Essay 4

The first source i chose was an online article from the New York Times titled, "Steroids". The article starts off by explaining what steroids are and the effects that occur from taking them. "Anabolic steroids are synthetic hormones that can help an athlete build bigger muscles far faster than with workouts alone" (NY Times). From these findings many athletes have begun to use this drug to gain muscle and stamina at a much faster rate. We than learn that most sports to this day have baned steroids, but in previous years it was a little different. Starting in the 1950's the Russians discovered the effects of steroids and from than on athletes have cheated their way through their sports career by using this drug (NY Times). The article than goes to talk about how steroids in baseball is such a major issue. The author talks about how some of the most famous sports stories of the past decade have been ruined because the player had previously used steroids. It is to bad this this happened to some athletes but they did cheat, and they should pay the consequences.

The second source i found was from CBS News, titled, "The Truth About Steroids and Sports." The article starts out by saying that everyone who enjoys watching sports should agree that steroids are wrong. The debate of this has been an issue for the previous decades, especially in baseball. "They're among a number of players facing questions over former Senator George Mitchell's recent report linking 89 major leaguers to performance-enhancing drugs" (CBS News). Outside of baseball, the article talks about how people with poor health use the drug to help out with the healing process. Patients with cancer and aids have been known to use the drug, to increase their energy as well as their appetite. "I noticed a change in my energy level. I noticed a change in my appetite. I noticed a change in how much I could push at the gym," says Berry Tyson who is a victim of aids (CBS News).