In 2003, Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative was incriminated of providing anabolic steroids, HGH and other performance-enhancing drugs to professional players in the MLB and in US Track and Field. Several of those athletes include Jason Giambi, Bill Romanowski and Marion Jones.
Perhaps, baseball is the sport with the biggest steroid controversies. Some of the grandest and [...]
Some people wonder what motivates some MLB players to take steroids. Baseball can be played and won without having performance-enhancing drugs. But there are those who take them to, in the perspective of outsiders, to cheat, to improve their performance so they get the coveted titles bestowed upon them if they have played exceptionally during [...]
In this steroid era, one would wonder if there is still a professional player that is not into performance enhancing drugs. Competition is tough, the pressure insurmountable it would come as a surprise if you find one pro sport icon who is not loaded with steroids. Perhaps you would just dismiss it with a shrug [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]