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...past five years have offered only a glimpse into the pervasiveness of steroid usage—the proverbial smoke to what may really be a raging fire. It began with the Bay Area Lab Co-operative back in 2003, and has been slowly accelerating ever since. Given the ugliness surrounding our dear Barry “Balco” Bonds’ taking of the title of all-time homerun champ it would be an understatement to say that people don’t like this whole steroid business much. But there’s no avoiding it: With guys...
...what are we to do? It’s incredible to consider the amount of vitriol the steroid issue has already inspired. Baseball was practically seized in a wave of hate and anger over what appeared to be a cheater acquiring the greatest record in all of sports. People bemoaned the ultimate triumph of evil over good, treating Bond’s achievement as though it heralded the final destruction of Western civilication and any semblance of human decency. But what happens when the “cheater” is someone on our favorite team next? What happens...
Most of all, the Rockies’ success creates the unbeatably marketable David and Goliath scenario. As Dane Cook would say: this team stands “A MILE HIGH.” With the steroid controversy more present than ever in the Commissioner’s Office and in the minds of fans, America is happy to root for the scrappy underdogs against the big, bad, money-laden sluggers...
...while those cases make headlines, the stereotype turns out to be largely off base, according to a new study published online in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. In a web-based survey of nearly 2,000 self-prescribed steroid users (the stuff has legitimate medical uses as well, such as correcting hormone imbalances), it turns out that the typical user isn't a competitive athlete at all. He (and it's pretty much always "he") is a highly educated professional, about 30 years old, who doesn't participate in organized sports at all - and never...
...majority of steroid users say they'd be willing to consult with doctors about their steroid use - in principle. In practice most didn't actually reveal their habit to their physicians. The reason: they don't believe doctors know a lot about the drugs, and they suspect that physicians, like the general public, have an exaggerated idea about how dangerous steroids really are. The users themselves tend to be aware of side effects like liver damage, high blood pressure and behavioral changes. That's why most users inject the steroids instead of taking them by mouth, in order to better...