The home run machine, Mark McGwire, recently admitted that he was wrong to make use of steroids during his career including the time when he conquered the home run record in 1998.
McGwire’s confession after a similar steroid use admission by Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees in 2009.
From News.bbc.co.uk:
“I used steroids during my playing career and [...]
President Barack Obama recently termed the admission of steroid use by Alex Rodriguez as “depressing news”.
Rodriguez admitted and rendered an apology for making use of performance enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003 when he was a part of the Texan Rangers in an exclusive interview with ESPN.
From Espnstar.com:
Speaking on prime-time US Television, President Obama said: [...]
The owner of Texan Rangers, Tom Hicks, has insisted that he feels “betrayed” by the use of performance enhancing drugs by Alex Rodriguez.
Rodriguez acknowledged use of performance enhancing drugs when he was a member of the Rangers from 2001-03 in an exclusive interview conducted with ESPN.
From Espnstar.com:
“I feel personally betrayed,” Hicks said. “I feel deceived [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]