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...published only four years ago. The book’s authors coined the term “The Adonis Complex” to encompass the widespread phenomenon of compulsive male body maintenance behavior, which ranges from muscle dysmorphic disorder (an obsessive desire to get bigger) to anorexia, bulimia and steroid abuse...
...published only four years ago. The book’s authors coined the term “The Adonis Complex” to encompass the widespread phenomenon of compulsive male body maintenance behavior, which ranges from muscle dysmorphic disorder (an obsessive desire to get bigger) to anorexia, bulimia and steroid abuse...
...kind of phenomenon that non-Americans either laugh at or are baffled by. The rise of a steroid-munching, big-grinned, Austrian body builder into Hollywood stardom and then the governorship of the most populous state in the U.S. is an only-in-America story. Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't even born here. But he is as big a political and cultural presence as anyone...
...baseball season opens this week, fans may notice that the league seems to be focusing as much on what players put on their bodies as on what they put in them. After having to contend with the steroid controversy earlier this year, Major League Baseball is making sure players clean up their acts in other ways. The league has told Blue Jays pitcher Justin Miller, above, that he'll have to cover the tattoos that adorn his arms with long sleeves so as not to distract other players. In the past, similar concerns have led to skirmishes and new rules...
Major League Baseball needs A-Rod's greatness to be a distraction from the steroid scandal that is making people want their money back from the home-run explosion of the past few years. The scandal didn't land within fungo distance of him, but Rodriguez, a company guy all the way, claims competing against cheaters doesn't bother him--only partly because he has led the American League in homers the past three years anyway. "I'm a strong believer in innocent until proven guilty," he says. "I've never assumed any other players were on steroids...