Future Hall of Shamers
May 14, 2009
In recent years allegations of steroid use has loomed large over all professional sports teams including major league baseball. At the end of 2007 the “Mitchell Report” was released detailing a 20-month long investigation into baseball’s use of steroids and human growth hormones. This report also listed 89 former and current players who are alleged to have used steroids or drugs at least one time in their career. In the past week Manny Ramirez, formerly of the Boston Red Sox and currently the star player of the Los Angeles Dodgers, tested positive for a banned substance. While the substance found was not a steroid, it is widely used after a steroid cycle to return testosterone levels back to normal. On NBCSports.com, contributor Mike Celizic, posed the question, are top sports agents such as Scott Boras and Michael Nicotera encouraging steroid use since it also pumps up their profits? click here for limerick
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