Hoot's Corner

Assembly speaker describes APEDs risks During Tuesday’s assembly, Middlesex students and faculty heard from Brian Parker of the Taylor Hooton Foundation about the dangers of appearance and performance enhancing drugs.  The Taylor Hooton Foundation was started by the Hooton family in memory of young Taylor Hooton, who tragically took his own life in the wake of anabolic […]

Two students from Rockwall-Heath High School never made it to their homecoming dance recently — they ended up in the hospital instead. Officials with the Rockwall Independent School District say that the students drank something that’s a “potential health risk” – a supplement called Potion 9. The marketing for Potion 9 includes statements about being […]

STEROIDS have become easily available on social media sites such as Facebook these days because of people’s obsession with wanting well-sculpted bodies, reported Berita Harian. The drugs are sold between RM90 and RM350, depending on the type and are usually purchased by young people who are into bodybuilding or those who want to buff up their […]

Twenty-four products suspected of containing anabolic steroids and sold in fitness equipment shops in the United Kingdom (UK) were analyzed for their qualitative and semi-quantitative content using full scan gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), accurate mass liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), high pressure liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD), UV-Vis, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. […]

At 6 am in a suburb of Manila in the Philippines, a directive from Las Vegas set off a recent ruckus in the living room of featherweight boxer Nonito Donaire. He was fast asleep and had instructed the housekeeper not to disturb him under any circumstances. But a visitor insisted that Donaire be roused from […]

Making smart food choices can be challenging for any of us, but student-athletes face a particularly unique set of challenges. They’re balancing the demands of classes, study time, after-school (and sometimes before-school) practice, as well as friends and family, all the while trying to maximize their energy, performance, and recovery. Here’s a rundown of five […]

Mets pitcher Dillon Gee was announced as one of twenty one charter “Advisory Board” members of the Taylor Hooton Foundation, a prominent organization devoted to discouraging performance-enhancing drugs in young athletes. Gee is joined by Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce, Tampa Bay’s David DeJesus, Los Angeles’ Clayton Kershaw, Detroit’s Max Scherzer, L.A. of Anaheim’s C.J. Wilson and Arizona’s Brad […]

Press Release | September 9, 2014 McKinney, TX (September 9, 2014) – The Taylor Hooton Foundation announced today that Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals has joined its new “Advisory Board” made up exclusively of active players from throughout Major League Baseball. The Hooton Foundation is widely acknowledged as the leader in the advocacy against appearance and performance enhancing […]

Healthy choices promoted in PLAY Campaign Dodger Stadium hosts event with Hooton discussing dangers of PEDs LOS ANGELES — There’s a certain look that Don Hooton gets from parents, a look that Hooton saw among the many faces in the Dodger Stadium stands Saturday morning. It’s a look that tells him what he’s saying is […]

Back to school means back to practice forstudent athletes across the metro. But health experts are warning a lot of those teens are relying on the wrong drink to get a boost of energy. Doctors say more and more children and teenagers are winding up in emergency rooms because they’re ingesting much caffeine. It is an […]