Professional Wrestling
Disgraced! The Dirty History of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Professional wrestling has always been huge entertainment. Starting in the 1980s, however, the wrestlers themselves started to become cartoonishly huge--many with the aid of steroids and other supplements. This book shines a light on the history of steroids in pro wrestling, taking a critical look at the wrestlers whose lives have been irreversibly harmed by the fallout from using performance enhancing drugs.
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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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