Winning is the Only Thing: Sports in America Since 1945 (The American Moment)

by Randy Roberts and James Stuart Olson

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In Winning Is the Only Thing, Randy Roberts and James Olson take a hard look at the dark side of American sports. The scandals. The role of organized crime. How politicians and businessmen exploit the Olympics. Who gets rich and who goes broke. Why the fitness craze has nothing to do with fitness. And how TV sports czars like Roone Arledge--inventor of the "instant replay"--actually dictate how games are played.
  • ISBN10 0801838304
  • ISBN13 9780801838309
  • Publish Date 1 September 1989
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 20 August 1999
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 258
  • Language English