Hoot's Corner

Excerpts from, “East German Steroids’ Toll: ‘They Killed Heidi‘”, originally published by The New York Times. Andreas Krieger’s story remains one of the most prolific, yet heartbreaking, stories of steroid abuse. Krieger abused steroids so heavily that he underwent a sex change; he used to known as Heidi. But ‘Heidi’ didn’t want to abuse steroids; his government forced […]

Excerpts from Steroids helped him bulk up, then killed, originally published in Concord Monitor The role that steroids played in Harry Gordon III’s death is black and white, written write on his death certificate “Cardiac hypertrophy associated with anabolic steroid abuse” was his official cause of death, according to the death certificate. Gordon loved sports that […]

A Gentle Giant He was our gift from God. Our first born…a son! We beamed with a pride that only parents can fully comprehend. We doted on him and adored him. We loved him with all of our heart. As the years passed he filled us with joy as we saw our hopes and dreams […]

Baseball was his life.   With competition heightened to unprecedented levels of success, our youth are hearing an implicit message that to be competitive and successful in sports – to be bigger, faster, stronger – to have the edge of added strength and power performance-enhancing supplements and/or anabolic steroids are necessities. Before you today, my […]

Riches to Rags Former bodybuilding champ speaks out about how steroids almost cost him his life A quick glance at Michael Harris won't offer any palpable evidence of a tempestuous former lifestyle. A more exhaustive look won't render much more about the life of a man who abused steroids for four hard years of his […]

When cheers turn to depression High school girl got a steroid scare By Stan Grossfeld, Globe Staff FREEHOLD, N.J. – She just wanted six-pack abs. So, Dionne Passacantando, a 17-year-old high school cheerleader, gymnast, and vice president of her Allen (Texas) High School class, made a decision she regrets. She bought anabolic steroids from a […]

An Athlete’s Dangerous Experiment PLANO, Tex., Nov. 25 - After recording one save last season, Taylor Hooton expected to join the starting rotation next spring for the baseball team at Plano West Senior High School. “You could count on the kid to throw strikes,” said Billy Ajello, Taylor’s best friend and a catcher at Plano […]

FORMER doorman Wes Gould used steroids for four years to bulk up for his job. Then he suffered a series of health problems which convinced him to ditch the drugs. Wes, 43, who now owns a shop-lets firm in Norwich, says: “I left the Army in 1994 and started as a doorman at clubs and […]

“Kicking steroids was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life” By Tina Plakinger, Former Female Bodybuilder, Muscle & Fitness, magazine article. Kicking steroids was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. You go through terrible withdrawal. It takes six months to a year to completely get them out of your system. […]

YOUNGSTERS are being warned of the dangers of anabolic steroids by a former fitness fanatic who developed heart problems. Stephen Pratt was just 18 when he started taking the drugs to improve his physique, and his weight soon leapt from 10 st 7lbs to 13st 7lbs. He stopped taking steroids in January, but was rushed […]