The Popular Steroid Scandals.
There are so many athletes that have taken steroids but to the public eye, only the "good" ones stick out to us. Athletes such as Lance Armstrong, Ben Johnson, Barry Bonds and many more famous people stick out to us. We watch these athletes play their sport and look up to them but when we hear that they used steroids, it destroys our thoughts on them and destroys their reputation as athletes. Lance Armstrong being the biggest hero to everyone because he beat testicular cancer and also won 7 medals in the Tour De France. He also created a group to help people with cancer around the world called LiveStrong. He was looked up to by everyone until he got caught for using steroids in a length of 6 years or more.
Another popular athlete on suspicion of using steroids was Barry Bonds the home run king. Barry Bonds hit more home runs than the record set by Hank Aaron and after retiring he gets convicted of a single count of obstruction of justice. This meant that he gave false or misleading statements during his testimony. Although the courts couldn't prove his use of steroids because of lack of evidence they were able to give him punishment for his doings. In the end Barry Bonds never admitted to using steroids but shared that he thought his doctor was giving him one thing and not steroids.
Ben Johnson from Canada was a sprinter that went to the Olympics and in 1988 he beat the 100 yard dash record running a 9.79. The race he was in was the most anticipated races because it was full of talent, but 24 hours after receiving a gold medal he failed a drug test. The International Olympic Committee came to take his gold medal from him and that was the end of Ben Johnson.