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Don't Cry for Mark McGwire

Confessed steroid user is no victim

By M. Morris, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 11, 2010 6:17 PM CST

(Newser) – Mark McGwire's acknowledgment that he used steroids is no surprise to "anyone with a lick of sense," and the backlash now that he's finally fessed up shouldn't come as a shock, either. "Like all confessions that are motivated by public relations as... Read full story »

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