5 Famous Athletes That Have Used Steroids

Anabolic steroids are used by athletes around the globe to enhance their performance on the field, in the gym, on the track, etc. These performance enhancing drugs are used at almost every level of competitive sport. Even prolific athletes that you may not ever suspect sometimes turn out to be steroid users. Without them they may not have been as good as they were at their respective sport. Below is a list of ten famous athletes who have been caught using steroids.

5) Mo Vaughn
On December 13th, 2007 a report by Senator George J. Mitchell revealed that purchases steroid from Kirk Radomski. Radomski said he delivered the drugs to Vaughn personally. Senator Mitchell requested a meeting with Vaughn to discuss all of the allegations against him and give him a chance to respond to these allegations but Vaughn never agreed to do the interview.

4) Rafael Palmeiro
Jose Canseco, a former teammate of Palmeiro recognized Palmeiro as a associate steroid user in his 2005 book, Juiced: Wild Time, Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big. Canseco claimed that he personally injected Palmeiro with steroids. Palmeiro, however denied these allegations. On August 1, 2005 he was suspended for 10 games for testing positive for steroid use. Then in 2007 Palmeiro was included in the Mitchell report alleging that he used steroids during his career.

3) Sammy Sosa
In 2009 the New York Times reported Sammy Sosa was included in a list of players that tested positive for using performance enhancing drugs in 2003. Sammy Sosa has denied all allegations of using any type of illegal steroid or other performance enhancing drug.

2) Roger Clemens
In 2008 Roger Clemens told a House Committee that he had never taken steroids or HGH.However, Clemens name was mentioned 82 times in the Mitchell report on steroid use in baseball. In 2010 a federal grand jury indicted Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance enhancing drugs.

1) Alex Rodriguez
In 2003 Alex Rodriguez tested positive for using anabolic steroids. This was the same year that he won the American League Most Valuable Player award, and won the American League home run title. His name now appears on a list containing 104 players who tested positive for using performance enhancing drugs in the MLB’s 2003 testing.