Why Professional Athletes Fall for Health Scams
From titanium necklaces to recovery water, superstition and pseudoscience in athletics runs rampant
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5 min readAug 21, 2019
During his first Major League Baseball spring training in 2008, Matt Antonelli, a former second baseman for the San Diego Padres, found a pile of Phiten necklaces waiting in his locker. The blue-and-white nylon-coated…