Sports Scandals (Scandals in American History) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Peter Finley, Laura Finley, Jeffrey Fountain
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2452536
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0313344582
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.483
EAN: 9780313344589
ASIN: 0313344582
Publication Date: June 30, 2008
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Product Description
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 players BLMuhammad Ali versus the U.S. military BLBombing of Atlanta Olympics in 1996
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