Battleground sports / edited by Michael Atkinson.

Other author Atkinson, Michael, 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2009.
Description2 volumes ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Sports--Social aspects. --Encyclopedias.
Sports--Economic aspects. --Encyclopedias.

Contents Entries: -- Academic misconduct among athletes -- Adventure racing -- Animal blood sports -- Anti-doping rules and policies -- Anti-trust violations in professional sports -- Athlete unions -- "At risk" youth in sports -- Biology and athlete performance -- Cheating during competition -- Collective protests and social movements -- Commercializing ethnic athletes -- Cool pose -- Corporate branding -- Corporate stadiums -- Criminal violence during competition -- Disability sports -- Drafting amateur athletes -- Eating disorders -- Environmental impacts of sports -- Equipment manufacturing in the Third World -- Ergogenics -- Erythropoietin (EPO) -- Ethnic coaches, managers, and owners -- Field invasions -- Funding equality legislation -- Gambling -- Gay games -- Gender and educational opportunities -- Gender and game rules -- Gene manipulation -- Governments, laws, and gambling -- Government sponsorship of teams -- Hazing -- Homophobia -- Hooliganism -- Illness -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) -- Labor migration -- LGBT sports leagues -- Marijuana, alcohol, and illicit drugs -- Marketing female athlete sexuality -- Mascots -- Media broadcasting rights -- Media coverage of women's sports -- Men in women's sports -- Militarism and the Olympics -- Missile throwing -- Openly gay athletes -- Parent misconduct -- Parkour (Free running) -- Partner abuse among athletes -- Player-fan fighting -- Post-event riots -- Private vs. public sport spaces -- Pseudosports -- Publicity in sports -- Racial profiling and stacking -- Rape and sexual assault -- Referee abuse -- Religious expression -- Rights of young athletes -- Salaries of professional athletes -- Sexual abuse among athletes -- Skateboarding -- Snowboarding -- Soccer tragedies -- Sports doctors, trainers, and drugs -- Sports for all -- Steroid use by athletes -- Surfing and "new" water sports -- Taunting -- Terrorism and the Olympics -- Ticket distribution and scalping -- Transsexual athletes -- Ubersexuality -- Ultraendurance running -- Urban planning and gentrification -- Video games -- Virtual sports -- Whistle-blowers and drugs -- Women and the apologetic -- Women coaches and owners -- Women in men's sports -- Women sportscasters -- X games -- Yoga and alternative fitness.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008030544
ISBN9780313340246 ((set) : alk. paper)
ISBN0313340242 ((set) : alk. paper)
ISBN9780313340253 ((vol. 1) : alk. paper)
ISBN0313340250 ((vol. 1) : alk. paper)
ISBN9780313340260 ((vol. 2) : alk. paper)
ISBN0313340269 ((vol. 2) : alk. paper)

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