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The sixth edition of Fair and Foul features a new chapter on mass media and sport, a revised introduction, and a chapter on big-time college sport. The book explores our love of sport as well as its darker side, with new material throughout on topics such as injuries in youth... Read Full Overview

Expanded and updated, with photos throughout, this second edition explains America's love of sport just as it reveals sport's darker side-the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, and media grandstanding. An entirely new chapter explores... Read Full Overview

Sport is a pervasive aspect of US society. Most children in the U.S. are involved in organized sport and it's the subject of much conversation, media content, leisure activity, and discretionary spending. There is a growing number of broadcast networks, online news sites,... Read Full Overview

Expanded and updated throughout, the fourth edition explores America's love of sport just as it reveals sport's darker side-the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, and media grandstanding. A new prelude draws students into the book... Read Full Overview

The fifth edition of Fair and Foul explores America's love of sport, just as it reveals sport's darker side--the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, gender bias, media grandstanding, and more.

Fair and Foul explores our love of sport, just as it reveals sport's darker side--the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, gender bias, media grandstanding, and more. The sixth edition features a new chapter on mass media and sport,... Read Full Overview

Expanded and updated, with photos throughout, this third edition explains America's love of sport just as it reveals sport's darker side-the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, and media grandstanding. A new chapter explores the globalization... Read Full Overview

The fifth edition of Fair and Foul explores America's love of sport, just as it reveals sport's darker side--the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, gender bias, media grandstanding, and more.

Expanded and updated throughout, the fourth edition explores America's love of sport just as it reveals sport's darker side-the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, and media grandstanding. A new prelude draws students into the book... Read Full Overview

Americans have long cherished sport for its display of superb skills, heroic efforts, selfless teamwork, uncanny strategies, exuberance, spontaneity, and loyalty.

Americans have long cherished sport for its display of superb skills, heroic efforts, selfless teamwork, uncanny strategies, exuberance, spontaneity, and loyalty.