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Athletes breaking bad essays on transgressive sports figures /
At their basic level, sporting events are about numbers: wins and losses, percentages and points, shots and saves, clocks and countdowns. However, sports narratives quickly leave the realm of statistics. The stories we tell and retell, sometimes for decades, make sports dramatic and compelling. Just...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc.,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Coding and Decoding "Badness" (Donna J. Barbie and John C. Lamothe)
- "Not Good for the Sport"? Fabulous Figure Skater and Controversial Critic Johnny Weir (Lynnette Porter)
- John Daly Golf 's Enfant Terrible (Donna J. Barbie)
- Nothing but the Truth: The Rise and Fall of Marion Jones (Brock T. Adams)
- Lessons from #LochMess: Ryan Lochte in Our Rush-to-Judgment Culture (Steve Master)
- Diego Maradona: The Hand of God (Ismael Lopez Medel)
- Barry Bonds v. Alex Rodriguez: Don't Hate the Player; Hate the Steroid-Manufactured Game (Brock T. Adams)
- No Coward: Hope Solo Battles Against the Status Quo, Injustices and, Sometimes, Her Own Poor Decisions (Joe Gisondi)
- The Book of Dale Earnhardt: Beyond the Intimidator's Last Lap (Teresa Marie Kelly)
- "Often an Eyeful, Sometimes an Earful, but Always a Handful" Dennis Rodman, Quintessential NBA Bad Boy (Sarah D. Fogle)
- Reframing Jameis Winston: Fan Response When Players Go "Bad" (John C. Lamothe)
- When "Bad Boys" Resist, "Good Ol' Boys" Revolt: Colin Kaepernick's NFL Protest (Taylor Joy Mitchell and Jessica McKee)
- Ronda Rousey from Badgirl to "Femininely Badass" (Joseph M.M. Aldinger)
- The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of "The Baddest Man on the Planet" : Bad Boy Mike Tyson (Brandy Mmbaga and Nick Mmbaga)