Hoot's Corner

How many articles are we going to have to post to convince the skeptics that steroids are dangerous?  In fact, as many of us know personally, they can be deadly! Don PS  Attention steroid users (yes, we have a regular group of users who frequent our site).  PLEASE open your minds and ingest what the […]

For all of our visitors, please take a look at this article and WATCH the video.  If you are skeptical about the damage that steroids can do to the body, the time you spend reading this and viewing the video will help open your eyes . . . . . hopefully! Don Many competitive bodybuilders […]

BY JEFF DARLINGTON jdarlington@MiamiHerald.com The Dolphins already knew they’d soon need to find an eventual replacement for nose tackle Jason Ferguson. Now, they’ll have a little more pressure to do it. Ferguson, who has yet to decide whether he’ll play for the Dolphins in 2010 or retire, will have a major roadblock to factor into […]

March 1, 2010 - Pacific Coast League (PCL) Albuquerque Isotopes The Taylor Hooton Foundation, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to fighting youth steroid abuse, will partner with the Albuquerque Isotopes to educate Albuquerque area kids about the dangers of steroid abuse in a pair of presentations taking place on Wednesday, March 3rd. In 2009, Albuquerque Isotopes President […]

An interesting commentary appeared in one of the health blogs on the Internet this morning.  I think this is worth passing along. Don Does your child use steroids? Of course not. That's what concerned parents want to believe. Yet scores of young people are consuming a toxic stew, drugs they believe will enhance physical strength, […]

It is my pleasure to welcome Phil Shryock to the Taylor Hooton Foundation team! Phil will have the title of Director of Marketing and Development.  In this capacity, his primary responsibilities will involve the overall marketing and growth of the foundation.  For example, he will oversee the web site, all of our collateral, our positioning […]

Here is a story that ran this week on Dallas Television – it adds to the previous post (below) which describes some of our leaders’ push to end steroid testing in high schools. Note:  The following link contains the video which ran on the local nightly news in Dallas: http://www.wfaa.com/sports/Steroid-testing-for-Texas-High-School-kids-may-soon-end-84646682.html Don by GEORGE RIBA / […]

Visitors will not be surprised to learn that we will be extremely disappointed if the State of Texas discontinues this nation’s largest high school steroid testing program. Critics of the program point to the low number of positive tests as an indication that there is no steroid problem in Texas high schools – nothing could […]

As we adults debate whether the sports records of steroid users should be marked with an asterisk, we tend to forget that these drugs can be deadly. Here is a current story of a young man in the UK whose death has been attributed to his use of anabolic steroids as reported by the BBC. […]

We are proud to be associated with NFL Legend HOF player Dick Butkus.  We appreciate his partnership in our important quest to drive steroid use out of our high schools.  He issued a statement today regarding this weeks revelations. Don — 01/15/10 — Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus, who is a vocal […]