| Athletes Who Indulge Their Dark Side: Sex, Drugs, and Cover-Ups Contributor(s): Teitelbaum, Stanley H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469962772 ISBN-13: 9781469962771 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sports Psychology - Social Science | Popular Culture - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports |
| Dewey: 796.01 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.59 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From sex and drugs to violence, gambling, and wholesale conspiracies, scandals are everywhere in sports. Each of these problems is its own issue, and every case is separate, but taken as a whole this criminal pathology is indicative of a widespread problem with athletes and responsibility. In this wide-ranging and deep-seeking investigation, psychologist Stanley H. Teitelbaum asks why elite athletes take enormous risks with their lives and careers. Teitelbaum analyzes and diagnoses this culturally resonant set of problems with an honest, critical eye, looking at everything from baseball's steroid abusers to gambling scandals in the NBA to the steady stream of athletes arrested for domestic violence to the murder trials of O.J. Simpson and wrestler Chris Benoit. A concluding chapter holds sports commissioners and others to task for hiding behind a facade of ignorance and duplicitous na-vet in attempting to cover up or defuse brewing scandals. |