The edge
Subtitle: the war against cheating and corruption in the cutthroat world of elite sports
By: Roger Pielke, Jr
Publisher: Roaring Forties Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781938901577
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Corrupt practices; Sports
Description: "How do sports stars break the rules in their search for a competitive edge? Both entertaining and thought-provoking, The Edge not only visits the battlefields in the war against cheating and corruption, but also explores ways to ensure that "the spirit of sport" can survive in today's high-tech, highly professional world. Drawing on controversies straight out of the headlines, Pielke looks at doping, match fixing, fake amateurism, and other ways of breaking the rules. But are those rules - and the values they reflect - hopelessly outdated? Wonderfully readable and scrupulously researched, The Edge blends science and journalism to produce an unforgettable account of sport in crisis"--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: The war for the soul of sport. A little edge can make a big difference; title: The spirit of sport; title: Cheating, gamesmanship, and going over the edge; title: Part II: The battlegrounds. Amateurs: Who is being cheated?; title: Cheating to lose; title: Lance Armstrong gets the last laugh; title: Hacking the athlete and the games; title: When Mother Nature cheats; title: Part III: Winning the war for sport. Can science save sport?; title: Against autonomy; title: Governing sport in the twenty-first century.