| Winning Is the Only Thing: Sports in America Since 1945 Contributor(s): Roberts, Randy (Author), Olson, James S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801842409 ISBN-13: 9780801842405 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1991 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | History - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 796.097 |
| LCCN: 89001689 |
| Series: American Moment |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.83" W x 8.9" (0.79 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Olson, James S.: - James S. Olson is the Texas State University System Regents Professor of History at Sam Houston State University. He has written and edited dozens of books, including Bathsheba's Breast: Women, Cancer, and History, also published by Johns Hopkins. |