Now there are all kinds of sports to choose from, and many of these sports are played at a professional level. ... Most illicit users take the drugs in "cycles", or for a period of several weeks or months. ... The NHL has no mandatory drug testing, at least for its players. ... President Bush appealed to athletes and pro sports to wipe out the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. ... Bush thought the use of performance-enhanced drugs like steroids in baseball, football, and other sports sends the wrong message: that there are shortcuts to accomplishment, and that perform...

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One of the biggest ways it does is in sports. ... All sports though, and especially in the Olympics are being tested. To fully understand the topic of sports drug testing you must first look at the overall picture of just drug testing and how the United States and its laws view it. ... Possibly the strictest area of sports drug testing is in the Olympics. ... To test for six drugs costs seven dollars. ...

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What will sports fan be thinking when they see these huge guys slugging the ball out of the park at a rate that was unheard of 50 years ago. ... He too feels the pressure of the drugs. ... Baseball is one of the only sports that do not have banned drugs and random testing. ... Drug testing should be enforced to save the down fall of baseball. ... Drug use in professional baseball can only be bad news for the future. ...

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Today sports rule the modern media. ... Anabolic steroids work by connecting to the cells of the person taking the drug. ... Other drugs work in the same way. ... When kids saw Mark McGwire break the home run record by hitting an amazing 70 home runs in one season, the trend of using performance enhancing drugs really began in high school sports. ... First off they are tainting the sports that they are involved in. ...

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In an article in Sports Illustrated columnist Tom Verducci inquired, "Is Baseball in an asterisk era?" ... If it is proven that some of the baseball players that have set records in the past few years have been using illegal performance enhancing drugs, it could cause chaos. ... Baseball is currently the only professional sport that lacks a drug testing and punishment policy, but after many questions, speculations, and recent confessions, who knows if it will change its guidelines? ... The government recently called for a change in the drug testing policy of baseball. ... While the BALCO s...

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Rose eventually admitted to betting on sports and was accused of betting on baseball (but not his own team). ... If ethics is preventing Pete Rose from being admitted into the Hall of Fame, then what happens to those players with criminal records, drug scandals, or illegitimate children with different women? ... Baseball does this because it wants to be tough on drugs, but compassionate to its addicted players. ... He engaged in forbidden, but legal, activity which reflects badly on the game--as the illegal drug users who have been welcomed back with open arms. If baseball is going to for...

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Why shouldn't they every other major sporting association has some sort of drug testing program? ... Though Major League Baseball finally got the much-needed drug testing policy there are still many skeptics. The testing policy that baseball implemented is said to be the laughingstock of the drug experts. ... He has players come up to him and ask for help to pass a drug test. ... Sammy Sosa had a chance to prove that his success was well deserved when Rick Reilly, a well renowned sports writer, asked him to go test on his own without waiting for the players union. ...

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Why shouldn't they every other major sporting association has some sort of drug testing program? ... Though Major League Baseball finally got the much-needed drug testing policy there are still many skeptics. The testing policy that baseball implemented is said to be the laughingstock of the drug experts. ... He has players come up to him and ask for help to pass a drug test. ... Sammy Sosa had a chance to prove that his success was well deserved when Rick Reilly, a well renowned sports writer, asked him to go test on his own without waiting for the players union. ...

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Athletes grace the sports pages and evening news with their accomplishments in the game and sometimes their charity off field. ... Ruth's love for baseball, generosity, and dramatic rise from humble beginnings endeared him to fans, and he is one of the greatest sports heroes of American culture. ...

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I'd rather see the guy hit the ball a mile or throw it 105 miles an hour.' " (Saraceno, Sports NP). ... According to a Sports Illustrated report, "major league players made 467 trips to the DL last season, staying there an average of 59 days -- 20 percent longer than in 1997. ... (Saraceno, Sports NP) Many of the amateur players, minor league players, take steroids to get by. ... Dan Patrick, columnist and sports show host said "Through 1994, a player hit 50 or more home runs in a season just 18 times. ... In 2002, MLB owners and players came to a colle...

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``Instituting mandatory, random drug testing is the only way to signal that our nation's pastime is serious about banning steroids,'' said the letter to commissioner Bud Selig (Congress Focuses on Baseball Steroids). ... During the summer of 2002 the topic of steroids was covered almost on every sports channel (Schmaltz). ... But here's the scariest part: When steroids or other drugs are added to the mix, people will begin to question their ability" (Gwynn). ...

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Why would anyone want to use a drug that could do things like that to you? ... The interview Caminiti gave with Sports Illustrated sparked a controversy that is still with us to this day. ... The newest proposal suggested by the owners would call for more extensive drug testing where players have to submit to a steroid drug test three times a year, and one drug test per year for recreational drugs. ... A recent poll by USA Today that polled 750 players, 79% would accept independent testing for steroids and other illegal performance enhancing drugs (USA Today 1). ... Is it moral to allow th...

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All these homeruns were hit without the use of performance enhancing drugs, also known as steroids. ... Over the past few years, performance enhancing drugs have become a huge issue in Major League Baseball. ... Most players do know the risks and rewards of taking these drugs. ... If the use of performance enhancing drugs continues on in their lives, the athlete runs the risk of even worse problems. ... The steroid that Clemens has been accused of using is a drug called HGH, which is also known as Human Growth Hormone. ...

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One of his accomplishments was entering the major leagues and is one of the most remarkable and inspiring accomplishments in sports history. ... Mack, Robinson's older brother, used sports to become popular not drugs or gangs (8). ... There, Robinson became the first Bruin athlete to earn varsity letters in four sports (25). ...

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Baseball is one of the oldest and most popular spectator sports. ... It also keeps soon to be baseball players off the street so they can continue on with their dream and get away from drugs, gangs, alcohol, shootings, and many other things. ...

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The road to becoming a Major League Baseball player is probably the hardest journey of any of the major sports in America. ... To this date, no significant evidence has been presented other than the ever-fluctuating testimonies of two men who have been convicted of tax-evasion and drug-dealing. ... They remained friends throughout most of his career until, in 1988, one of the men was investigated by the FBI for tax-evasion and drug-dealing. ...

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I would also like you to consider this, think about a student who passes a final exam under the influence of illegal drugs. ... Pete Rose did the most awful thing a ballplayer could do by not only wagering on games in the NBA, the NFL, and college sports, but also baseball games. ... The powers that run the baseball organization seem to turn their eyes, quite conveniently, away from any number of wife-beaters such as Wil Cordero, and drug addicts like Darryl Strawberry everyday. ...

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