Drugs are bad. Seriously. Drugs are bad. Three words, not far off from “just say no” in the pantheon of drug education in America that, you will see, summarize steroid policy. As Congress has looked into the problem of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports over the last three months, they have looked no deeper than […]
Radio Silence: The Media’s Response to Steroid Testing
It was just as the baseball media feared. Just before Opening Day, rumors started to circulate at the upper levels that the new drug testing policy had netted its first victim. After being grilled by Congress and talk radio – equally valid authorities to most sports fans – they were now proving they were serious. […]
Congressional Hearings on “Steroids in Baseball”
Hearings Without Listening In the continuing war on drugs in baseball, Thursday’s Congressional hearings sought and found a new low. Instead of facts, we got emotional appeals of dubious quality. Instead of getting facts onto the record, any attempt at a substantive discussion was shouted down by politicians more interested in their meaningless memories and […]