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  • Steroids

    Steroids

    As society merges from day to day and norms get more in percentage there are many things that are corrupting the American society. Of those many things, there is the word that many people are familiar with and that is the word "drugs". Many drugs come into the United States and flood each state and town from North to South. In 1995 Newsweek came out with an estimate that over 85% of teenagers have used

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    Essay Length: 632 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Baseball Orgin Controversy

    Baseball Orgin Controversy

    Baseball Origin Controversy Based on old American fokelore, baseball's storied invention was by a young West Point cadet named Abner Doubleday. In the summer of 1839, in Cooperstown, New York, Doubleday supposedly started the game of baseball. Because of numerous types of baseball, or rather games similar to it, the orgian of the game has been disputed for decades by sports historians all over the world. In 1839, in Cooperstown, New York, Doubleday supposedly

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    Essay Length: 885 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Bred
  • Steroids

    Steroids

    “…medical researchers believe that between 1 and 3 million youths and adults have taken anabolic steroids in one form or another specifically to enhance their looks or athletic performances,” stated Nuwer (Nuwer, 61). As astounding as these figures are, the number of performance drug users is steadily increasing. With this progressively increasing numbers, it is projected that millions more will use steroids in the immediate future (Newer, 61). Athletes have always sought an advantage in

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    Essay Length: 1,529 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Yan
  • Steroids

    Steroids

    You've seen them, and you thought you knew what was going on. The muscle-heads at the gym, the all-star basketball player, the amazing offensive tackle, and the lightning fast swimmer. All of them used steroids, and you knew it. They were all unnaturally strong, and looked like gods. But what you could not see is the terrible side effects which come through the use of anabolic steroids. These powerful drugs have both positive and negative

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    Essay Length: 1,035 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: July
  • Steroids

    Steroids

    Steroids A Winning Edge? one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small Alice in Wonderland You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Remember -- all I am offering is the truth, nothing more. The Matrix Our society loves a

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    Essay Length: 1,139 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Max
  • Steroids in Sports

    Steroids in Sports

    Steroids in sports When it comes to sports and non-prescribed anabolic steroids there has been an ongoing controversy between numerous of the professional sports players, professional sports leagues, their fans, and the government and congress. The controversy thrives from the professional sports player’s use of anabolic steroids to improve their game statistics, their body size, and their athletic abilities. The professional players use these illegal steroids or performance-enhancing drugs to increase muscle mass and

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    Essay Length: 1,497 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Catchers in Major League Baseball

    Catchers in Major League Baseball

    CATCHERS OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL The catcher, the most physically demanding position on the baseball diamond, and the most knowledgeable player on the field have gone through changes. Through the long history of the American past-time of baseball, the catcher has seen their equipment up-date to meet the challenging force of a pitcher and the battle against a hardball gaining velocity off the wooden bat while only a couple feet off the plate. The catcher

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    Essay Length: 2,583 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Victor
  • Anabolic Steroids

    Anabolic Steroids

    Of the diagnostic methods available to veterinarians, the clinical chemistry test has developed into a valuable aid for localizing pathologic conditions. This test is actually a collection of specially selected individual tests. With just a small amount of whole blood or serum, many body systems can be analyzed. Some of the more common screenings give information about the function of the kidneys, liver, and pancreas and about muscle and bone disease. There are many blood

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    Essay Length: 2,884 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: July
  • Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball, Inc

    Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball, Inc

    Kansas City(KC) Zephyrs Baseball, Inc. Bill Ahern had a difficult judgment he had to make being an arbitrator in a dispute between the Owner-Player Committee and the Professional Baseball Players Association. The main issue Bill had to arbitrate was to resolve the profitability of the major league baseball teams. The players did scrutinize the owners' statements and felt that the owners were hiding profits through "accounting tricks" and these statements did not precisely reflect the

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    Essay Length: 351 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: regina
  • Stricter Baseball Polocies

    Stricter Baseball Polocies

    Stricter Baseball Policies Steroid use is illegal all throughout the country, but Major League Baseball players Jason Giambi, Barry Bonds, and Gary Sheffield may not even be punished for using steroids as professional athletes. This is stated in the ESPN article "Baseball Not Likely to Punish Bonds, Giambi, and Sheffield" published by associated press. The MLB should have stricter policies on muscle enhancement supplements and should have random drug testing rather than just two times

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    Essay Length: 674 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Controversy Whether College Baseball Players Should Use Metal or Wooden Bats?

    The Controversy Whether College Baseball Players Should Use Metal or Wooden Bats?

    The Controversy Whether College Baseball Players Should Use Metal or Wooden Bats? ' In college baseball today the players are becoming so strong because of the weight lifting plans, constant conditioning, and the use of drugs to enhance their performance. The baseballs are being wound tighter and the quality of pitching has declined over the years. It is becoming a major concern for college players because they hit the ball so hard with metal bats.

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    Essay Length: 844 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Baseball: Does Anyone Care?

    Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Baseball: Does Anyone Care?

    Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Baseball: Does anyone care? Patrick Page Axia College of University of Phoenix COM 120 Effective Persuasive Writing Instructor: Timothy Thompson April 19, 2007 Performance-Enhancing 2 “It’s no secret what’s going on in baseball, at least half the guys are using steroids. They talk about it. They joke about it with each other. The guys who want to protect themselves or their image by lying have that right. Me? I’m at the point

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    Essay Length: 1,477 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Making a Smart Decision on Steroid Use

    Making a Smart Decision on Steroid Use

    Title of Speech: making a smart decision on steroid use Purpose statement: To persuade athletes to not use steroids INTRODUCTION I. Opening If there’s one thing a lot of people value these days, it’s a powerful looking body. And if you are an athlete, you want to make that body as powerful as it can be. So if an athlete wants to add some muscle, what can they do? Well, they can work out, or

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    Essay Length: 1,140 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Monika
  • Outline for Speech on Steroids

    Outline for Speech on Steroids

    Outline for Speech on Steroids Objective: To inform my audience of the dangers of steroid use and how it is becoming a growing societal problem. Introduction To start my speech I will use this attention getter: • In light of the recent events surrounding pro-wrestler Chris Benoit and high-profile athletes, I decided to investigate Steroids further. Next, I will convey my thesis statement to my audience to let them know why this speech is important

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    Essay Length: 492 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Bring Major League Baseball to Portland

    Bring Major League Baseball to Portland

    Bring Major League Baseball to Portland It’s a warm, summer’s day and you have nothing to do--why not go check out a ball game? Wait a minute! Portland doesn’t have a baseball team. If you have lived in Portland your whole life and are a fan of baseball, you’ve probably wondered why we don’t have a Major League Baseball team. Portland is the largest metropolitan area in the nation without a MLB franchise, and it’s

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    Essay Length: 814 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Monika
  • Steroids: A Growing Role in Society

    Steroids: A Growing Role in Society

    Steroids: A Growing Role in Society Brett Huelsman Perry Benson English 125 May 9, 2005 418 Ѕ Gateway Drive Grand Forks, ND 58203 May 9, 2005 Perry Benson English 125 Instructor University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 58202 Dear Mr. Benson: Here is my research project on steroids and its effect on society. While conducting my research I have learned that steroids are becoming a serious and dangerous problem in society. I believe

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    Essay Length: 2,897 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Victor
  • Baseball

    Baseball

    The year began with a funeral. St. Patrick's Cathedral, on New York's Fifth Avenue, held more than four thousand mourners. Another ten thousand people, most of whom had never met the deceased, crowded the sidewalks across the avenue, in front of Rockefeller Center, throughout the hour-long service. One hundred twenty-five policemen stood watch. The body arrived at the cathedral by hearse, in a bronze coffin. The procession had begun from the apartment at Ninety-third Street

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    Essay Length: 325 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Edward
  • Baseball Salaries

    Baseball Salaries

    Baseball Salaries When people think of high salaries they turn to the world of professional sports, because that is where athletes are paid outrageous amounts to do the things they love. Although some would argue that the athletes deserve these wages, I fell that not all professional sports are paid adequately. For an example of this statement take into consideration the time and effort that most pro athletes spend at perfecting there acquired talent. They

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    Essay Length: 1,685 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Top
  • Steroids

    Steroids

    Twenty years ago, when I was a competing professional athlete, I spoke publicly of the frustration of feeling pressured to use anabolic steroids. I felt pressured to compete in an environment where I and many others believed there was an unbridled problem. I mentioned the prevalence of use in adolescents and commented on the training advantage using these drugs gave competitors. At that time, NFL management denied the extent of the problem and little was

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    Essay Length: 889 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Steroids

    Steroids

    Steroids Many athletes now a days are taking steroids, why is that? Is it to make a squad, or impress a member of the opposite sex? There really isn’t a right or wrong answer to why athletes feel the need to take performance enhancing drugs. However ones psychological state, genetic mishaps, or even performance pressures from the coaching staff, can lead an athlete to steroids. Anabolic-androgenic steroids are man-made substances related to male sex hormones.

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    Essay Length: 986 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Yan
  • Drugs, Steroids and Athletes - Excellence in Sports

    Drugs, Steroids and Athletes - Excellence in Sports

    "Excellence in Sports" What is excellence? Is it perfection, a goal, a feeling, a gift? To some athletes, it is an everyday challenge that comes easy; to others it might not be so easy. Whether it holds a psychological meaning or it's just another goal to set, it shows a persons attitude and dedication towards a sport. To what extremes will people actually go to reach excellence? Some athletes strive so hard that they will

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    Essay Length: 1,388 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Monika
  • Anabolic Steroids: And the High School Athlete

    Anabolic Steroids: And the High School Athlete

    Anabolic Steroids: And the High School Athlete Anabolic steroid abuse has become a national concern among high school athletes. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of athletes using these performance enhancing drugs in high school almost double the number using since the 1980's. These athletes feel that steroids gives them the competitive edge that they think they need to boost themselves past the competition. Steroids have been used in bodybuilding and other

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    Essay Length: 1,498 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Max
  • Steroids

    Steroids

    INTRO Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire… What do these men have in common??? - Besides being Multi-Millionaires, masterful home-run hitters, & world wide known athletes - Caught in one of the biggest controversies in sports history… STEROIDS Baseball is known to the world as America’s favorite pastime, and kids look up to these men from the moment they are strong enough to pick up a bat or throw a ball. In an age when

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    Essay Length: 802 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: regina
  • Steroids in Sports

    Steroids in Sports

    Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Over the last twenty years have you noticed how much bigger and faster athletes have become. Many athletes are under pressure to perform and turn to performance enhancing drugs despite their negative effects on the body. Why are athletes using performance enhancing drugs? Is it fame, fortune, or is it they just donпїЅt want to give up the game and at what price are they willing to pay to play

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    Essay Length: 298 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Jackie Robinson - the Black Messiah of Baseball

    Jackie Robinson - the Black Messiah of Baseball

    English Skills 1 May 16, 2007 The Black Messiah of Baseball Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children. Robinson grew up in an area of poverty, and he also became affiliated with a neighborhood gang in his youth. (2) He was persuaded by his friend named Carl Anderson to abandon the gang. In 1935, Robinson enrolled into John Muir High School. There he

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    Essay Length: 669 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Jack

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