doping in sports

A collection of editorials and reports on doping in sports that provide a broad history of events and debates.

Contains a collection of articles that offer various viewpoints on doping and related topics.

"Should athletes who used performance-enhancing drugs be stripped of their medals? Can video games help build important skills? Every day, we hear arguments about issues in sports and entertainment in the media. This book gives readers the tools to make sense of and evaluate some of these arguments. Using three relatable and accessible examples, this book introduces readers to the parts of an effective argument and prompts them to use the knowledge they have gained to evaluate the effectiveness of arguments on opposing sides of the issues"--Provided by publisher.

"Examines issues related to performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sports"--Provided by publisher.

While steroids are medically useful in small, prescribed doses, they are too often abused in sports alongside other performance-enhancing drugs. Young athletes may feel their natural performance is not good enough, so they may turn to these drugs to get ahead. Young athletes are informed about the risky effects of abusing these drugs to combat the allure of being perceived as a better player. Sidebars and full-color photographs help portray the dangerous consequences of this type of drug abuse.

On January 29th, 2013, an expos? by Miami New Times reporter Tim Elfrink set the sports world on fire. Elfrink revealed that a Miami clinic, Biogenesis, had been supplying illegal performance enhancing drugs ? PEDs ? to many of the nation?s top baseball stars. One name stood out among all the others: Alex Rodriguez, the highest-earning player in the game. Over the next year and more the story would unravel with incredible details about tanning salon robberies, coded text messages, and furtive steroid injections in the men?s room. Both news-breaking sports journalism and wild South Florida noir, Blood Sport is simultaneously a revelatory record of the steroid and PED era?s continuing evolution and a call to arms for how to end it ? this time, for good.

Examines the issues surrounding the use of performance-enhancing drugs, including their health risks and efforts to prevent their use.

Behind the glory, medals, money, and fame of big-time sports lies a complex web of controversy and deceit. Doping - the use of banned performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to gain a competitive athletic edge - is common in many sports. While doping can improve performance, it poses huge risks for athletes' health and careers.