Hoot's Corner

Visitors to our sight will not be surprised to learn how serious a problem steroid use by athletes is perceived to be! PLEASE take a look at the results of this national survey which was just released by the US Anti-Doping Agency.  The results show that APEDs use is the NUMBER ONE problem facing sports today. […]

I sometimes have people look at me like I am crazy when I describe the epidemic of steroid use among our youth.  With this in mind, please read this article and watch the news video that is embedded in the article (follow the link at the bottom of this story). 1.This will confirm that steroid […]

The Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation today announced the creation of a partnership with the Taylor Hooton Foundation for Fighting Steroid Abuse on a comprehensive education program in the Arlington Independent School District. Details of the partnership and program were announced at a press conference today at Hutcheson Junior High School in Arlington. The Rangers-Hooton Foundation […]

In mid-December 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to dietary supplement manufacturers regarding undeclared or deceptively labeled ingredients in products marketed as dietary supplements. These substances include the active ingredients in FDA-approved drugs or their analogs (closely related drugs), or other compounds, such as novel synthetic steroids, that do not qualify as dietary ingredients. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:          Rob Housman                         Book Hill Partners                         O) 202-289-3636; C) 202-486-5874                         rhousman@bookhillpartners.com STATEMENT OF THE TAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT SENATE CANDIDACY OF MRS. LINDA McMAHON Oct. 13, 2010, McKinney, TX-Today, Don Hooton President and Founder of the Taylor Hooton Foundation, issued this statement on behalf of the Foundation: Over the past few […]

BY JIM VERTUNO updated 3:35 p.m. ET Jan. 30, 2011 AUSTIN, Texas – When Texas began testing tens of thousands of high school athletes for steroids, the goal was to stop teens from taking dangerous performance-enhancing drugs. The death of a 17-year-old baseball player in a Dallas suburb had drawn national attention to the hazard. But that […]

The issue of performance enhancing drugs, or PEDs, is a hot-button topic for many sports fans. The common argument among those that favor allowing PEDs in sports is the notion that if everyone is doing it, then it is not an advantage. The arguments against PEDS are a bit more practical as they run the […]

We get attacked on a regular basis about our contention that anabolic steroids are dangerous.  (These attacks can be vicious and are almost always sent to us anonymously.) Here is one more scientist speaking to one of the many dangers of using these drugs. Don Anabolic steroids making musclemen infertile, say doctors Bodybuilders destroying their […]

At age 16, Taylor Hooton was 6 feet 2 inches, 180 pounds and muscular but wanted more. He wanted bigger, better. So he used steroids, unaware of the steroid-induced depression he could experience as one of a number of side effects. That depression led to his suicide. This is the opening punch Don Hooton threw […]

Everybody would agree that anabolic steroids are not for everyone. In fact, the primary use of this substance is for medical treatment of some health conditions. Through the years, steroids became popular among bodybuilders and professional athletes because of its performance enhancing effects. Bodybuilders use steroids to bulk up or build more lean muscles quickly. It can also improve […]