Which athlete took steroids to improve performance and exposed widespread steroid use in his book?

• A. Lance Armstrong
• B. Muhammad Ali
• C. Gorgeous George
• D. Jose Canseco

Answer: (D)

This question tests knowledge of athletes who publicly exposed widespread steroid use through a book. Jose Canseco wrote Juiced, in which he admits using steroids and argues that steroid use was widespread in Major League Baseball. His disclosures brought significant attention to PEDs in baseball and helped prompt increased testing and scrutiny. The other figures did not publish a work that exposed widespread steroid culture in their sport in the same way: Armstrong’s doping admissions came through later investigations and statements rather than his memoir, and Ali and Gorgeous George are not associated with a publication that revealed systemic steroid use. So the person who fits this description is Jose Canseco.