The Dirty College Game

Author : Al Figone
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476671123

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The Dirty College Game by Al Figone Pdf

Commercial aspects of college football and basketball during the mid- to late 20th century were dominated by a few "get rich quick" schools. Though the NCAA was responsible for controlling such facets of college sports, the organization was unwilling and unable to control the excesses of the few who opposed the majority opinion. The result was a period of corruption, rules violations, unnecessary injuries and overspending. These events led to the formation of larger conferences, richer bowl games and rules intended to preserve the "money-making" value of college football and basketball. This book explores gambling, academic fraud, illegal booster activity and the single-minded pursuit of television contracts in college sports, as well as the NCAA's involvement--or lack thereof--in such cases.

Author : Josh Luchs,James Dale
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781608197224

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Illegal Procedure by Josh Luchs,James Dale Pdf

For fifteen years, sports agent Josh Luchs made illegal deals with numerous college athletes, from top-tier, nationally recognized phenoms to late-round draft picks. Flagrantly flaunting NCAA and NFL Players Association rules, he made no-interest loans to players in exchange for the promise of representation on their lucrative pro contracts. After cleaning up his act in 2003, he moved to a new agency, only to be targeted and pushed out of the business for a new violation-one he arguably did not commit. Then, in October 2010, Luchs wrote a confessional article in Sports Illustrated, telling the truth about what he did and didn't do. Since then he has taken on a new role: whistle-blowing, truth-telling reformer. And in telling his own story, Luchs pulls back the curtain on the real economy of college football: how agents win players legally and otherwise, the staggering sums colleges make from an unpaid workforce, the shortfalls of supposed full-ride scholarships, and the myth of a college education given to scholarship jocks. Including new information about major players and scandalized programs such as USC, Auburn, and Ohio State, this book pulls no punches. It's a stunning and necessary read for anyone who loves the game, and the first step toward fixing a broken system. Praise for Josh Luchs' Sports Illustrated story: "There are no innocents in all this-including Luchs. The difference now is Luchs isn't claiming to be innocent." -John Feinstein, Washington Post "[Luchs pulls] the inner workings of an oily business out of the shadows."-Pat Forde, ESPN "A must-read."-New York Times

Author : Jeff Benedict,Armen Keteyian
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780345803030

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The System by Jeff Benedict,Armen Keteyian Pdf

A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year NCAA football is big business. Every Saturday millions of people file into massive stadiums or tune in on television as "athlete-students" give everything they've got to make their team a success. Billions of dollars now flow into the game. But what is the true cost? The players have no share in the oceans of money. And once the lights go down, the glitter doesn't shine so brightly. Filled with mind-blowing details of major NCAA football scandals, with stops at Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Missouri, BYU, LSU, Texas A&M and many more, The System explores and exposes the complex, and perhaps broken, machine that churns behind the glamour of college football. With a New Afterword.

Author : Fran Zimniuch
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781589794191

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Crooked by Fran Zimniuch Pdf

As long as people have played games, there has been a temptation to win (or intentionally lose) by cheating. Infamous cases throughout the history of sport abound, from the "thrown" 1919 World Series to the recent doping confessions of track star Marion Jones. In this entertaining and informative book, sports historian Fran Zimniuch recalls the notorious scandals that have tainted our most popular sports, concluding that such incidents are often a reflection of the times. Benefiting from personal interviews with many figures either involved in or on the periphery of recent scandals, including BALCO''s Victor Conte, Crooked presents a pageant of infamy as rich as the history of modern sports itself.

Author : Mark Johnson
Publisher : VeloPress
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781937716820

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Spitting in the Soup by Mark Johnson Pdf

Doping is as old as organized sports. From baseball to horse racing, cycling to track and field, drugs have been used to enhance performance for 150 years. For much of that time, doping to do better was expected. It was doping to throw a game that stirred outrage. Today, though, athletes are vilified for using performance-enhancing drugs. Damned as moral deviants who shred the fair-play fabric, dopers are an affront to the athletes who don’t take shortcuts. But this tidy view swindles sports fans. While we may want the world sorted into villains and victims, putting the blame on athletes alone ignores decades of history in which teams, coaches, governments, the media, scientists, sponsors, sports federations, and even spectators have played a role. The truth about doping in sports is messy and shocking because it holds a mirror to our own reluctance to spit in the soupthat is, to tell the truth about the spectacle we crave. In Spitting in the Soup, sports journalist Mark Johnson explores how the deals made behind closed doors keep drugs in sports. Johnson unwinds the doping culture from the early days, when pills meant progress, and uncovers the complex relationships that underlie elite sports culturethe essence of which is not to play fair but to push the boundaries of human performance. It’s easy to assume that drugs in sports have always been frowned upon, but that’s not true. Drugs in sports are old. It’s banning drugs in sports that is new. Spitting in the Soup offers a bitingly honest, clear-eyed look at why that’s so, and what it will take to kick pills out of the locker room once and for all.

Author : B. Stall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578613425

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It's a Dirty Game by B. Stall Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : College student newspapers and periodicals
ISBN : NYPL:33433074825708

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Niagara Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Boyce Dewhite Watkins
Publisher : Blue Boy Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : PSU:000058234129

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Quick and Dirty Secrets of College Success by Boyce Dewhite Watkins Pdf

The college game's tough like checkers or chess. If you play the game wrong, it makes a big mess. But play the game right, you'll come out on top. Boyce Watkins will make you the cream of the crop!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433074822739

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The College Signal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Oriard
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015050793564

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King Football by Michael Oriard Pdf

King Football: Sport and Spectacle in the Golden Age of Radio and Newsreels, Movies and Magazines, the Weekly and the Daily Press

Author : Ken Armstrong,Nick Perry
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803268098

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Scoreboard, Baby by Ken Armstrong,Nick Perry Pdf

The adjectives associated with the University of Washington’s 2000 football season—mystical, magical, miraculous—changed when Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry’s four-part exposé of the 2000 Huskies hit the newspaper stands: “explosive . . . chilling” (Sports Illustrated), “blistering” (Baltimore Sun), “shocking . . . appalling” (Tacoma News Tribune), “astounding” (ESPN), “jaw-dropping” (Orlando Sentinel). Now, in Scoreboard, Baby, Armstrong and Perry go behind the scenes of the Huskies’ Cinderella story to reveal a timeless morality tale about the price of obsession, the creep of fanaticism, and the ways in which a community can lose even when its team wins. The authors unearth the true story from firsthand interviews and thousands of pages of documents: the forensic report on a bloody fingerprint; the notes of a detective investigating allegations of rape; confidential memoranda of prosecutors; and the criminal records of the dozen-plus players arrested that year with scant mention in the newspapers and minimal consequences in the courts. The statement of a judge, sentencing one player to thirty days in jail, says it all: “to be served after football season.” Read additional praise.

Author : Charles Thompson,Allan Sonnenschein
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1991-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0881847852

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Down and Dirty by Charles Thompson,Allan Sonnenschein Pdf

A former player for the University of Oklahoma reveals the degeneration of the university's respected football program into one of the country's most corrupt, and examines his own arrest for dealing cocaine.

Author : J. Sterling
Publisher : Inspire Magic
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781478225539

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The Perfect Game by J. Sterling Pdf

With over half-a-million copies sold worldwide, come see why readers and authors alike all call this, "an unforgettable story that will stay with you for years," by New York Times Bestselling Author, J. Sterling. He's a game she never intended to play. And she's the game changer he never knew he needed. The Perfect Game tells the story of college juniors, Cassie Andrews & Jack Carter. When Cassie meets rising baseball hopeful Jack, she is determined to steer clear of him and his typical cocky attitude. But Jack has other things on his mind... like getting Cassie to give him the time of day. They're both damaged, filled with mistrust and guarded before they find one another (and themselves) in this emotional journey about love and forgiveness. Strap yourselves for a ride that will not only break your heart, but put it back together. Sometimes life gets ugly before it gets beautiful.

Author : Albert Raymond Kitzhaber,Donald Woodward Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : English language
ISBN : UIUC:30112012771223

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Handbook for Basic Composition by Albert Raymond Kitzhaber,Donald Woodward Lee Pdf

Author : HelenKay Dimon
Publisher : Loveswept
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780399179990

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Dirty Games by HelenKay Dimon Pdf

Sometimes, to get what you want in business or in love, you have to get your hands dirty. Luckily for Finn and Justin, dirty comes naturally. Finn Drummond is the baby in a family of sharks—which means he’s worked twice as hard to make a name for himself. After learning the tricks of the trade from his brothers, Finn’s just as ruthless and dominant. Out in the field, his appetites are legendary: for success, for money, for women and men. But when supplies from Drummond Charities go missing, Finn has to partner up with the smoldering ex–Army grunt who’s always challenging his authority—or giving him mixed signals. Justin Miller wanted his attraction to Finn to be mutual, but the cocky brat always had a girlfriend. Who could blame Justin for trying to move on? Despite their history, they’ve got to work together to figure out who’s been derailing their humanitarian work. But after Justin and Finn are thrown together against gunrunners and kidnappers, their simmering chemistry turns explosive. Turns out, Finn knows how to handle himself in a crisis—and in the sack. Justin only hopes that hot sex is enough to persuade this spoiled pretty boy to do the right thing. Praise for Dirty Games “A fast-paced, energetic, and steamy story . . . [Dirty Games] delivered.”—All About Romance “Smoldering and exceptionally suspenseful . . .If you love romantic suspense, this won’t disappoint.”—What’s Better Than Books? “A slow burn . . . that keeps you guessing.”—The Novel Approach “Suspenseful, angsty . . . The chemistry between Justin and Finn is hot.”—Xtreme Delusions Fall in love with the men of HelenKay Dimon’s thrilling novels: The Tough Love series: MR. AND MR. SMITH | THE TALENTED MR. RIVERS | GUARDING MR. FINE The Dirty series: DIRTY DEEDS | DIRTY GAMES This ebook includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.