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Review

"The book will serve best as supplemental reading in courses focusing on US sport and its entanglement with economics, education, media, politics, religion, science, and technology. Its audience will be those who are largely unfamiliar with sport as it relates to the American value system….Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers."

Choice

" Each entry lays out the essential facts of the case in two or three pages, concluding with a one or two-paragraph analysis of the significance of the episode to the sport of to American society. Recommended for high school and public libraries."

Doug's Student Reference Room

Book 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, this indespendable book Roffers students an intriguing, readable guide to the most notorious scandals in American sports history.