Major League Baseball
Disgraced! The Dirty History of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Baseball players have always looked for "pick-me-ups" to make it through the long season. Starting in the late 1980s, however, some players began using banned and illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Starting with slugger Mark McGwire and then continuing with Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, many of today's best players have been accused of cheating their way into the record books. This book discusses the history of baseball and performance-enhancing drugs and takes a closer look at the lives ruined and the reputations sullied.
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Series Review: Disgraced!"Corrupt practices and steroid use in the United States are featured in this series about college and professional athletes. Report writers will also gain relevant facts from text boxes covering such subjects as "Steroid Side Effects." Amazing statements from athletes giving reasons why they took illegal drugs are good for discussion topics and will send readers to the primary and secondary sources listed in the extensive bibliographies to see the end results of these confessions. Photos of Roger Clemens testifying before Congress in 2008 make the series current. Each book concludes with thoughts regarding future additional legislation. Useful updates."
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