In 2011, Milwaukee Brewers All-Star Ryan Braun joined an exclusive club when he notched 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season. That November, Braun unsurprisingly won NL MVP, and he also earned Silver Slugger honors. A month later, ESPN's "Outside the Lines" reported that Braun tested positive for PEDs, but he won an appeal after it was deemed that the collection of his sample did not follow the proper protocol. At the time, Braun seemed like a hero among players, as he defeated what had been viewed as an unbeatable system and also exposed flaws in MLB drug testing.
After maintaining his innocence for over a year, the truth caught up with Braun in the summer of 2013 when he earned a lengthy suspension due to his involvement with the Biogenesis clinic that distributed drugs to professional athletes. As explained by ESPN, Braun came clean following this punishment, and he admitted: "I realize now that I have made some mistakes. I am willing to accept the consequences of those actions." Later that same year, ESPN confirmed Braun tried to discredit the urine collector, even going so far as to refer to that person as an anti-Semite.
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