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Title:
Bad sports : how owners are ruining the games we love / Dave Zirin.
Author:
Zirin, Dave.
Publication Information:
New York : New Press, c2012.
Call Number:
GV713 .Z57 2012
Abstract:
"This book is a look at the big business and immoral practices behind professional sports. The fastest growing sector of today's sports audience is the alienated fan ... Those sitting in the owners' boxes are increasingly placing profit over players' performances and fan loyalty. This book cuts through the hype and bombast to zero in on tales of abusive, dictatorial owners who move their teams thousands of miles away from their fan base, use their stadiums as religious and political platforms, or hold communities ransom for millions of dollars of taxpayer money to fund their gargantuan stadiums."--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781595587824
Physical Description:
xvii, 222 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Diogenes in high tops -- When domes attack -- Business, never personal -- The Keyser Soze principle -- The Boss: George Steinbrenner as throwback and role model -- Clay Bennett, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the questions of ownership -- Money laundering for the Lord : Charlie Monfort and Dick DeVos keep the faith -- Peter Angelos and the shredding of the Oriole way -- Dan Snyder : when Costanza got hair -- Donald Sterling : slumlord billionaire -- The Wal-Mart way : David Glass and the Kansas City Royals -- James Dolan : serpent in Eden -- The NHL : skating on slush? -- The unholy grail of the Paulsons -- For a few steroids more -- "What's a scouser?" : Tom Hicks goes European -- Looking toward Green Bay.
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