Are athletes good role models? /
Kathy L. Hahn, book editor.
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010.
- 122 p. ; 23 cm.
- At issue. Sports .
- At issue. Sports. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An athlete must have personal integrity / R. Cort Kirkwood -- Parents should not rely on athletes as role models / Anthony Stalter -- There is racial disparity in judging athlete and parent role models / David Leonard -- Failures of role-model athletes do not diminish interest in sports / Jack McCallum -- Team-sport athletes are encouraged to be poor role models / Ian Warden -- Overly demonstrative black athletes set a bad example / Thad Mumford -- Sportsfans are responsible for steroid use among professional athletes / Chuck Klosterman -- Women in traditionally male sports do not need to shed their femininity / Danica Patrick with Laura Morton -- Women athletes who defy cultural traditions cause controversy / Umarah Jamali -- Homophobia in male professional sports is encouraged by the media / Joey Guerra -- Homosexuality does not preclude being an athlete and role model / David Wharton -- Athletes need training to avoid being the targets of troublemakers / Joseph Williams -- The economic downturn will return sports to its former purity / Simon Barnes.
9780737746464 (hardcover) 0737746467 (hardcover) 9780737746471 (pbk.) 0737746475 (pbk.)
2009037394
Athletes--Conduct of life.
Role models.
GV706.8 / A75 2010
796.01
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An athlete must have personal integrity / R. Cort Kirkwood -- Parents should not rely on athletes as role models / Anthony Stalter -- There is racial disparity in judging athlete and parent role models / David Leonard -- Failures of role-model athletes do not diminish interest in sports / Jack McCallum -- Team-sport athletes are encouraged to be poor role models / Ian Warden -- Overly demonstrative black athletes set a bad example / Thad Mumford -- Sportsfans are responsible for steroid use among professional athletes / Chuck Klosterman -- Women in traditionally male sports do not need to shed their femininity / Danica Patrick with Laura Morton -- Women athletes who defy cultural traditions cause controversy / Umarah Jamali -- Homophobia in male professional sports is encouraged by the media / Joey Guerra -- Homosexuality does not preclude being an athlete and role model / David Wharton -- Athletes need training to avoid being the targets of troublemakers / Joseph Williams -- The economic downturn will return sports to its former purity / Simon Barnes.
9780737746464 (hardcover) 0737746467 (hardcover) 9780737746471 (pbk.) 0737746475 (pbk.)
2009037394
Athletes--Conduct of life.
Role models.
GV706.8 / A75 2010
796.01
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