Review: Sports in America
Redaktioneller Bericht - Kirkus ReviewsMichener's encyclopedic overview of today's sports scene is prompted by his gratitude for the lifelong enjoyment he's derived from competitive games and by the pained recognition that sports have changed--for the worse. The wholesome luster is gone: big money wars, cynical franchise peddling, the growing awareness of the unequal status of women, the ""flesh market"" in athletes lured by promises of beefy scholarships, the exposes of Little. League horrors--all have altered the popular image of athletics. None of this will be news to the informed fan. But Michener writes for those who remember the unsullied joys of sandlot baseball and dedicated coaches. He scores with a chapter on the exploitation of black athletes ""bought"" by business tycoons, used up and discarded when their legs or pitching arms give way. They are property--America's ""gladiators."" Consider the disgraceful story of Artemius Crandall, quasi-literate, a stranger to multiplication tables; 87 colleges ""bid"" for him offering millions in football scholarships. Or the outrage of importing 14 black players into all-white Laramie, Wyoming. Michener has combed the sports press and mined the fiction of Hemingway, Irwin Shaw, Philip Roth, and Jason Miller (That Championship Season) to press home the point that today's superstars are tomorrow's big losers. The sedentary prose misses the grace, drive, and glamour of athletic meets but Michener, earnest and reform-minded, is sincerely sorry that the honest competition of times past has become a money-grubbing jungle.
Review: Sports in America: America's Bestselling Author on America's Favorite Pastime
Nutzerbericht - Eddy Allen - Goodreads"A comprehensive, controversial examination of sports as a major force in American life." Los Angeles Times There is a crisis in American sports, and it's getting worse. Drugs, violence, and the ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Sports in America: America's Bestselling Author on America's Favorite Pastime
Nutzerbericht - John Baker - GoodreadsRead this book 20+ years ago. It should be required reading for all sports junkies as well as athletes planning a career in sports. The chapter on collegian sports in America was well-researched, spot ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Sports in America: America's Bestselling Author on America's Favorite Pastime
Nutzerbericht - Sharron - GoodreadsThis was actually used as a textbook for a class I took way back in undergrad days. Best textbook ever. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Sports in America: America's Bestselling Author on America's Favorite Pastime
Nutzerbericht - Nancy (Apple) Schnore - GoodreadsWell I am not into sports Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Sports in America: America's Bestselling Author on America's Favorite Pastime
Nutzerbericht - Brady - GoodreadsInteresting, but a bit soap-boxes-ish for me. Calm down James! Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Sports in America: America's Bestselling Author on America's Favorite Pastime
Nutzerbericht - Lon - GoodreadsWhile it may seem a bit dated, this is one of the finest sports books on the market. Well worth the effort. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Sports in America
Nutzerbericht - Kathaileen - GoodreadsInteresting theories, especially regarding black atheles (best specimens from Africa, survival of the fittest on slave ships, desire to get out of the ghetto, etc.) Vollständige Rezension lesen
