Hoot's Corner

McKinney, Texas (November 7, 2013) – The Taylor Hooton Foundation announced today that it has retained Rick Cerrone Communications as its public relations firm of record. The announcement was made by THF President Don Hooton. “Rick Cerrone has had a distinguished career at the highest level of professional sports,” said Don Hooton, THF President, “and […]

A bad combination of drugs and steroids are blamed for the tragic descent from football star to prison convict for former Edmonton Eskimo Adam True Braidwood. According to court documents obtained by Sun Media, Braidwood — the first overall CFL draft pick in 2006 — first began abusing painkillers and then street drugs because of […]

A popular and controversial sports supplement widely sold in the USA and other countries is secretly spiked with a chemical similar to methamphetamine that appears to have its origins as an illicit designer recreational drug, according to new tests by scientists in the USA and South Korea. The test results on samples of Craze, a […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Adam Benson, Digital Citizens Alliance, 202.999.9104, adam@digitalcitizensalliance.org Kyle Purdy, Taylor Hooton Foundation, 972-403-7300, kyle.purdy@taylorhooton.org In Digital Citizens Alliance / Taylor Hooton Foundation Investigation, Researchers Find Dangerous Drugs on YouTube, But Also Get Fakes and Even No Shipment At All  Washington, DC – Large numbers of young people are succumbing to […]

Tampa – October 2013:  Trainer Ryan Bruggeman mixes training on the weight room floor with cardio high up in the air. He’s in great shape, but his path to fitness began much, much differently as a teenager. Video can be found here:  http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/23632223/2013/10/07/steroids-can-leave-life-long-damage-for-teenagers “I started taking some you know, black market steroids, just following whatever […]

  October 7, 2013   It is done under the cover of locker rooms, gyms, or even your teenager’s very own bedroom. For every one to two pro athletes exposed in the national spotlight for using illegal steroids, thousands of teens are doing the same thing—and they’re putting their lives and futures at risk. The […]

A consumer watchdog group is highlighting how dangerously easy it is to buy illegal steroids and prescription drugs over the Web with nothing more than a simple search. And it’s calling on Google to lead the way in hampering users’ online access to these drugs. But in wrestling with the question of how to curb […]

View video story that ran on World News Tonight on October 3, 2013:  abcn.ws/1a46zVo With a staggering 1.5 million teenagers – both male and female – admitting to using steroids, according to one foundation, concern is growing about an easy way for them to score the drug. On YouTube, videos advertise and include links to […]

PROVIDENCE — The drug-fueled drive to be bigger, faster and stronger — or leaner and prettier — has trickled all the way down from the pros through college and high-school athletics to kids’ sports. “A friend of mine told me of a father injecting his 7-year-old son for pee wee football,” Don Hooton Jr. told […]

CENTERVILLE, Mass. – The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) is pleased to announce that on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, the Taylor Hooton Foundation will be presenting at the 25th Annual ECAC Convention and Trade Show at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel in North Falmouth, Mass. The Taylor Hooton Foundation’s mission is to interact with young […]