from the Miller Library, Keystone College, La Plume, PA
Airball author John R. Gerdy has lived in the world of sports from high school football to pro-basketball. He argues that school athletics need some serious reform. He calls for a better balance between college athletics and education.
Baseball Between the Numbers,796.3570 B299 2006, by The Baseball Prospectus Team of Experts analyzes the game in a very technical way. The authors have taken a close look at the statistics of baseball and how studying these stats can improve the game.
In Sports Heroes Fallen Idols, 796T265s 2005, author Stanley Teitelbaum takes a look at the self-destruction of sports heroes. He examines their psyche and their off-the-field challanges. He also discusses how adoring fans and media affect these superstars.
Game of Shadows, 362029 F162g 2006,is written by Mark Fainaru-Wada & Lance Williams, the San Francisco Chronicle investigative reporters who broke open the steroid scandal in professional sports. Their investigation has shaken the world of professional sports and resulted in congressional hearings to bring the truth to the surface.
