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After McGwire's admission, who's next?
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Jan. 12, 2010 2:00 pm
Finally willing to talk about the past, Mark McGwire sobbed and sniffled, giving the missing - and unsurprising - answer to the steroids question.
Ending more than a decade of denials and evasion, admitted Monday that steroids and human growth hormone helped make him a home run king.
In a quavering voice, McGwire apologized and said he used steroids and human growth hormone on and off for a decade, starting before the 1990 season and including the year he broke Roger Maris' single-season home run record in 1998.
"I wish I had never touched steroids," McGwire said. "It was foolish and it was a mistake."
He had mostly disappeared since his infamous testimony before a congressional committee in March 2005, when he repeatedly said, "I'm not here to talk about the past," a response that made him an object of ridicule during his self-imposed exile.
Now that the former St. Louis Cardinal slugger has come clean, who will be next to the confessional? You tell us.
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In this image from video, Mark McGwire wipes his eye during an interview with Bob Costas on MLB Network Monday. McGwire admitted earlier Monday he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. (AP)

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