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Author Carroll, Will, 1970-

Title The juice : the real story of baseball's drug problems / Will Carroll with William L. Carroll ; foreword by Alan Schwarz.

Imprint Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  362.29 C236j 2005    ---  Available
Description xi, 255 p. ; 23 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents Foreword by Alan Schwarz -- Introduction -- Defining the issue -- Profile: the player -- A brief history of performance-enhancing drugs -- How steroids work, and what they do to the body -- The original juice: amphetamines and uppers -- Supplements, a grey area -- Profile: the tester -- A comparison: football's steroids policy -- Pre-trial commotion: the legal issues of steroids and sports -- Profile: the student -- On the horizon: genetic performance enhancement -- Profile: the creator 1-- Those in favor raise their hands -- Do steroids rewrite the record books? -- What lies ahead -- How to save the game -- A note on the authors and the text -- Index.
Summary Provides scientific evidence of effects and side effects of steroids, analyzes whether and how these drugs impact baseball.
Subject Doping in sports.
Athletes -- Drug use.
Baseball players -- Drug use.
Doping in Sports.
Baseball.
Added Author Carroll, William L.
ISBN 156663668X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781566636681 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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