http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/sports/baseball/12mcgwire.html?ref=markmcgwire&_r=0
This article is about former MLB player Mark McGwire, who hit 583 career home runs, admitting to using steroids his playing career. He began using steroids in 1993 when he was having some injruy problems and he kept using them regularly after he recovered. McGwire originally denied using steroids in 2005 when Jose Canseco a former teammate of his, wrote a book about his steroid and in it he said that McGwire juiced with him. McGwire admitted to using steroids in 2010 because he wanted to get it off his chest before he began his job as hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.
I think this article is a great example of how athletes, not just baseball players, will try to get ahead of the competition by using steroids and the only thing that comes of it is their reputation and legacy is ruined when they are caught. McGwire would still have been a great player without the use of steroids, but since he took them his legacy as a great hitter has been hurt and people won't look up to him as much as they once did. The respectable part of McGwire admitting steroid use is he really regrets it and says it was a stupid act, but that doesn't excuse him from cheating.
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