Academic Search Complete
Offers articles on a variety of subjects, including all facets of sports and
athletics. Articles come from both magazines and scholarly journals. Requires
the GALILEO password for off-campus access.
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/
express?link=zbac&rkey
=alphalist
Nexis Uni
Features newspaper and some magazine articles from all over the world. Covers all aspects of sports and
often is the best source for a particular team due to newspapers' local flavor. Requires
the GALILEO password for off-campus access.
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/
express?link=zxau&rkey
=alphalist
BBC News – Health – Medical Notes – Doping in Sport
A web site that goes over the basics of
performance enhancing drugs used by athletes. Terminology and
spelling on the site is British rather than American.
Also the information is several years old and may not be entirely current.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/
hi/health/
medical_notes/3559882.stm
CBC Online – Drugs and Sport
The site offers current stories, historical background,
and even a dictionary on illegal substances used
to boost athletic performance. This site is up-to-date
but may use British terminology because it is Canadian.
http://www.cbc.ca
/sports/indepth/drugs/
ESPN.com – Page2 – Worst Sports Scandals
Now that the scandal-plagued Salt Lake City Olympics are over, Page 2 presents its list of the top 10 sports scandals of all-time.
http://espn.go.com/page2
/s/list/scandals.html
Source:
Source: http://espn.go.com/page2
/s/list/scandals.html
ESPN.com – Readers’ List – Worst Sports Scandals
Nothing's better than a good scandal to get sports fans fired up.
So after we offered our choices for the 10 worst
sports scandals of all-time, we asked you to send us
your suggestions. Page 2 readers responded with
nearly 400 e-mails, and below are the top 10 choices.
http://espn.go.com/page2
/s/readers/
worstscandals.html
Source:
http://espn.go.com/page2
/s/readers/
worstscandals.html
FloydLandis.com
There is life after scandal. There are other
sporting events, and a disgraced
athlete and his/her fans can have their
voices heard in their own corner of the net.
So it is with this web site which is presents
a current and detailed update on disgraced Tour de Fance "winner,"
Floyd Landis, along with
updates on his current activities, and yes, he is still racing.
http://www.floydlandis.com/blog/
The Official Site of Major League Baseball -- Barry Bonds
The name "Bonds" is synonymous with
baseball greatness following in the footsteps of his
late father Bobby and godfather, Willie Mays.
Living legend, Barry Bonds, is the power
hitter for the San Francisco Giants who
broke Hank Aaron’s All-Time Home Run
Record on Aug. 7, 2007, when he hit
his 756th career home run at AT&T Park.
Now sitting on 762 home runs, Bonds
continues to reach historical heights
with each home run he belts.
http://barrybonds.mlb.com
/players/bonds_barry
/index.jsp
Source:
http://barrybonds.mlb.com
/players/bonds_barry
/about/bio.jsp
Pete Rose.com
"While I am so fortunate to have numerous
opportunities to communicate with many of my
wonderful fans, I begrudgingly do not have
any positive new updates as it relates to my
quest for official re-instatement back into
Major League Baseball. Nevertheless, I
remain upbeat and continue to find ways
in which we can stay in touch, whether
it is through corporate appearances, my Las
Vegas project or my website." – Pete Rose.
http://www.peterose.com
Source:
http://www.peterose.com
Tonya Harding on the World Wide Web
The girl that made Figure Skating the runner-up to pro football
in American television ratings. Banned for life by the
USFSA, this pool playing, cigarette smoking, truck driving bad
girl of figure skating continues to fascinate the skating
world and has now become a professional boxer.
Note: This is a personal fan site whose owner does not
give his last name, but the links on it
are complete, current, and well maintained.
http://www.charliesweb.com
/tonya/tonya.html
Source:
http://www.charliesweb.com
/tonya/tonya.html
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Athletes are supposed to be role models or at least stay out of trouble. Some of them, however, break the rules of fair play and/or the laws of the land. This display takes a look at these fallen sports superstars, whose crimes range from lying to Congress and taking steroids to assault and rape, through books, articles retrieved from Academic Search Complete and Nexis Uni, and web sites.
Courson, Steve and Lee R. Schreiber.
False Glory: Steelers and Steroids: The Steve Courson Story.
Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1991.
Call #: GV939.C68 A3 1991
Courson admits to using a wide variety of "performance-enhancing drugs"
to keep his job and further his career. By 1985, when he went
public in a controversial Sports Illustrated article, Courson was injecting four different drugs twice a week.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/False-Glory-Steelers-Steroids-
Courson/dp/0681411872/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8
&s=books&qid=1203973549&sr=1-1
Fainaru-Wada, Mark.
Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports.
New York: Gotham Books, 2006.
Call #: RC1230 F35 2006
Review: Chronciles the 2004 federal investigation that led
to the exposure of peformance enhancing drug use
by some of the nation’s most famous baseball athletes.
Source:
http://gilfind.gsu.edu
McCloskey, John.
When Winning Costs too Much: Steroids, Supplements, and Scandal in Today’s Sports.
Landham, MD: Taylor Trade Pub., 2005.
Call #: RC1230 M38 2005
Examines the growing problem of performance-enhancing
drug use among athletes, looks at the dangers of these drugs,
and urges parents, coaches, and administrators to
encourage drug-free performance in young athletes.
Source:
http://gilfind.gsu.edu
Miklasz, Bernie et. al.
Celebrating 70: Mark McGwire’s Historic Season.
St. Louis, MO: Sporting New, 1998.
Call #: GV865.M387 C45 1998
The venerable Sporting News, located in St. Louis,
was around and flourishing when the Babe set the
mark of 60 in 1927, and when Roger Maris broke
it with 61 in 1961. It saved the
real celebration, though, for its hometown
hero: Mark McGwire is virtually coronated in this smart,
photo-rich, comprehensive veneration of
his record-breaking season compiled under the Sporting News aegis.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/Celebrating-70
-Mcgwires-Historic-Season/dp/0892046228
Pound, Richard W.
Inside the Olmpics: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Politics, the Scandals, and the Glory of the Games.
New York:Wiley, 2004.
Call #: GV721.5 P69 2004
"Pound takes us through the Olympic landscape with
insight and opinion and on one of the biggest problems
we all face: drugs in sport, he has always stood shoulder to
shoulder with the good guys." —Sebastian
Coe, OBE, double Olympic Gold 1500-meter champion
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-
Olympics-Behind-Scenes-Politics/
dp/0470834544
Reston, James.
Collision at Home Plate: The Lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti.
New York: Edward Burlingame Books, 1991.
Call #: GV865.R65 R47 1991
"A collision indeed-an atomic explosion of sorts-as intelligence,
grace, and arrogance (Giamatti) meet stupidity,
sweat, and arrogance (Rose), with fallout that will affect the
world of baseball for decades to come. . . . Told with guts and verve." -Kirkus Reviews.
Source:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch
/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&
EAN=9780803289642&itm=1
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Abt, Samuel. "Now It’s Personal: A Tour de France Hearing on
Landis Suddenly Turns into Drama on LeMond." International Herald Tribune
10 May 2007. Sec. News: 1. Nexis Uni.
Georgia Perimeter College Lib., Clarkston, GA. 29 Februrary 2008.
After an opening three days of uneventful testimony, the hearing
into whether Landis used illegal drugs in the Tour burst into high drama…
Source: Abt,Samuel -- the article.
Chass, Murray. "Clemens Pays Price for Reputation That is Soiled."
New York Times 17 February 2008. Sec. Sp: 2.
Nexis Uni. Georgia Perimeter College Lib.,
Clarkston, GA. 28 Februrary 2008.
What did Roger clemens know, and when did
he know it? To hear Clemens at last week’s hearing before
the House oversight committee, he never knew anything. No one
told him he was facing allegations that he had used performance
enhancing substances, not his long-time agent and
lawyer, not the players association, not the commissioner,
not George J. Mitchell. Is that any way for a titan of the sport to be treated?
Source: Chass, Murray -- The article.
Dohrmann, George. "Balco Blows Up."
Sports Illustrated 13 December 2004: 50-54.
Academic Search Complete. EBSCOHost. Georgia Perimeter College Lib.,
Clarkston, GA. 29 February 2008 <http://www.ebscohost.com>.
This article examines the grand jury testimony
which revealed that Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi used
performance enhancing drugs and discusses the impact
of the revelation on Major League Baseball.
Source:
http://www.ebscohost.com
Hoffer, Richard. "Rocket’s Red Glare." Sports Illustrated
14 January 2008: 18-19. Academic Search Complete.
EBSCOHost. Georgia Perimeter College Lib., Clarkston, GA. 28
February 2008 <http://www.ebscohost.com>.
This article focuses on the allegations the professional
baseball pictcher Roger Clemens used
performance-enhancing drugs and their impact.
Source:
http://www.ebscohost.com
Kindred, Dave. "From Capitol Hill to Cooperstown."
Sporting News 18, August 2006: 60. Academic Search
Complete. EBSCOHost. Georgia Perimeter College Lib.,
Clarkston, GA. 28 February 2008 <http://www.ebscohost.com>.
Over the next year and more, then it would have
been clear to everyone, even sportswriters,
that the juice didn’t run only in the veins of homerun
hitters with Popeye forearms. Nor was it only
in hitters at all, for a scorecard would show that for every position
player was using performance enhancing drugs was an offsetting pitcher.
Source: Kindred, Dave -- the article.
Murphy, Austin and Stephen Cannella. "Apres Lance, Le Deluge."
Sports Illustrated 17 July 2006: 20-21.
Academic Search Complete. EBSCOHost. Georgia
Perimeter College Lib., Clarkston, GA. 28 February 2008
<http://www.ebscohost.com>.
A drug scandal and numerous crashes have ravaged the Tour de France.
But a fiesty American could still take the prize.
Source: Murphy, Austin and Stephen Cannella -- the article.
Oates, Joyce Carol.
"Rape and the Boxing Ring." Newsweek 24 February
1992: 60-61. Academic Search Complete. EBSCOHost. Georgia
Perimeter College Lib., Clarkston, GA. 28 February 2008 <http://www.ebscohost.com>.
Argues that until a jury found him guilty, boxer Mike Tyson had a license to violate sexual taboos.
Source:
http://www.ebscohost.com
"Offensive Tactics." Sports Illustrated
14 August 2006: 20. Academic Search Complete. EBSCOHost.
Georgia Perimeter College Lib., Clarkston, GA. 28 February
2008 <http://www.ebscohost.com>.
Cyclist Floyd Landis and Justin Gatlin’s coach attempt damage control.
Source:
http://www.ebscohost.com
Rosenthal, Ken. "It’s too Early to Judge the Juice Era Stars."
Sporting News 3 March 2006: 38. Academic Search Complete.
EBSCOHost. Georgia Perimeter College Lib., Clarkston, GA.
28 February 2008 <http://www.ebscohost.com>.
The article shares the author's views on baseball player
Sammy Sosa and others who played in an era which was
dominated by the use of steroids by players. Much as
it might disappoint a society that craves instant
analysis, it's too early to determine Sosa's legacy.
Source:
http://www.ebscohost.com
Saeed, Hamed and Steve Wyche. "Vick Indicted: QB Snared in
Dogfighting Case: Falcons Star Could Face Jail Time, Hefty Fine."
Atlanta Journal and Constitution 18 July 2007. Sec. News: 1A.
Nexis Umi. Georgia Perimeter College Lib.,
Clarkston, GA. 28 Februrary 2008.
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Atlanta Falcons
quarterback Michael Vick for his alleged role in a
well-established dogfighting operation in Virginia,
where breeders fought pit bulls for purses as
high as $26,000 and some losing
dogs were electrocuted, drowned, hanged, or shot to death.
Source: Saeed, Hamed and Steve Wyche -- the article.
Sean, Gregory and Perry Bacon Jr. "Hall of Shame." Time
28 March 2005: 56-57. Academic Search Complete. EBSCOHost. Georgia Perimeter
College Lib., Clarkston, GA. 28 February 2008 <http://www.ebscohost.com>.
Dicusses the testimony before members of the U.S. House Government
Reform Committee about the use of steroids in Major League Baseball.
Source:
http://www.ebscohost.com
Starr, Mark and Karen Breslau. "High and Inside."
Newsweek 13 December 2004: 32-33.
Academic Search Complete. EBSCOHost.
Georgia Perimeter College Lib., Clarkston, GA. 29 February 2008
<http://www.ebscohost.com>.
Describes the developing steroid scandal in Major League
Baseball, set off by the confession of Jason Giambi
of the New York Yankees that he used steroids over several seasons.
Source:
http://www.ebscohost.com
"Tonya Harding Asks Too Much in Asking to Stay on U. S.
Team Copverup Role in Kerrigan Assault Disqualifies Her."
Buffalo News 29 January 1994.
Sec. Editorial: 2. Nexis Uni Georgia Perimeter
College Lib., Clarkston, GA. 28 Februrary 2008.
Tonya Harding has demonstrated she is not a worthy
representative of this country in the Winter Olympics
in Lillehamme, Norway, next month. If
she does not voluntarily withdraw, she should
be replaced on the U. S. figure-skating team.
Source: "Tonya Harding Asks Too Much" -- the article.
Waxman, Shari. "When Heroes Go Bad."
Columbia Journalism Review 42.6(2004): 61-62.
Nexis Uni. Georgia Perimeter College Lib.,
Clarkston, GA. 28 February 2008.
Tyson may not be the typical sports star but these Jekyll
and Hyde renditions tell us something about our confusion
over how to handle heroes when they go bad…
Source: Waxman, Shari -- the article.
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