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   Controversies of the Sports World (includes "Gender Games" and "Fighting Colors, Fighting Words") » Read Now

   by Douglas T. Putnam. 253 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

   Contemporary life in the United States would be difficult to understand without examining the pivotal role sports have played in it. Controversies of the Sports World is designed to take readers of all ages into the heart of the tensions and conflicts that arise from the wide-ranging enterprise that...

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   Contemporary life in the United States would be difficult to understand without examining the pivotal role sports have played in it. Controversies of the Sports World is designed to take readers of all ages into the heart of the tensions and conflicts that arise from the wide-ranging enterprise that now dominates the lives of millions of people. The controversies explored include such issues in sports as recruitment procedures, steroid and other drug use, discrimination against women, discrimination against African Americans, and violence. "References and Resources" sections at the end of each chapter provide readers with annotated cites that will lead them to the sources they need to further explore particular aspects of each topic. The detailed index includes names, places, teams, and concepts which students, teachers, and interested readers can use to explore the controversies that have arisen in this wide-ranging enterprise.

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   Fair Play: Sports, Values, and Society (includes "Sex Equality in Sports") » Read Now

   by Robert L. Simon. 229 pgs.

   Collections: Entire Library

   ...that doing well is unimportant. If participation in competitive sports can be a form of human excellence, if it can contribute...as The Persons: The team is coed, they have...
   
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   Law and Business of the Sports Industries (includes "Sex Discrimination in Athletics") » Read Now

   by Robert C. Berry, Glenn M. Wong. 848 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   First issued in 1986, this volume and its companion on professional sports leagues were soon recognized as ideal sources for the sports law practitioner. Now, in a thoroughly revised and updated version, this book continues to identify the most significant and current cases in amateur sports...

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   First issued in 1986, this volume and its companion on professional sports leagues were soon recognized as ideal sources for the sports law practitioner. Now, in a thoroughly revised and updated version, this book continues to identify the most significant and current cases in amateur sports, providing extensive analysis and interpretation of each case in a clear, readable, and lively style.

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   Essentials of Amateur Sports Law (includes "Sex Discrimination Issues") » Read Now

   by Glenn M. Wong. 794 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   In this thoroughly revised Second Edition, Glenn Wong updates and adds to his already highly successful First Edition. He addresses the significant changes that have come about in amateur sports law and administrative practice over the past several years. These changes impact amateur athletic...

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   In this thoroughly revised Second Edition, Glenn Wong updates and adds to his already highly successful First Edition. He addresses the significant changes that have come about in amateur sports law and administrative practice over the past several years. These changes impact amateur athletic associations; athletes' rights; administrative procedures; and the liability of sponsoring organizations. Issues of special topicality, including women's sports, drug testing, and the implications of changing from amateur status to professional, are closely examined. Amateur sports have expanded rapidly, as have legal issues and ramifications concerning them. Wong's careful, detailed, and clear exposition and analysis both organizes and clarifies fundamental principles affecting athletes, associations, and management in the category of amateur sports. This is an indispensable text, resource, and guide.

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   Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports » Read Now

   by Michael A. Messner. 241 pgs.

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   Sport and Society, in Annual Review of Sociology » Read Now

   by Robert E. Washington, David Karen. 26 pgs.

   Collections: Entire Library

   ...players positions in team sports), retention barriers (discrimination in retaining sub-star minority...remedying institutional racism in sports (Shropshire 1996...
   
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   Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America » Read Now

   by David K. Wiggins. 308 pgs.

   Collections: Entire Library

   ...States-- History. 3. Discrimination in sports--United States--History...and the pangs of racial discrimination in their respective sports during a period marked...facing...
   
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   African American Student-Athletes: Academic Support or Institutionalized Racism?, in Education » Read Now

   by Clarence Spigner. 7 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   ...admiration for the athletes sports abilities in or outside the classroom. Some student-athletes...allow themselves to be too influenced by sports interests. Such objectives...
   
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   The African American Experience in Professional Football, in Journal of Social History » Read Now

   by Michael E. Lomax. 16 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   ...efforts to end discrimination through legislation...practices occur in professional sports, and what...Gerald Scully, Discrimination: The Case of Baseball," in Roger...
   
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    Anthropology, Sport, and Culture » Read Now

    by Robert R. Sands. 218 pgs.

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    Even before the dawn of written history, it is likely that sports were culturally conditioned institutions that, along with material artifacts, social customs, and ideologies, were transported across cultural lines. Anthropology, Sport, and Culture brings together important articles written about...

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    Even before the dawn of written history, it is likely that sports were culturally conditioned institutions that, along with material artifacts, social customs, and ideologies, were transported across cultural lines. Anthropology, Sport, and Culture brings together important articles written about sport by social scientists, humanists, and athletes themselves.

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    "What's Wrong with Baseball": The Pittsburgh Courier and the Beginning of Its Campaign to Integrate the National Pastime, in The Western Journal of Black Studies » Read Now

    by Chris Lamb. 4 pgs.

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    ...through a series of crusades aimed at ending discrimination, which included calling for the integration...World War II--one "V" stood for victory in Europe and Asia, the...
    
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    Field of Dreams? An Assessment of Antiracism in British Football, in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies » Read Now

    by Jon Garland, Michael Rowe. 10 pgs.

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    ...their employees would, in principle, be protected from discrimination. The CRE stressed that...systematic racial discrimination exist in Britain. Indeed, for...
    
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    `Clean Bowled?' Cricket, Racism and Equal Opportunities, in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies » Read Now

    by Dominic Malcolm. 19 pgs.

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    ...much of the discrimination in the game...line with sports such as football...rather than discrimination within them...37). (8) In marked contrast...most other sports...