When Winning Costs Too Much: Steroids, Supplements, And Scandal In Today's Sports

by Bailes, Julian

• ISBN13: 9781589791794
• ISBN10: 1589791797
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

In this day and age when the sports pages of the local newspaper read like either a police report or a pharmacology text, it is impossible not to conclude that the mantra of winning has entered very dangerous ground. This book not only details these abuses and the dangers of the drugs themselves, but also addresses the misguided coaches, fialed mentors, and poor role models who have contributed to the decline of the sports-for-sports sake mentalitly.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(156)
1 Reality Check: Kids Are Using Steroids	7	(14)
Sidebar 1.1 Survival of the Fittest?	9	(12)
2 Follow the Leader: Kids Need Bettor Mentors, Heroes	21	(16)
Sidebar 2.1 Q&A with Jack Nicklaus	23	(3)
Sidebar 2.2 A Word to Parents	26	(11)
3 Athletes to Kids: Do as We Say, Not as We Do	37	(22)
Sidebar 3.1 Truth and Lies behind the NFL's "Exemplary" Drug-Testing Plan	43	(16)
4 BALCO and Beyond: The Biggest Doping Scandal in Sports History	59	(22)
Sidebar 4.1 What Keeps Barry Swinging	71	(5)
Sidebar 4.2 Summary of Doping in Athens	76	(5)
5 Steroids and Designer Drugs	81	(22)
6 Supplement Boom: Big Business Spurs Big Trouble	103	(8)
Sidebar 6.1 Fearless Youth: Why They Use Supplements	104	(7)
7 Solutions to the Out-of-Control Drug Problem in Sports	111	(26)
Sidebar 7.1 Overview of the ATLAS Program	113	(5)
Sidebar 7.2 Q&A with Dr. Frank Uryasz	118	(8)
Sidebar 7.3 Steroid and Supplement Legislation	126	(11)
8 Dead Serious: Catastrophic and Fatal Injuries in Sports	137	(12)
9 The Heat Is On: Heatstroke Continues to Kill	149	(8)
10 Brain Injury: Science Waging War on Concussions	157	(20)
11 Caring for Youth Sports: Are We or Not?	177	(20)
Sidebar 11.1 Top 10 Things Parents Don't Get About Kids and Sports	185	(2)
Sidebar 11.2 Commentary: It's Inexcusable When a Youth Coach Breaks Rules, Our Trust	187	(10)
12 Winning at All Costs: What We're Driven to Do and Why	197	(24)
Sidebar 12.1 Commentary: Winning at All Costs Is a Big Loss in Game of Life	202	(13)
Sidebar 12.2 A Senior Season Lost at a Burger King	215	(6)
13 Recurrent Unexplained Deaths in Sports	221	(6)
14 Who's in Charge? Administration Is Part of the Problem	227	(16)
15 Struggle for Sportsmanship: Through a Ref's Eagle Eyes: Q&A with Barry Mano	243	(10)
16 Solutions: Winning without Losing Perspective	253	(34)
Sidebar 16.1 Tips for Coaches, Parents, and Players	260	(9)
Sidebar 16.2 Teaching Sportsmanship Tips	269	(4)
Sidebar 16.3 Ethics of Competition Education Should Be Mandatory in All Schools	273	(9)
Sidebar 16.4 Q&A with Terry Holland	282	(5)
17 More Solutions: Athletes Doing the Right Thing	287	(10)
Notes	297	(32)
Index	329