Hoot's Corner

SAN DIEGO — Nearly 100 children gathered at Petco Park on Wednesday morning to participate in the national PLAY (Promoting a Lifestyle of Activity for Youth) campaign, which spreads awareness about youth health issues by actively engaging young baseball fans in events that encourage exercise and nutrition. The PLAY program, in its 11th year of […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   TAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION LAUNCHES ALL ME™ LEAGUE   Site Will Showcase the Support of Professional MLB Athletes and Teams; Allow Young People to Take the Pledge to Play Clean Along With Big-League Stars   McKinney, TX (July 30, 2014) – The Taylor Hooton Foundation, widely acknowledged as the leader in the advocacy against appearance […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   TAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION LAUNCHES ALL ME™ LEAGUE   Site Will Showcase the Support of Professional MLB Athletes and Teams; Allow Young People to Take the Pledge to Play Clean Along With Big-League Stars   McKinney, TX (July 30, 2014) – The Taylor Hooton Foundation, widely acknowledged as the leader in the advocacy […]

MILWAUKEE — The scene at Miller Park on Thursday morning was a beautiful one to Brewers head athletic trainer Dan Wright, who stood near the home dugout and watched a group of 75 kids scattered across the outfield grass, playing baseball. The kids, who were members of Menomonee Falls Little League, were partaking in the […]

    New, nationally projectable survey results released today by the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids confirmed a significant increase – a doubling – in the reported lifetime use of synthetic human growth hormone (hGH) among teens. According to the latest Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS), sponsored byMetLife Foundation,11 percent of teens in grades 9-12 reported […]

Parker, Melancon, Tomczyk share stories with children at PNC Park Brian Parker knows the ill effects performance-enhancing drugs can have, and that is why he, along with the Pirates’ training staff and closer Mark Melancon, stressed the negative effects of steroid use to a group of 120 children Monday morning at PNC Park as part of […]

MLB, Hooton Foundation join forces to educate public about pitfalls of steroid use The death of his brother, Taylor Hooton, is still rooted in Donald Hooton Jr.’s everyday life, but Donald manifests that sorrow into promise, having made it his mission to rid the use of appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs among the nation’s youth. Taylor […]

Child Athletes As Young As 12 Are Using Steroids, And Clearly Someone Is Supplying Them A hefty three-year study by the University of Canberra and Griffith University has shown the use of performing-enhancing drugs is rife among young Australian athletes. Over 900 athletes between the ages of 12-17 (i.e. kids) were interviewed, and roughly 4% of them (around 30) […]

  Christopher Wilson:   “I used steroids from 2005 to 2008.” In these times of drug use I thought of nothing but getting  bigger than my genetics will allow for the sake of competing in a body building show. Well, I never got the size I  was after.  Instead, I spent at least $600 a […]

Coroner’s Office: Ohio Teen Died From Lethal Dose Of Caffeine Powder An Ohio coroner’s office reported that the death of a high school prom king in May was caused by a lethal dose of caffeine powder. 18-year-old Logan Steiner died suddenly right before his graduation. He was a stand out student. “He was just a terrific […]