Will steroids strike 'em out?The scandal, is in the clubhouse now. Barry Bonds's personal trainer personal trainer person n → (persönlicher) Fitnesstrainer m, (persönliche) Fitnesstrainerin f , Greg Anderson, has been indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. on 42 charges involving anabolic steroids Anabolic steroids A group of drugs derived from the male sex hormone testosterone, most commonly prescribed to promote growth or to help the body repair tissues weakened by severe illness or aging. Some anabolic steroids are given as appetite stimulants. and financial abuses. After some of his milestone home runs, Bonds publicly praised Anderson for telling him to eat his broccoli or increase his zinc intake. Now John Ashcroft has linked Anderson to the chain of body-building abusers in baseball and other sports. Baseball looked the other way too long, even when sluggers with recently enlarged physiques were pampered pam·per tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers 1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child. 2. by allowing their trainers in the clubhouse. There are good reasons these substances are illegal. They deny equal chance to art athletes. And many are dangerous. Baseball. sluggers and other athletes may think they are beating the system. They are cheating, and possibly ruining their bodies. PERSPECTIVES features excerpts of opinion pieces by columnists from the Op-Ed page and other sections of The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. All columns from the last seven days are available at nytimes.com; Op-Ed pieces (by columnists and outside contributors], plus Editorials and Letters to the Editor, are at nytimes.com/opinion. Please let us know what you think of Perspectives at upfront@scholastic.com. |
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