Game of Shadows Mark FainaruWada Lance Williams

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Game of ShadowsMark Fainaru-WadaLance Williams
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The following slides contain phrases from the
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Questions to PonderWhat is the evidence that
suggests Barry Bonds used steroids?Is it
credible evidence?
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The book, Games of Shadows,
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is a testament
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to baseballs failure to deal with
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the drug problem
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as soon as it arose
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the authors had access
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to court documents
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and grand jury testimony
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as well as to affidavits
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and confidential memoranda
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filed by federal investigators
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all related to the BALCO steroids scandal
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they interviewed more than 200 people
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including Bonds longtime girlfriend
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Kimberly Bell
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who reportedly taped phone conversations
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with the baseball star
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the genesis of the tale
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is Bonds resentment of how McGuire
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whom he regarded
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as a far lesser talent
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bulked up on steroids
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had become the games
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reigning superstar
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Theyre just letting him do it
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because hes a white boy
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Bonds reportedly told Bell
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he recruited Greg Anderson
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an old friend
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with access to steroids
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as his personal trainer
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during that off-season
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according to the book
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Anderson began injecting Bonds
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with steroids
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and he gained 15 pounds of muscle
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at an age, 34,
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when most ballplayers are fading
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Bonds had found
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a new power source
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Choose One Topic

• 1. Barry Bonds should/should not be punished for
  his actions.

• 2. There is a wealth of evidence that proves
  Barry Bonds used steroids

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ASSIGNMENT

• Write one paragraph that develops your topic.

• 5-8 sentences
• Include a topic sentence
• Include a concluding sentence

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VOCABULARY

• lavish
• relentless
• cusp
• tainted
• resentment

• regimen
• insatiable
• torrent
• affidavit
• memoranda

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• lavish
• McGwire was lavished with attention

• relentless
• a relentless steroid program

(verb) to give excessively
(adj.) refusing to give up
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• cusp
• the book is available on the cusp of the
  season

• tainted
• baseball has been tainted

(noun) edge verge
(adj.) corrupted
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• resentment
• Bonds felt resentment towards McGwire

• regimen
• Bonds followed a regimen of steroids

(noun) anger or displeasure
(noun) a plan or schedule
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• insatiable
• Bonds developed an insatiable appetite for
  steroids

• torrent
• a torrent of boos and profanity

(adj.) cannot be satisfied
(noun) a rush or outpouring
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the authors used affidavits and confidential
memoranda

• affidavit

• memoranda

(noun) a sworn statement
(noun) a written reminder or note