Presents a comprehensive study of the excessive use of steroids and other supplements by today's youth, and examines the dangers of these drugs and the roles that some professional athletes have played in projecting a negative influence to young boys and girls.
Content Note
Reality check: kids are using steroids -- Sidebar 1.1. Survival of the fittest? -- Follow the leader: kids need better mentors, heroes -- Sidebar 2.1. Q&A with Jack Nicklaus -- Sidebar 2.2. A word to parents -- Athletes to kids: do as we say, not as we do -- Sidebar 3.1. Truth and lies behind the NFL's "exemplary" drug-testing plan -- BALCO and beyond: the biggest doping scandal in sports history -- Sidebar 4.1. What keeps Barry swinging -- Sidebar 4.2. Summary of doping in Athens -- Steroids and designer drugs -- Supplement boom: big business spurs big trouble -- Sidebar 6.1. Fearless youth: why they use supplements -- Solutions to the out-of-control drug problem in sports -- Sidebar 7.1. Overview of the ATLAS Program -- Sidebar 7.2. Q&A with Dr. Frank Uryasz -- Sidebar 7.3. Steroid and supplement legislation -- Dead serious: catastrophic and fatal injuries in sports -- The heat is on: heatstroke continues to kill -- Brain injury: science waging war on concussions -- Caring for youth sports: are we or not? -- Sidebar 11.1. Top 10 things parents don't get about kids and sports -- Sidebar 11.2. Commentary: It's inexcusable when a youth coach breaks rules, our trust -- Winning at all costs: what we're driven to do and why -- Sidebar 12.1. Commentary: Winning at all costs is a big loss in game of life -- Sidebar 12.2. A senior season lost at a Burger King -- Recurrent unexplained deaths in sports -- Who's in charge?: administration is part of the problem -- Struggle for sportsmanship: through a ref's eagle eyes: Q&A with Barry Mano -- Solutions: winning without losing perspective -- Sidebar 16.1. Tips for coaches, parents, and players -- Sidebar 16.2. Teaching sportsmanship tips -- Sidebar 16.3. Ethics of competition education should be mandatory in all schools -- Sidebar 16.4. Q&A with Terry Holland -- More solutions: athletes doing the right thing.