Sports Scandals
- ISBN-10
- 0313344582
- ISBN-13
- 9780313344589
- Series
- Sports Scandals
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 189
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Authors
- Peter S. Finley, Laura L. Finley, Jeffrey Fountain
Description
Describes the significant scandals in modern American sports, including drug abuse, sexual assault, corrupt business practices, and murder.
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- 2016-10-13
- 272 pages
- Paperback
- Summersdale Publishers LTD - ROW
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