It is my pleasure to welcome Phil Shryock to the Taylor Hooton Foundation team! Phil will have the title of Director of Marketing and Development.  In this capacity, his primary responsibilities will involve the overall marketing and growth of the foundation.  For example, he will oversee the web site, all of our collateral, our positioning […]

Here is a story that ran this week on Dallas Television – it adds to the previous post (below) which describes some of our leaders’ push to end steroid testing in high schools. Note:  The following link contains the video which ran on the local nightly news in Dallas: http://www.wfaa.com/sports/Steroid-testing-for-Texas-High-School-kids-may-soon-end-84646682.html Don by GEORGE RIBA / […]

Visitors will not be surprised to learn that we will be extremely disappointed if the State of Texas discontinues this nation’s largest high school steroid testing program. Critics of the program point to the low number of positive tests as an indication that there is no steroid problem in Texas high schools – nothing could […]

As we adults debate whether the sports records of steroid users should be marked with an asterisk, we tend to forget that these drugs can be deadly. Here is a current story of a young man in the UK whose death has been attributed to his use of anabolic steroids as reported by the BBC. […]

We are proud to be associated with NFL Legend HOF player Dick Butkus.  We appreciate his partnership in our important quest to drive steroid use out of our high schools.  He issued a statement today regarding this weeks revelations. Don — 01/15/10 — Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus, who is a vocal […]

We are regularly asked where our kids get their hands on steriods. The answer is scary: steroids are exceptionally easy for kids to obtain. They are sold at virtually every public gym in the US, anywhere the “big guys” are working out. And, they are available over the Internet. My son Taylor was buying his […]

I am proud to share with you the news that Tim Maxey, a friend and active member of our THF Board of Advisors, was recently promoted to a newly created position in the Commissioner’s Office of Major League Baseball. Our congratulations go out to Tim along with our best wishes for success in this new […]

Occasionally, we hear from young people who have attended one of our Hoot’s Chalk Talk events. Today, we heard from a young person who tells us that because he attended one of our events in an MLB park this summer, the life of one of his friends was spared. This note is worth reading and […]

Experts agree that anabolic steroids damage virtually every organ in the body. Recent studies show that the kidneys are on set of organs that come under particularly harmful attack. Don Anabolic steroids may help athletes gain muscle mass and strength, but this bulking up comes at the risk of serious kidney damage, according to research […]

Visitors, please take just a few minutes and watch this important video. http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/dick-butkus-talks-i-play-clean/259438524 Don