PROBLEM IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Dominican Republic joins 2 of its own MLB players Alex Rodriguez and Miguel Tejada in facing the issues on steroids. The country is known as wonderland for baseball scouts having produced pro-ball stars like David Ortiz, Hanley Ramirez, Miguel Tejada, and Vladimir Guerrero. However, with the involvement of A-Rod and Tejada, its reputation is marred [...]

STEROIDS COULD BE IN THE NBA

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Could Stephen Jackson be the next Alex Rodriguez? The issue on steroids have moved from the MLB to almost every professional sport. Now the spotlight is on NBA. While there is no proof yet that players are into steroids, there are suspicions that the drug has permeated into the court as well. One telltale sign [...]

DRUG TESTING SHOULD CONSIDER ETHNICITY

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Administration of drug tests in international sports should consider ethnicity as one of the factors that could alter the results of the tests. This is according to Swiss researchers who discovered that there is a difference between the levels of testosterone and epitosterone ratio (T:E) in Caucasians and Asians.
In a study published by the British [...]

MLB vs. NFL

Monday, March 9th, 2009

When NFL players are tested positive for steroid use the issue is dismissed with a shrug. When MLB players are tested positive for steroid use the media zeroes in on them like a homing device and the poor athletes are thrust into the scrutiny of the MLB Officials, the press and the public. Case [...]

RODRIGUEZ’S FIRST BATTING PRACTICE WITH THE DOMINICANS

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Alex Rodriguez was joined by his ex wife Cynthia and 2 daughters, Natasha and Ella as he goes to his first batting practice with the Dominican Republic team. With cameras following them around it was like a scene from a reality tv show.
Rodriguez, the Yankees baseball star who admitted to using steroids in 2001 through [...]

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC’S LOCAL PHARMACIES SELL STEROIDS

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Do you know how hard it is to get your hands on anabolic androgenic steroids in the United States and in several other countries? Some individuals go as far as doing some illegal doctor shopping just to get enough prescriptions for these drugs. Apparently, this is not the case in the Dominican Republic. Ever since [...]

SUGGESTIONS ON NEW FIRST OFFENSE PUNISHMENT

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Everybody has their opinion on how the make the Major Leagues a “better place” by implementing stricter rules or by adding blood tests. David Ortiz of the Boston Red is no different. During a recent interview, Ortiz claims that he wants Major League Baseball athletes who yield positive tests to have more severe punishments than [...]