Hoot's Corner

Studies indicate that teens are increasingly turning to steroids to get the bodies they desire, but it seems they either aren’t aware of the dangers or don’t care. Why, then, are we still so lax about tackling this growing problem? This week the UK’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended that in order to address the growing […]

Two years ago, in recognition of April as Youth Sports Safety Month, MomsTeam asked 30 experts to write a blog answering two questions: first, how or why did they get into their field, and second, how have they made a difference in the life of a youth athlete in the past year. This year, we […]

Boston Globe Letter to the editor:  “Steroid abuse at the core of this tragedy” THE REAL story about Jared Remy appears to be “roid rage” — the tragic effects of steroid abuse on the user, his family and friends, and other victims. The road to recovery is a long one that depends upon the intervention of […]

NEW YORK — Baseball players suspended during the season for a performance-enhancing drug violation will not be eligible for that year’s postseason under changes to the sport’s drug agreement announced Friday. In the most significant toughening to the drug rules in eight years, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association said the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players and management hope to reach a new drug agreement this week that would increase initial penalties for muscle-building steroids and allow a decrease of suspensions for some positive tests caused by unintentional use, people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. For future suspensions, the deal also would eliminate […]

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 […]