FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  December 7, 2011 Contact:          Don Hooton Taylor Hooton Foundation 7713 Thistledown Dr. McKinney, TX  75071 972-403-7300 (office) don.hooton@taylorhooton.org The Taylor Hooton Foundation, widely acknowledged leader in the advocacy against substance abuse in sports, announced today that the second ever "Taylor's Award" will be presented to Bob Copeland, the […]

We’ve chronicled on these pages a number of maladies that can result from steroid use.  Here is an article from a nutritionist who takes another angle on this controversial topic. Don A nutritionist, Jummai Hassan has warned athletes against the use of performance enhancing drugs as such can alter the water-processing mechanism in their system. […]

I am so very, VERY proud of the leadership of the University of Waterloo. After learning that a significant number of their football players were using performance enhancing drugs, the university took the extraordinary step of shutting down the football program for one year. I am afraid that under similar circumstances in the US, the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2011 — Today, Don Hooton, President and Founder of the Taylor Hooton Foundation issued a statement on behalf of the Foundation: Yesterday, San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice in conjunction with a Grand Jury investigation into his alleged use of performance enhancing drugs. It […]

LONDON, March 17: The criminal underworld now controls a large proportion of world sport, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Director General David Howman said on Wednesday. Howman told a doping conference convened by the World Sports Law Report at Twickenham rugby stadium that the criminal elements which controlled illegal betting were also involved in steroid trafficking. […]

Visitors to our sight will not be surprised to learn how serious a problem steroid use by athletes is perceived to be! PLEASE take a look at the results of this national survey which was just released by the US Anti-Doping Agency.  The results show that APEDs use is the NUMBER ONE problem facing sports today. […]

I sometimes have people look at me like I am crazy when I describe the epidemic of steroid use among our youth.  With this in mind, please read this article and watch the news video that is embedded in the article (follow the link at the bottom of this story). 1.This will confirm that steroid […]

The Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation today announced the creation of a partnership with the Taylor Hooton Foundation for Fighting Steroid Abuse on a comprehensive education program in the Arlington Independent School District. Details of the partnership and program were announced at a press conference today at Hutcheson Junior High School in Arlington. The Rangers-Hooton Foundation […]

In mid-December 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to dietary supplement manufacturers regarding undeclared or deceptively labeled ingredients in products marketed as dietary supplements. These substances include the active ingredients in FDA-approved drugs or their analogs (closely related drugs), or other compounds, such as novel synthetic steroids, that do not qualify as dietary ingredients. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:          Rob Housman                         Book Hill Partners                         O) 202-289-3636; C) 202-486-5874                         rhousman@bookhillpartners.com STATEMENT OF THE TAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT SENATE CANDIDACY OF MRS. LINDA McMAHON Oct. 13, 2010, McKinney, TX-Today, Don Hooton President and Founder of the Taylor Hooton Foundation, issued this statement on behalf of the Foundation: Over the past few […]