McGwire admits he used steroids when breaking Maris' record (York Daily Record)

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Mark McGwire has finally came clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. During a 20-minute telephone interview shortly afterward, his voice repeatedly cracked.


McGwire admits using steroids (Main Line Times)
McGwire admits using steroids (Main Line Times)

NEW YORK (AP) Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.


Steroids are helpful, harmful (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Steroids are helpful, harmful (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Mark McGwire's admission this week that he used steroids during his baseball career reopened the discussion about the risks and benefits of the drugs. Steroids are synthetic versions of hormones the body produces naturally. Birth control pills are one example of a steroid.