Hey, sports folks derail all the time — look at Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps’ marijuana scandal or the recent travails of golf superstar Tiger Woods. (In fact, here’s a whole Youth Culture Lesson.)
Now, baseball’s Mark McGwire is simultaneously admitting to steroid use, yet making a case that his sports stats still count. “The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes,” he told Bob Costas on the MLB Network on Monday. “There’s not a pill or an injection that is going to give me — or any athlete — the hand-eye coordination to hit a baseball. A pill or an injection will not hit a baseball.”
Excerpts from the live interview:
Related link:
A Teachable Moment with Tiger Woods (December 2009)
Youth Culture Lesson: The Year of Surprise (December 2009)
Emerging Trends (February 2009)
Promises (September 2007)
