Research Catalog

Title

Dunks, doubles, doping : how steroids are killing American athletics / Nathan Jendrick.

Author

Jendrick, Nathan.

Publication

Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2006.

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Details

Description

xiv, 234 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"One thing that is safe to assume is that as long as money is fueling desire, paychecks, and fame, for better or worse athletes will continue to look for a secret edge . . . [this] is not an anti-steroid book. It is not a pro-steroid book. This book seeks only to fight against a bias that has put steroids at the forefront of the sporting world. The media say that steroids are bad, that steroids will kill users, but they cite no evidence. This book provides facts, clearing the air so that readers can walk away with a position they feel strongly about because they know the truth"--P. [4] of dust jacket.

Subject

• Anabolic steroids > Health aspects
• Steroids
• Doping in sports
• Doping in Sports
• Steroids

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The other gear in the locker room -- A reality check for children -- Where have all the drugs gone? -- Drugs : who, what, and why -- Legal logistics : a look at crime and punishment pertaining to steroid use -- An inside look at the world of bodybuilding and steroids -- Excuses, excuses -- Caught cheating, and the careers after -- Steroids and money -- they make each other -- Drug letting -- For every problem, a solution -- Scandals -- China -- East Germany repeated? -- Gene doping.

ISBN

• 1592289029
• 9781592289028

LCCN

660813022950

OCLC

68624217

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library