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Sports and their fans
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Kevin G. Quinn |
"Exploring such topics as the role of sports in the creation of mass culture, cheating, the abuse of illegal drugs, the strange and fascinating role that numbers play in sporting events, and the futu… |
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Ethics and Sport
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M.J McNamee |
The issues surrounding ethical controversies in sport are often touched on in the popular media. This book by leading international scholars in philosophy and the philosophy of sport provides systema… |
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Practical ethics in sport management
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Angela Lumpkin |
"Issues addressed are violence in sports, racial and gender equity, performance-enhancing drugs, academics, commercialization, etc. Specific examples from real-world sports situations and reflective … |
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Throwaway players
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Gay Culverhouse |
"The NFL insists players know they're playing a dangerous game, but players never see the deteriorated mental capacities of their former heroes.Throwaway Playersis former Tampa Bay Buccaneers preside… |
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Hard ball
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James P. Quirk |
"What can possibly account for the strange state of affairs in professional sports today? There are billionaire owners and millionaire players, but both groups are constantly squabbling over money. M… |
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Against football
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Steve Almond |
Argues that not only is American football hazardous to players' health, and especially to their brains, but also that American support of the sport encourages violence, prejudices, and other ethicall… |
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Fair Play in Sport
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Sigmund Loland |
Fair Play in Sport presents a critical re-working of the classic ideal of fair play and explores its practical consequences for competitive sport. By linking general moral principles and practical ca… |
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Values of the game
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Bradley, Bill |
Public tirades, fist-fights, exorbitant contracts, labor disputes, ear-bitings, and coach-chokings all cast a pall over national pastimes that once seemed theatres for heroism, teamwork, and loyalty.… |
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