Spitting in the Soup :Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports

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Spitting in the Soup

Spitting in the Soup :Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports

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Doping is as old as organized sports. From baseball to horse racing, cycling to track and field, drugs have been used to enhance performance for 150 years. For much of that time, doping to do better was expected. It was doping to throw a game that stirred outrage. Today, though, athletes are vilified for using performance-enhancing drugs. Damned as moral deviants who shred the fair-play fabric, dopers are an affront to the athletes who don't take shortcuts. But this tidy view swindles sports fans. While we may want the world sorted into villains and victims, putting the blame on athletes alone ignores decades of history in which teams, coaches, governments, the media, scientists, sponsors, sports federations, and even spectators have played a role. The truth about doping in sports is messy and shocking because it holds a mirror to our own reluctance to spit in the soup-that is, to tell the truth about the spectacle we crave. In Spitting in the Soup, sports journalist Mark Johnson explores how the deals made behind closed doors keep drugs in sports. Johnson unwinds the doping culture from the early days, when pills meant progress, and uncovers the complex relationships that underlie elite sports culture-the essence of which is not to play fair but to push the boundaries of human performance. It's easy to assume that drugs in sports have always been frowned upon, but that's not true. Drugs in sports are old. It's banning drugs in sports that is new. Spitting in the Soup offers a bitingly honest, clear-eyed look at why that's so, and what it will take to kick pills out of the locker room once and for all.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781937715274
ISBN10 1937715272
Number Of Pages 320
Item Weight 771 g
Product Dimensions 152 x 228 x 38 mm
Publisher / Reseller VeloPress
Format hardback
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Praise for "Argyle Armada" by Mark Johnson A happy medium between writing and photography An insightful journey. BikeRumor.com Johnson goes behind the scenes, beautifully documenting the ups, downs and sideways moments of Slipstream Sports 2011 season. Paved magazine Mark Johnson has done a great job portraying an unrestricted view of the inner workings of the annual traveling circus that is pro cycling. Peter Stetina, professional cyclist for Team Garmin-Barracuda Johnson weaves a narrative of physical pressures and business stresses Johnson takes full advantage of his special access. American Society of Media Photographers Johnson is a fine writer...secondly, he is a truly excellent photographer in both technical and observational senses.The illustrative part of this volume is finely judged and highly entertaining. TheWashingMachinePost.net The photography in this volume is excellent and the quality of the writing rises to meet the level of artistry set by the images. The story of the season and the unfolding ups and downs, on and off the bike, is gripping. BikeRumor.com Johnson rides inside the left ventricle of the team for a full year and the reader is rewarded with a raw and visceral look at how professional cycling is adapting to post-millennium strategies. A smart book written and photographed by a smart guy. Scott Tinley, teacher, author, and former professional triathlete Argyle Armada [is] an important book for all who are curious about what is going on behind the scenes in cycling. It s a look at the sport itself, through moments in one team s season. Cyclismas"

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