English 1001 19 November 2010 The Steroid Effect in Professional Baseball In past twenty years‚ steroids have become a huge problem in major league baseball. Many players were using them because they assumed there was no chance in being caught. In the last five years the league has decided to crack down on testing and really try to clean up baseball. A large number of players have tested positive‚ and the punishment is much worse than in past years. Steroids are harmful to the human body‚ they
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Anabolic steroid use in teenagers is on the rise. Struggling with schoolwork and attending extra-curricular activities are merely a couple of reasons why teens turn to drugs. When my 16-year-old son started lifting weights and taking supplements one drug in particular raised a red flag. How bad could steroid use be? Commonly‚ the most used type is the anabolic steroid. This drug is what most body builders and professional athletes use. “ ’Anabolic ’ refers to muscle-building.’ Steroids ’ refers
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are physically engaging with their hands so that must be a sport.” I’m here to tell you all that this is indeed incorrect. As said by Matt Kasten “Sports are inherently physical‚ and the athletes participating must be physically involved. When artificial intelligence can trounce a human player by eliminating the lone physical aspect of gaming (i.e. moving the player’s thumbs and forefingers)‚ it has lost its validity as a sport.” Sports will always be defined as a physical action not sitting at
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Persuasive Lying Essay People often say that honesty is the best policy. You should listen to them they know what they’re talking about. Lying. In the dictionary the definition of lying is an “intentionally told false statement” but the dictionary doesn’t list the consequences of a lie or why said false statements were used. So‚ I’ll have to do it. I know that no one wants to hear that they look fat or grotesque ‚ or that the ugly sweater they gave someone for Christmas will never see anything
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Persuasive Essay Did you know that more than ever NFL players are having more and more serious injuries? A study done over 2000 NFL games shows that NFL players are at more risk than ever. The reason for this surge of injuries is‚ the turf fields. Because of the way turf is designed it tends to be a lot harder than grass We need to get rid of all the turf fields in the NFL to protect players safety. It turns out that players were 77 percent more likely to tear their ACL on turf compared to regular
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DRUGS ‚ SPORTS ‚ AND ETHICS Testosterone‚ Anabolic Steroids‚ and Human growth hormone are the new trend in the sports filed‚ athletes are doping. What are the enhancement drugs ‚ Why its becoming popular and why it should be banned? Testosterone is produced by both women and men but men produced 10 times more than women. It is male sex hormone‚ its effect in increasing muscle mass. Anabolic Steroids are derivatives of Testosterone which can be rubbed‚ injected‚ or swallowed. The drug was
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skateboarding be an Olympic Sport? How much do you know about skateboarding as of now? Did you at least know that it recently became an olympic sport. You may think…”oh wow what a great thing to do.” But that’s not the case in this situation. Many people are debating whether skateboarding should be an olympic sport. But even though skateboarding may not be as popular of a sport as basketball or track n’ field why not give skateboarding an equal chance as any other sport. First of all with skateboarding
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Sports are a great way to learn sportsmanship‚ cooperation‚ teamwork etc.. Every sport has a set of rules that are followed by two teams and usually there are fans. Caving‚ however‚ is a sport that doesn’t require very many rules‚ fans‚ or 2 teams. Caving‚ or Spelunking‚ is a sport that can be very dangerous and should be conducted with people who have knowledge of caves‚ safety‚ and maps. The wonders of the world have always been found in remote areas that are untouched by humans. Caves hold nature’s
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few years there has been a debate whether using steroids in horse-racing is ethical‚ while steroids are performance enhancing they are very dangerous and can cause a lot of injury or even death to the horse and rider. Topic I: Steroids have been used in the horse-racing industry since the 1970’s‚ but studies have shown in the past few years just how dangerous the steroids can be. A- A man named Dr. Lawrence Soma said that these anabolic steroids are very dangerous because‚ when the foreign EPO’s
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The argument now is whether sports drinks such as gatorade‚ powerade‚ and others related are harmful and/or replacing water. Many athletes‚ including me love to drink gatorade because we know it as a sports drink and the hint of many flavors it comes in makes the drink better oppose to plain water. Even though we love the taste of cool blue‚ lemon lime‚ orange‚ and many other flavors of sports drinks they come with a high percentage of calories nearly as much as a soft drink would contain. So which
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