Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Bicycle racing
ISBN : UCSC:32106019438628
Velo News
Anonim
Velo News
Velo News Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Velo News book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Team 7-Eleven
Geoff Drake
Author : Geoff Drake
Publisher : VeloPress
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781937716059
Team 7-Eleven by Geoff Drake Pdf
In 1980, there were exactly four professional bike racers in America. Six years later, an American cycling team would wear the coveted yellow jersey of the Tour de France. And that same team would go on to win Italy's greatest race--the Giro d'Italia--only two years later. Team 7-Eleven is the extraordinary story of how two Olympic speed skaters, Jim Ochowicz and Eric Heiden, pulled together a small group of amateur cyclists and turned them into one of the greatest cycling teams the sport has known. From humble beginnings in a barn in Pennsylvania to soaring victories in the French Alps, Team 7-Eleven is the complete history that has never been fully told--until now. The 7-Eleven Cycling Team--Team 7-Eleven for short--launched the careers of American cycling superstars Andy Hampsten, Davis Phinney, Bob Roll, Ron Kiefel, and many more. It also changed the cycling world, creating a new team structure based on multiple stars, unified goals, and personal sacrifice for the greater good. And yet at the time it was formed, the number of American cyclists with world-class experience could be counted--literally--on one hand. And the number of American teams that competed in Europe's biggest races was exactly zero. Team 7-Eleven is the amazing story of how two cycling fans found one exceptional sponsor and created the greatest American cycling team of its era. Written with the enthusiastic cooperation of the team members, Team 7-Eleven will impress cycling fans with behind-the-scenes stories of the team's founding, its growing pains, and its lasting success as the team that established America as a powerhouse in the world of professional cycling.
Dope
Daniel M. Rosen
Author : Daniel M. Rosen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313345210
Dope by Daniel M. Rosen Pdf
Since the dawn of athletic competition during the original Olympic Games in Ancient Greece, athletes, as well as their coaches and trainers, have been finding innovative ways to gain an edge on their competition. Some of those performance-enhancement methods have been within the accepted rules while other methods skirt the gray area between being within the rules and not, while still other methods break the established rules. In modern times, doping - the use of performance-enhancing drugs - has been one method athletes and their trainers have used to beat their competition. The history of sports doping during the modern era can be traced through the events and scandals of the times in which the athletes lived. From the use of amphetamines and other stimulants in the early 20th century, to the use of testosterone and steroids by both the USSR and the United States during Cold War-era Olympics games, to blood doping and EPO, to designer drugs, the history of doping in sports closely follows the medical and technological advances of our times. In the early 21st century, the possibility of genetically engineered athletes looms. The story of doping in sports over the last century offers clues to where the battle over performance enhancement will be fought in the years to come.
Detecting Doping in Sport
Stephen Moston,Terry Engelberg
Author : Stephen Moston,Terry Engelberg
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317513223
Detecting Doping in Sport by Stephen Moston,Terry Engelberg Pdf
The book explores the changing landscape of anti-doping investigations, which now largely centre on the collection of intelligence about doping through processes such as surveillance, interviews with witnesses and interrogation of athletes. It examines why and how investigative processes, hitherto typically reserved for serious crimes, have been co-opted by anti-doping agencies into a situation where their potential for harm has received little or no critical consideration. This book highlights the opportunities and threats inherent in adopting new investigative processes. It is expected that many of the same problems that have engulfed forensic investigations over the last two decades, such as miscarriages of justice, are likely to surface in future anti-doping investigations. Drawing on empirical research and theory from a range of disciplines, including: forensic psychology, criminology, policing, law, sports management and policy studies, this book fills a scholarly vacuum on the investigation of doping through non-biological detection methods.
Into the Suffersphere
Jon Malnick
Author : Jon Malnick
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780719820526
Into the Suffersphere by Jon Malnick Pdf
According to the website of The Velominati, the self-professed Keepers of the Cog, the optimal number of bikes owned is n + 1, where n is the number of bikes owned. But there's also an important corollary, s-1, where s is the number of bikes that will cause your wife or partner to leave you.' Into the Suffersphere: Cycling and the Art of Pain is a brilliantly witty account of one former racer's exploration of whether cycling is the one sport that pushes its participants to the very limits of human endurance, and delves painfully into the role that physical and mental suffering can play in this elite endurance sport. Drawing together sporting history and pro-cycling interviews, and investigating current medical, business and psychological theories, this is the story of the extraordinary lengths to which minds and bodies can be pushed. Peppered with recollections from the author's own racing experiences and offering a fascinating insight into the unique allure of pain in a sporting context, Into the Suffersphere explores a side of cycling that you would never have dreamed of - not even in your worst nightmare. An essential read for all MAMILs (middle-aged men in Lycra) and fans of sports writing and smart thinking.
Governing the Society of Competition
Martin Hardie
Author : Martin Hardie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509936571
Governing the Society of Competition by Martin Hardie Pdf
This book considers the manner in which the making and implementation of law and governance is changing in the global context. It explores this through a study of the deployment of the global anti-doping apparatus including the World Anti-Doping Code and its institutions with specific reference to professional cycling, a sport that has been at the forefront of some of the most famous doping cases and controversies in recent years. Critically, it argues that the changes to law and governance are not restricted to sport and anti-doping, but are actually inherent in broader processes associated with neoliberalism and social and behavioural surveillance and affect all aspects of society and its political institutions. The author engages with concepts and arguments in contemporary social theory, including: Dardot and Laval on neoliberalism; Agamben on sovereignty; Hardt and Negri on globalisation; and others including Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, and Louis Dumont. The work seeks to answer a question posed by both Foucault and Agamben; that is, given the growing primacy of the arts of government, what is the juridical form and theory of sovereignty that is able to sustain and found this primacy? It is argued that this question can be understood by reference to the shift from a social or public contract that was understood to be the foundation of society, to a society that is constituted by consent, private agreement and contract. In addition, the book examines the juridical concepts of the rule of law and sovereignty. Commencing with the Festina scandal of 1998, the Spanish case of Operación Puerto and concluding with the fall from grace of the American cyclist Lance Armstrong in 2012, the principal processes examined include: - The increasing crossing of the borders between different legal regimes (whether supranational or simply particularised) and with it the erosion of what we knew as state sovereignty and constitutionalism; - The increasing use of judgment achieved through the media and how this arrives at new configurations of moral panic and scapegoating; - The creation of a need for rapid outcomes at the expense of the modernist value or version of the rule of law; - The increasing use of new and alternative methods of guilt, proof and ultra-legal detection.
The Scapegoat
Verner Møller
Author : Verner Møller
Publisher : Art People
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788799433919
The Scapegoat by Verner Møller Pdf
Michael Rasmussen was close to winning the Tour de France 2007 when his team Rabobank decided to take him out of the race. This was a consequence of a press campaign without precedence in the history of sport. When it was leaked to the press that Michael Rasmussen had received warnings from the anti-doping authorities for whereabouts rule violations the media ran with the story as if Rasmussen had been caught doping. The Scapegoat, written by Professor of Sports Studies Verner Møller, demonstrates that Michael Rasmussen was not expelled from the Tour on sporting grounds. The book is an uncompromising uncovering of a sports system and an anti-doping campaign driven by an ungraceful mix of fair play promotion and business interests.
Sport, Media and Mega-Events
Lawrence A. Wenner,Andrew C. Billings
Author : Lawrence A. Wenner,Andrew C. Billings
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317397434
Sport, Media and Mega-Events by Lawrence A. Wenner,Andrew C. Billings Pdf
Bringing together many of the most influential scholars in sport and media studies, this book examines the diverse ways that media influences our understanding of the world’s most important sport events, dubbed sports mega-events. It sheds new light on how these events have been changed by the media, and have, in turn, adapted to media to further their brand’s cultural influence. Focusing on the central concept of "mediatization" – the permeation of media into all spheres of contemporary life – the book presents original case studies of major events including the Olympics, FIFA, rugby and cricket World Cups, Tour de France, Super Bowl, World Series, Monaco Grand Prix, Wimbledon, and many more. Written from a truly international perspective, this is a seminal work in sport and media studies that reveals the growing political, economic, and cultural influences of sport mega-events in contemporary society. Sport, Media and Mega-Events is an essential text for any course on the sociology of sport, event management, sport marketing, or featuring a cultural, communication or media studies approach to sport.
2011 Social Media Directory
Jeffery A. Riley
Author : Jeffery A. Riley
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0132601117
2011 Social Media Directory by Jeffery A. Riley Pdf
Quick access to today's top Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn resources - on business, entertainment, politics, health, sports, and much more! A single, up-to-the-minute source for all the best new resources on today's top social networks More than 3,000 entries on parenting, shopping, fashion, sports, travel, religion, and many other topics A huge timesaver: helps users instantly uncover hidden "gems" they'd otherwise have to search for, stumble upon, or never find at all!
Doping and Anti-Doping Policy in Sport
Mike McNamee,Verner Møller
Author : Mike McNamee,Verner Møller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136661075
Doping and Anti-Doping Policy in Sport by Mike McNamee,Verner Møller Pdf
The issue of doping has been the most widely discussed problem in sports ethics and is one of the most prominent issues across sports studies, the sports sciences and their constituent disciplines. This book adds uniquely to that catalogue of discourses by focusing on extant anti-doping policy and doping practices from a range of multi-disciplinary perspectives (specifically ethical, legal, and social scientific). With contributions from a world-class team of scholars and legal practitioners from the UK, Europe and North America, the book explores key contemporary issues such as: sports medicine international doping policy the whereabouts system the criminalization of doping privacy rights, gene doping and ethics imperfection in doping test procedures steroid use in the general population. Doping and Anti-Doping Policy in Sport offers an important critique of contemporary anti-doping policy and is essential reading for any advanced student, researcher or policy maker with an interest in this vital issue.
Fastest, Highest, Strongest
Rob Beamish,Ian Ritchie
Author : Rob Beamish,Ian Ritchie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135987084
Fastest, Highest, Strongest by Rob Beamish,Ian Ritchie Pdf
Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. Examining the political and economic transformation of the Olympic Movement during the twentieth century, the authors argue that the realities of modern sport require a serious reassessment of current policies, in particular the ban on the use of certain substances and practices. The book includes detailed discussion of: * The historical importance of World War II and the Cold War in the development of a high-performance culture in sport * The changing Olympic project: from amateurism to a fully professionalized approach * The changing meaning of "sport" * The role of sport science, technology and drugs in pursuing ever-better performance * The major ethical and philosophical arguments used to support the ban on performance-enhancing substances in sport. Fastest, Highest, Strongest is a profound critical examination of modern sport. Its straightforward style will appeal to under- and post-graduate students as well as scholars of sports ethics and history, policy makers and all those interested in the changing nature of sport.
Routledge Handbook of Sport in the Middle East
Danyel Reiche,Paul Michael Brannagan
Author : Danyel Reiche,Paul Michael Brannagan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000567939
Routledge Handbook of Sport in the Middle East by Danyel Reiche,Paul Michael Brannagan Pdf
This Handbook provides a succinct overview of sport in the Middle East, drawing in scholars from a wide variety of geographical and disciplinary backgrounds (history, politics, sociology, economics and regional studies), with different methodological approaches, to create the ‘go-to’ text on the subject. After the introduction, 33 chapters from leading subject experts cover areas including history, politics, society, economy and nationhood. The authors help shed light on how certain Middle Eastern countries have become increasingly active in international sports, and the efforts made to positioning themselves as the new global ‘sports hubs’. Split into five sections, the book offers a multi-disciplinary analysis of a diverse range of sports across the geographic Middle East, including football, mixed martial arts, rugby, athletics and cycling. The authors highlight and respond to issues such as the naturalisation of athletes, female athleticism, sports media and supporter cultures. The Routledge Handbook of Sport in the Middle East stands apart from previous research through offering first-hand accounts of sport in the area from authors who live and work in the region or have a history of regularly visiting and conducting research in the region. It will be of interest to academics and students alike, in the fields of Middle East politics, sport, sport in the Middle East, international relations, governance and sociology.
Game Changer
Rayvon Fouché
Author : Rayvon Fouché
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781421421810
Game Changer by Rayvon Fouché Pdf
How has technology challenged the notion of unadulterated athletic performance? We like to think of sports as elemental: strong bodies trained to overcome height, weight, distance; the thrill of earned victory or the agony of defeat in a contest decided on a level playing field. But in Game Changer, Rayvon Fouché argues that sports have been radically shaped by an explosion of scientific and technological advances in materials, training, nutrition, and medicine dedicated to making athletes stronger and faster. Technoscience, as Fouché dubs it, increasingly gives the edge (however slight) to the athlete with the latest gear, the most advanced training equipment, or the performance-enhancing drugs that are hardest to detect. In this revealing book, Fouché examines a variety of sports paraphernalia and enhancements, from fast suits, athletic shoes, and racing bicycles to basketballs and prosthetic limbs. He also takes a hard look at gender verification testing, direct drug testing, and the athlete biological passport in an attempt to understand the evolving place of technoscience across sport. In this book, Fouché: • Examines the relationship among sport, science, and technology • Considers what is at stake in defining sporting culture by its scientific knowledge and technology • Provides readers and students with an informative and engagingly written study Focusing on well-known athletes, including Michael Phelps, Oscar Pistorius, Caster Semenya, Usain Bolt, and Lance Armstrong, Fouché argues that technoscience calls into question the integrity of games, records, and our bodies themselves. He also touches on attempts by sporting communities to regulate the use of technology, from elite soccer's initial reluctance to utilize goal-line technology to automobile racing's endless tweaking of regulatory formulas in an attempt to blur engineering potency and reclaim driver skill and ability. Game Changer will change the way you look at sports—and the outsized impact technoscience has on them.
News Junkies Internet 500
David Haskin
Author : David Haskin
Publisher : Ventana Communications Group
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Computers
ISBN : IND:30000057623419
News Junkies Internet 500 by David Haskin Pdf
Geared toward the general public as well as "news junkies", Internet News Junkies 500 reveals an extensive array of news sites and sources around the globe. Both home and business-oriented readers will discover fascinating, informative sites. The book is arranged like a Sunday newspaper and covers all aspects of news, including business, international, sports, features, medicine, law and politics. An online component is included.
Doping in Cycling
Bertrand Fincoeur,John Gleaves,Fabien Ohl
Author : Bertrand Fincoeur,John Gleaves,Fabien Ohl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351103855
Doping in Cycling by Bertrand Fincoeur,John Gleaves,Fabien Ohl Pdf
Doping in Cycling: Interdisciplinary Perspectives provides an up-to-date overview of the knowledge about doping and anti-doping in the sport that has dominated doping headlines for at least two decades. It critically addresses overarching questions related to doping and anti-doping, and topical issues being raised in the agenda of policy-makers at the global level. The book features cross-disciplinary contributions from international leading scholars in sports sociology, history, philosophy, psychology and criminology, and even beyond human and social sciences. Split into three parts (the use and supply of doping products; threats on cycling and opportunities for anti-doping; and issues, controversies, and stakes), it covers topics such as changing patterns of drug use in professional cycling, the impact of scientific advances on doping in cycling, whether cycling teams can prevent doping, whistleblowing on doping in cycling, and how to improve the credibility of the sport. This is a vital resource for researchers, students, policy-makers, anti-doping organisations and sports federations, and an important read for anyone involved in elite cycling.