Winning Is the Only Thing: Sports in America Since 1945

by James S. Olson, James Stuart Olson, Randy Roberts

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In Winning Is the Only Thing, Randy Roberts and James Olson take a hard look at the dark side of American sports. The scandals. The role of organized crime. How politicians and businessmen exploit the Olympics. Who gets rich and who goes broke. Why the fitness craze has nothing to do with fitness. And how TV sports czars like Roone Arledge--inventor of the "instant replay"--actually dictate how games are played.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801838304

ISBN13:9780801838309

Release Date:September 1989

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:258 Pages

Weight:1.22 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Americas Education & Reference History History of Sports Miscellaneous Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Reference Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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