This book examines the health-related controversies and scandals that plague America's top spectator sports. It covers such issues as the use of performance-enhancing substances, playing through pain, the abuse of pain medicine, playing with concussions, and why athletes take these unhealthy risks in the pursuit of profit and fame.
This book examines the health-related controversies and scandals that plague America's top spectator sports. It covers such issues as the use of performance-enhancing substances, playing through pain, the abuse of pain medicine, playing with concussions, and why athletes take these unhealthy risks in the pursuit of profit and fame.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Preface Introduction PART I: PAIN, INJURIES, DRUGS, AND TEAM DOCTORS Chapter 1: Real Men Play Hurt Chapter 2: Teammates, Coaches, Fans, and Other Unhealthy Influences Chapter 3: RG3's Painful Stay in Washington Chapter 4: The Pitfalls of Team-Directed Medical Care PART II: PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES: THE PERILOUS SEARCH FOR THE HOLY GRAIL Chapter 5: Performance-Enhancing Measures: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Chapter 6: Baseball's Tarnished Legacy Chapter 7: Football's Brazen Lack of Compliance Chapter 8: Cycling, Olympic Sports, and WADA Chapter 9: The Laissez-Faire Approach To Doping in Tennis Chapter 10: The IOC, WADA, IAAF, and State-Sponsored Doping in Russia Chapter 11: Regulating PEDs to Promote Athletes' Health PART III: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS Chapter 12: A Litany of Sports-Related Impairments Chapter 13: Football Concussions in the NFL: Myths, Deceptions, Denials, and Lies Chapter 14: Concussion-Related Lawsuits Filed against the NFL Chapter 15: Football's Unholy Trinity: Brain Traumas, Bounties, and Deliberate Injuries Chapter 16: Children Playing Football: The NFL's Achilles Heel Chapter 17: Following Suit: Concussions in the NHL and NCAA Football Chapter 18: Concussion Concerns for Female Athletes Chapter 19: Brain and Other Severe Injuries in Baseball PART IV: WHY ELITE ATHLETES SACRIFICE THEIR HEALTH Chapter 20: Performance-Risk Rewards Undermine Health Chapter 21: Arm Injuries to Elite Young Pitchers in Baseball Chapter 22: Football Injuries in the NFL and College Chapter 23: The NCAA Provides Shamefully Inadequate Health Care for Its Student-Athletes Chapter 24: Stigma, Stereotypes, and Secrecy Undermine Athletes' Mental Health Conclusion: Protecting Athletes' Health in Cartel-Governed Sports Notes Bibliography About the Author
Preface Introduction PART I: PAIN, INJURIES, DRUGS, AND TEAM DOCTORS Chapter 1: Real Men Play Hurt Chapter 2: Teammates, Coaches, Fans, and Other Unhealthy Influences Chapter 3: RG3's Painful Stay in Washington Chapter 4: The Pitfalls of Team-Directed Medical Care PART II: PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES: THE PERILOUS SEARCH FOR THE HOLY GRAIL Chapter 5: Performance-Enhancing Measures: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Chapter 6: Baseball's Tarnished Legacy Chapter 7: Football's Brazen Lack of Compliance Chapter 8: Cycling, Olympic Sports, and WADA Chapter 9: The Laissez-Faire Approach To Doping in Tennis Chapter 10: The IOC, WADA, IAAF, and State-Sponsored Doping in Russia Chapter 11: Regulating PEDs to Promote Athletes' Health PART III: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS Chapter 12: A Litany of Sports-Related Impairments Chapter 13: Football Concussions in the NFL: Myths, Deceptions, Denials, and Lies Chapter 14: Concussion-Related Lawsuits Filed against the NFL Chapter 15: Football's Unholy Trinity: Brain Traumas, Bounties, and Deliberate Injuries Chapter 16: Children Playing Football: The NFL's Achilles Heel Chapter 17: Following Suit: Concussions in the NHL and NCAA Football Chapter 18: Concussion Concerns for Female Athletes Chapter 19: Brain and Other Severe Injuries in Baseball PART IV: WHY ELITE ATHLETES SACRIFICE THEIR HEALTH Chapter 20: Performance-Risk Rewards Undermine Health Chapter 21: Arm Injuries to Elite Young Pitchers in Baseball Chapter 22: Football Injuries in the NFL and College Chapter 23: The NCAA Provides Shamefully Inadequate Health Care for Its Student-Athletes Chapter 24: Stigma, Stereotypes, and Secrecy Undermine Athletes' Mental Health Conclusion: Protecting Athletes' Health in Cartel-Governed Sports Notes Bibliography About the Author
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