Editing Alex Rodriguez (section)

====Early 2009: Report of positive test for steroids====
On February 7, 2009, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported that Rodriguez tested positive for [[testosterone (medication)|testosterone]] and the [[anabolic steroids|anabolic steroid]] [[Primobolan]] in 2003.<ref name="SIsteroids">{{cite magazine|last1=Robers|first1=Selena|last2=Epstein|first2=David|date=February 7, 2009|title=Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/02/07/alex-rodriguez-steroids/|access-date=February 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208115937/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/02/07/alex-rodriguez-steroids/index.html|archive-date=February 8, 2009}}</ref> Rodriguez's name appears on a government-sealed list of 104 major-league players (out of 1200 tested<ref name="Glanville"/>) who came up positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The report was compiled as part of Major League Baseball's 2003 survey to see whether mandatory random drug testing program might be necessary. At the time, there was no penalty or punishment for a positive steroid test. Rodriguez did not immediately confirm the allegations, deferring at first to the players' union.<ref name="SIsteroids"/><ref name="NYTsteroids"/> Two days after the allegations, Rodriguez admitted to steroid use from 2001 until 2003, claiming that he ceased using such substances after spring training that year.<ref name="ESPNadmission"/><ref name="NYTadmission"/>