10 Actors/Characters Whose Performances Might Have Been Tainted by Steroids | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
David Schmidt
Published Mar 25, 2026
First off, can I just say that Omar Epps is quite the fictional athlete when you consider that he’s a four-sport star taking into account, The Program, Major League 2, Higher Learning (not necessarily a sports movie but he played a track star), and Love & Basketball.
But for the No. 9 spot I’m singling out his performance as Willie Mays Hayes in Major League 2. In the movie, he admits to teammates that he packed on about 20-25 pounds of muscle in the offseason to become a power hitter.