|
Showing 1 - 2 of
2 matches in All Departments
|
Sports Scandals (Hardcover)
Peter Finley, Laura L. Finley, Jeffrey Fountain
|
R1,715
Discovery Miles 17 150
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
Cheaters, gamblers, drugs, and violence. Sound like the latest
action/adventure film? It is most likely playing in a stadium, ice
rink, track field, basketball court, or ballpark near you. We're
talking about the larger-than-life scandals that often surround and
sometimes engulf the world of sports. Covering everything from the
little leagues to college and professional sports, Sports Scandals
offers students an intriguing, readable guide to the most notorious
scandals in American sports history. Each chapter focuses on a
specific category of scandal, including race-related,
gender-related, drug-related, violence-related, recruiting and
academic-related, and coaching scandals. Insightful, in-depth
entries offer and overview of the historical and cultural context,
what occurred and who was involved, as well as the response to the
scandal. Entries within chapters clearly outline the diversity of
viewpoints surrounding the scandal as well as the associated
ethical, moral, and legal issues. Highlighting why sport scandals
matter to athletes, to coaches, to teams, to organizations, to the
media, and to the public, this volume is an ideal resource for both
ready reference and for reading cover-to-cover. Among the scandals
featured: BLMichael Vick busted for bad newz kennels BLBasketbrawl
BLMike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield BLBay Area Laboratory
Co-operative (BALCO) BLBarry Bonds, home run king BLWorld Series
for sale! The 1919 Chicago Black Sox BLPete Rose banned from
baseball BLUniversity of Colorado recruiting and sex scandals
BLAcademic cheating shocks West Point in 1951 BLSouthern Methodist
University Football given death penalty BLDon Imus takes cheap shot
at Rutgers basketball playersBLMuhammad Ali versus the U.S.
military BLBombing of Atlanta Olympics in 1996
In America, sports are a popular passion, and an astoundingly
lucrative business as well. Americans pay out millions of dollars
annually for channels and stadiums to bring them closer to their
favorite players, and every year, young athletes go to greater
lengths to reach those exalted fields of play themselves.
Unfortunately, in the quest to offer an ever more compelling
product, the sports industry is blind to the manner in which that
product is created. Doping, playing through injury, and eating
disorders are widespread problems in both professional and college
athletics, and speak volumes about the lengths to which people will
go in order to make themselves successful. Dirty play, hazing, and
cheating are common even at the lowest levels. Most troubling of
all, however, are the societal problems created by the sports
industry, which include racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia.
Peter and Laura Finley's comprehensive work confronts the many
problems facing athletics today. Using numerous examples (both
historical and current), they begin with the issue as they exist at
the highest levels and as they are represented in the media. They
then go on to look at how the values and models expressed by
professionals are adopted and utilized by coaches, parents, and
eventually by amateur athletes of all ages. Finally, the Finleys
provide recommendations for improving the sports environment in
America, suggesting ways we can work to counteract some of these
many harmful influences to ensure that sports realize their
potential as a positive and rewarding activity.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
|