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Contents

I. America’s Pastimes 1
Editor’s Introduction 3
1) Sports and Life: Lessons to Be Learned. Jeff Kemp. USA Today. 5
2) Hitting the Sweet Spot. Stephen Lehman. Elysian Fields Quarterly. 14
3) Out of Their League. Jay Stuller. Senior Golfer. 20
4) An American Sport Revs Up. The American Enterprise. 26
5) They Got More Than Just Game. Sara Hammel and Anna Mulrine. U.S. News & World Report. 28
6) Tennis Racket. Patrick Hruby. Insight on the News. 31

II. Youth Sports 37
Editor’s Introduction 39
1) Challenger Baseball. Kerry Pianoforte. Exceptional Parent. 41
2) As American As Volvos and Rovers. Bedra Galant. New York Times. 44
3) Out of Control. William Nack and Lester Muson. Sports Illustrated. 51
4) Second Impact Syndrome: Sports Confront Consequences of Concussions. Jeffrey H. Tyler and Michael E. Nelson. USA Today. 64

III. College and Semi-Pro Sports 71
Editor’s Introduction 73
1) Athletes in Big-Time College Sport. Dave Meggyesy. Society. 75
2) Backlash against Title IX: An End Run around the Female Athletes. Andrew Zimbalist. Chronicle of Higher Education. 84
3) College Athletes Deserve Some Equity. Craig Greenlee. Black Issues in Higher Education. 90
4) Inside the NBA: Springing a League. Jackie MacMullan and David Sabino. Sports Illustrated. 94
5) Base Hits: There Are Major-League Benefits in the Minors. Matthew J. Bernthal and Peter J. Graham. Marketing News. 96

IV. The Good, the Great, and the Ugly 99
Editor’s Introduction 101
1) The Greatest Show on Earth. Rick Reilly. Sports Illustrated. 103
2) Touched by Greatness. David Scott. Sport. 105
3) God Bless Lance Armstrong. Heather Lende. Christian Science Monitor 111
4) A Season of Shame. Mark Starr and Allison Samuels. Newsweek. 113
5) Boxing Reformers Should Go for KO. Jack Newfield and Wallace Matthews. New York Post. 119

V. The Business of Sports 121
Editor’s Introduction 123
1) From Hearst to Stern: The Shaping of an Industry over a Century. Rick Burton. New York Times. 125
2) Goal Lines, Baselines, and Bottom Lines: Can Pro Sports Survive Prosperity? Robert Jabaily. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Regional Review, Q3 . 129
3) What Price Victory? Too Much for Most Fans. Mark Dolliver. Adweek 139
4) The Ultimate Expansion. Eric M. Leifer. Across the Board. 140
5) Is It a Stadium or a Commercial? Filip Bondy. Columbia Journalism Review. 147
6) Going to Extremes. Laura Petrecca. Advertising Age. 149

VI. The Olympics 155
Editor’s Introduction 157
1) The Special Olympics: A Tradition of Excellence. Chris Privett. Exceptional Parent. 159
2) "The Athletes Are the Games." Carl Lewis. Newsweek. 165
3) Women of the World. Cathy Harasta. Dallas Morning News. 167
4) World Strives to Purify Olympic Flame. Ilene R. Prusher, Ruth Walker et al Christian Science Monitor. 173
5) Drug Scandal Shines Spotlight on Image. Bruce Horovitz. USA Today. 181

Bibliography 185
Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts 187
Index 193

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Preface

"This volume is timely and should be of broad appeal."
American Reference Books Annual 2002