Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children
"Game On's theSilent Springof sports: the book that launches a movement to protect a natural resource. Our children." --Robert Lipsyte,New York Timescontributing writer"Everyone involved in youth sports should pledge to solve this mounting crisis so  artfully exposed by Tom Farrey."   -- Jay Coakley, author ofSports in Society: Issues and Controversies"Farrey provides an insightful analysis of American society today and gives us a  provocative look at its future."  --Mark Fainaru-Wada, coauthor ofGame of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the  Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports"Illuminating, penetrating, sobering,Game Onis dead-on: a fiercely intelligent, must-read portrait of athletic ideals gone horribly wrong." --Armen Keteyian, chief investigative correspondent, CBS News"Youth sports has become hyperorganized and deadly serious.Game Onidentifies the problem and points us toward some solutions." --Bob Costas, NBC sports analyst and author ofFair Ball: A Fan's Case for  Baseball"Game Ondebunks the myths of child rearing and shows the lengths we go to and methods we use to build our children into athlete-entertainers at almost any cost." --Former U.S. senator Bill Bradley, author ofValues of the Game