<p>WASHINGTON -- With prominent Congressman lending their approval, Sports Illustrated magazine donated $1 million to a non-profit organization Wednesday for its work to prevent steroid and drug use among high school athletes.</p>
<p>The first SI Champion Award was given to Dr. Linn Goldberg and Dr. Diane Elliot of Oregon Health & Science University.</p>
<p>"The magazine has been at the forefront of the steroids issue with more than 10 cover stories on steroids since its first in 1969," said John Squires, co-chief operating officer of SI's owner, Time Inc. "This award serves the spirit and the mission of the magazine, and we decided to throw all our weight behind this issue."</p>
<p>Goldberg and Elliot's ATLAS and ATHENA programs were among 48 programs that applied for the grant. They will be given cash and public service announcements in the magazine, with the hope of initiating a national network of SI Schools to spread awareness about steroids.</p>
<p>"When Diane and I first began our research in 1987, we felt like explorers without a map," Goldberg said. "National drug surveys did not include steroids -- it was a silent problem. Then we remembered the words of Yogi Berra, 'You have to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.'"</p>
<p>After starting ATLAS at a Portland, Ore., high school in 1993, Goldberg and Eliot realized they needed to design separate programs for boys (ATLAS) and girls (ATHENA) to coincide with the different reasons each uses performance-enhancing and body-shaping drugs.</p>
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<p>The first SI Champion Award was given to Dr. Linn Goldberg and Dr. Diane Elliot of Oregon Health & Science University.</p>
<p>"The magazine has been at the forefront of the steroids issue with more than 10 cover stories on steroids since its first in 1969," said John Squires, co-chief operating officer of SI's owner, Time Inc. "This award serves the spirit and the mission of the magazine, and we decided to throw all our weight behind this issue."</p>
<p>Goldberg and Elliot's ATLAS and ATHENA programs were among 48 programs that applied for the grant. They will be given cash and public service announcements in the magazine, with the hope of initiating a national network of SI Schools to spread awareness about steroids.</p>
<p>"When Diane and I first began our research in 1987, we felt like explorers without a map," Goldberg said. "National drug surveys did not include steroids -- it was a silent problem. Then we remembered the words of Yogi Berra, 'You have to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.'"</p>
<p>After starting ATLAS at a Portland, Ore., high school in 1993, Goldberg and Eliot realized they needed to design separate programs for boys (ATLAS) and girls (ATHENA) to coincide with the different reasons each uses performance-enhancing and body-shaping drugs.</p>
<p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2323785">http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2323785</a></p>
Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:33:27 -0600
