Joshua Canabal H-U.S-History 11-1 Mr. Pineda May 12‚ 2011 Pros and Cons of Steroids in Sports Performing enhancement drugs has become a nation-wide debate for many sports journalists‚ reporters‚ and politicians. This ongoing debate has lasted for twenty years now and there are still many opinions to be assessed. Some experts may argue that steroids have a positive impact in sports and others disagree‚ but in reality they are both right. Steroids can make the game more exciting with athletes
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carpet cleaning operation. A sixteen-year-old young talented entrepreneur‚ Barry Minkow who is the founder of the company‚ initially runs it out of his parents’ garage. ZZZZ Best experienced tremendous growth in both revenues and profits during the first several years of its existence. During the period from 1984 to 1987‚ the company’s net worth poured from less than $200‚000 to more than $5 million on revenues of $50 million. Barry Minkow was introduced to the carpet cleaning industry at the age of twelve
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notorious for cheating allegations. The most talked about players in the steroid debate include: Alex Rodriguez‚ Barry Bonds‚ Mark McGwire‚ Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens. These players have been caught in relations to the steroid debate with notable evidence and should
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Paul Merolla ENG 101 Yoshiaki Furui 12/13/12 Summary My letter to the Baseball Writers Association of America addresses the issue of the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball and the induction of accused players into the hall of fame. I argue that no player should be left out of the hall just because of steroids for several reasons. Unfortunately‚ steroids were a part of the culture of the game during the steroid era and it is about time that we accept that. Baseball
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flourishing. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa both went on to break Roger Maris’ long-standing record of 61 home runs that year‚ with totals of seventy and sixty-six home runs respectively. A few years later McGwire’s record of seventy was surpassed by one Barry Bonds who smacked 73 home runs in 2001. Players and teams throughout the league were shattering all kinds of records. Interest from the fans and offensive output by the players‚ in the historically numbers-driven game of baseball (baseball has a statistic
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Roger Clemens or “the Rocket” was one of the best pitchers in baseball. He played for four teams including the Boston Red Sox‚ Toronto Blue Jays‚ New York Yankees‚ and Houston Astros. He played 4916 innings in his twenty-four year career. He has the most Cy Young Awards out of any player and has the third most strikeouts in the history of the sport. After all of his success he was on the path to having his name in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Although with every strong career comes large
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If you’re into football you’ve probably heard the name Barry Sanders. Barry David Sanders was born on July 16th‚ 1968. He started playing football in fourth grade‚ but had a hard time because he was small. At the beginning of high school he was only five feet tall‚ and weighed under 100 pounds. Luckily by junior year he grew to five feet‚ seven inches and 155 pounds. Unfortunately his brother was the starting running back so he was benched. Although he was benched almost all of high school he managed
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Baseball players‚ some of the most competitive people on our planet. They will always find a way to be the best at their respective sport. Some players though such as Alex Rodriguez‚ Barry Bonds‚ Sammy Sosa and so on tried something that can take the fame and their good health away. They chose to take a substance called anabolic steroids. What’s the big deal people will say. Those people don’t understand though how it is taken‚ the small benefits it could give that player and huge negatives steroids
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OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION Communication takes place when one person transfers information and understanding to another person. An effective communication is one which is followed by the receiver of the message and his reaction or response is known to the sender. It is a two-way process. It may not be possible to achieve perfect communication. But the following steps may be taken to minimize barriers to communication and making it more effective: 1. Clarity And Completeness- In order
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Born as Richard O’Barry on October 14th‚ 1939 (age 76)‚ Ric O’Barry is an American activist known for capturing and training dolphins in the 60’s TV series‚ Flipper. However‚ when the dolphin that played Flipper most of the time‚ Kathy‚ died in his arms; O’Barry realized that his work was wrong. He soon transitioned to activism‚ advocating against industries that keep dolphins in captivity. On the first Earth Day in 1970‚ he founded a campaign against the “multi-billion dollar dolphin captivity industry”
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