Zocalopublicsquare.org Forum For decades, major league baseball players have been doing drugs of various sorts to improve their performance: amphetamines that got players amped up for games and through the long season in the 1970s and 1980s, anabolic steroids that bulked up home-run sluggers to set new records in the 1990s and early 2000s, and […]

A lot of athletes are fixated on trying to develop and eat the perfect sports diet (no sugar, white flour, red meat, processed foods, etc.). These are the same athletes who scold themselves for “cheating” when they eat a cookie or “being bad” if they sneak a French fry. But the truth is, you don’t have to have […]

Suicide by train:  Bill’s “mental problems were exacerbated by decades-long steroid use.” On the day he died, Bill Brotherton Jr. couldn’t find anything for breakfast. Usually, he was a protein guy. Six eggs mixed into a bowl of oatmeal. Microwaved. If he had toast, it didn’t have butter. A body builder and personal trainer since […]

Pirates’ right-hander joins seven others in helping to educate young people about the dangers of appearance and performance enhancing drugs McKinney, TX (March 9, 2014) – The Taylor Hooton Foundation announced today that Mark Melancon of the Pittsburgh Pirates has joined its new “Advisory Board” made up exclusively of active players from throughout Major League Baseball. The Hooton […]

Recently Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) introduced the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA) of 2014 in Congress. The bill gives DEA new tools to identify and quickly respond when new designer anabolic steroids hit the market. But if you are a mainstream dietary supplement marketer or manufacturer, particularly if you are […]

In a Texas-sized shocker, the Lone Star State released information recently indicating it does regularly test fighters for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) as part of its random drug testing program for combative sports. According to information obtained through an open records request, as of February 20, 2014, the state of Texas has tested 87 professional boxing and […]

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Mets pitcher Dillon Gee didn’t know much about the Taylor Hooton Foundation when he was approached by a team official and asked if he wanted to do some work for the anti-steroid organization. So Gee did some research and saw a lot of articles about Alex Rodriguez. It jogged Gee’s […]

McKinney, Texas (March 10, 2014) – The Taylor Hooton Foundation (THF), widely acknowledged leader in the advocacy against Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs (APEDs) abuse by the youth of North America, is teaming up with Little League® Baseball and Softball (LL®) to educate the more than 1 million LL parents, coaches and other adult volunteers as […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  TAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION INTRODUCES CHARTER MEMBERS  OF ADVISORY BOARD OF MAJOR-LEAGUE PLAYERS   McKinney, TX (March 3, 2014) – The Taylor Hooton Foundation, widely acknowledged as the leader in the advocacy against appearance and performance enhancing drug use by the youth of America, today announced the formation of an “Advisory Board” made up […]

by:  Gregory John “G.J.” Vitale * Some previous users and witnesses of steroid use were sourced only with first names because they are either still active or pursuing careers in athletics and their association with this article could implicate them moving forward. Eight years ago at my high school, I saw performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) for […]