In the United States and around the world, athletics are considered a staple of culture dating back to ancient Greece. The athletes participating in the competition are considered icons that represent their city, state, and even their entire nation. This admiration of athletics stems from our basic ...

In the game of baseball, dreaming big, working hard and showing individual effort in an atmosphere of teamwork and fair play are all American ideals. These ideals hide the realities of drug abuse, and fixed games, just like these dreams hide the ugly reality in America that not everyone who dreams a...

Suppose that you were a distressed student, but you knew of a pill that would enable you to get better grades. Would you choose to take them or not? It would be preposterous to say that many would not. Mark McGwire, first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, had to make a decision similar to this. T...