APNewsBreak: Mark McGwire admits using steroids (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 01/11/2010 - 3:05pm

This March 17, 2005, file photo shows former baseball player Mark McGwire being sworn in before testifying at a hearing on Capitol Hill on the use of steroids in professional baseball in Washington.<br /><br />McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.<br /><br />McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Mark McGwire finally came clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.

McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade.

During a 20-minute telephone interview shortly afterward, his voice repeatedly cracked.




 

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