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"Behind the fame of big-time sports lies a complex web of controversy and deceit. Doping-- the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) to gain a competitive athletic edge -- is common in many sports. While doping can improve performance, it poses huge risks for athletes' health and careers. Some of the world's top athletes, from cyclist Lance Armstrong to professional baseball player Alex Rodriguez, have seen their images tarnished by doping...
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"Despite their health dangers, performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids are in common use not only by professional athletes but by amateurs and teenagers. Issues are discussed clearly and objectively, with added insight from experts and others, in these chapters: What Are the Facts? How Dangerous Is the Use of Performance-Enhancing Drugs? Should Performance-Enhancing Drugs Be Illegal? Do Performance-Enhancing Drugs Undermine Fairness...
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The use of drugs by athletes has been a source of controversy within the sports world for several decades. Through a narrative-driven pro/con format supported by facts, quotes, anecdotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines issues related to performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sports. Topics include: Should PED Use by Athletes Be Acceptable? How Much Do PEDs Actually Improve Performance? Does Testing for PED Use Deter Athletes from...
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Recounts four tales of individuals' encounters with taking steroids, feeling their negative effects, and getting treatment help. Includes photographs, a list of facts about steroids, a diagram listing the effects of steroid abuse, discussion questions, a glossary, and resources for further reading.
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While steroids are medically useful in small, prescribed doses, they are too often abused in sports alongside other performance-enhancing drugs. Young athletes may feel their natural performance is not good enough, so they may turn to these drugs to get ahead. Young athletes are informed about the risky effects of abusing these drugs to combat the allure of being perceived as a better player. Sidebars and full-color photographs help portray the dangerous...
13) Venom
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Spencer is sure someone is doping the racehorses at the stable where he works, but no one will listen to him until he gets some proof.
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Bonds, Armstrong, Landis, Giambi, Palmeiro - all are on an ever-growing list of prominent athletes whose names have come up in relation to sports doping. An important issue that will remain in the news for years to come, this book explores this headline issue. It explains what doping is, offers a brief history, and discusses anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs.
16) The DH
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Alex Myers is a triple threat, a quarterback, pitcher, and point guard. Three different sports, good at them all. During baseball season Alex is thrown a curveball when his best friend, Matt, tries to take both his spot on the roster and his girlfriend at the same time.
20) Juice
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When a new coach comes to their school, Michael and his teammates are convinced that steroids are the way to compete, but what they do not know is their coach's determination to obtain a college post rests on his ability to create a division one high school team.