Athletes Breaking Bad: Essays on Transgressive Sports Figures

ISBN-13: 9781476677088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 240 str.

John C. Lamothe; Donna J. Barbie

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Coding and Decoding "Badness"
• "Not Good for the Sport"? Fabulous Figure Skater and Controversial Critic Johnny Weir
• John Daly: Golf's Enfant Terrible
• Nothing but the Truth: The Rise and Fall of Marion Jones
• Lessons from #LochMess: Ryan Lochte in Our Rush-to-Judgment Culture
• Diego Maradona: The Hand of God
• Barry Bonds v. Alex Rodriguez: Don't Hate the Player; Hate the Steroid-Manufactured Game
• No Coward: Hope Solo Battles Against the Status Quo, Injustices and, Sometimes, Her Own Poor Decisions
• The Book of Dale Earnhardt: Beyond the Intimidator's Last Lap
• "Often an Eyeful, Sometimes an Earful, but Always a Handful": Dennis Rodman, Quintessential NBA Bad Boy
• Reframing Jameis Winston: Fan Response When Players Go "Bad"
• When "Bad Boys" Resist, "Good Ol' Boys" Revolt: Colin Kaepernick's NFL Protest
• Ronda Rousey from Badgirl to "Femininely Badass"
• The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of "The Baddest Man on the Planet": Bad Boy Mike Tyson
• About the Contributors
• Index