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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Stealing lives Stealing lives Arturo J. Marcano Guevara "As a young boy growing up in Venezuela, Alexis Quiroz dreamed of playing in the Major Leagues. Alexis's dreams were like those of thousands of other boys in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, and… OL11606804W
The big fix The big fix Brett Forrest Relates how a longtime Interpol cop and former FIFA head of security has taken on a mission to track down the fixers and financial backers acting on behalf of Asian criminal syndicates to fix more th… OL17876712W
Brazil's Dance with the devil Brazil's Dance with the devil Dave Zirin As the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games approach, ordinary Brazilians are holding the country's biggest protest marches in decades. Sports journalist Dave Zirin traveled to Brazil to find ou… OL19981148W
Broken dreams Broken dreams Tom Bower From the author of devastating exposés of Mohamed Fayed, Richard Branson and, most recently, Geoffrey Robinson, this is an incisive account of how self-interested individuals, adopting questionable a… OL27272569W
The business of sports agents The business of sports agents Kenneth L. Shropshire Shropshire and Davis, experts in the fields of sports business and law, examine the history of the sports agent business and the rules and laws developed to regulate the profession. They also conside… OL2982850W
Juicing the game Juicing the game Howard Bryant In Juicing the Game, award-winning journalist Howard Bryant offers the only big-picture look at the insidious manner in which performance-enhancing drugs infested baseball as the game's leaders stood… OL5844573W