Game On The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children

Name: Game On The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children
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ISBN: 9781933060460

ISBN-10: 1933060468

ISBN-13: 9781933060460

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Authors: Tom Farrey

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We all want our kids to shine. But here's what you need to know before you push them too far. Much as Fast Food Nation challenged America's eating habits, Game On by Tom Farrey will forever change the way we look at youth sports. In this fascinating journey into a culture gone haywire, Farrey--an Emmy-award winning reporter--examines the bewildering choices confronting the all-stars of tomorrow. He finds 13-year-old figure skaters who have been injected with steroids; 11-year-old baseball players suiting up for 125-game schedules; 9-year-olds with private trainers; 7-year-olds engaged in power lifting; even babies conceived from sperm donated by elite college athletes. Lost in all that…

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List price: $24.95
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/6/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 9.75" wide x 6.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Tom Farrey is a senior writer with ESPN The Magazine, a correspondent with ESPN television, and a contributor to ESPN.com. His work has won two Emmy awards for Outstanding Sports Journalism. He is the father of three active children and was master of ceremonies at the 2004 and 2006 National Youth Sports Awards, which recognize some of the top coaches who work with children.



Introduction: A Race to the Bottom



Bonus Babies



Freak of Nurture



First Cut



Les Red, White, and Blue



Bling, Bombs, and the Bible



Follow the Money



Follow the Money, Too



Manifest Destiny



Moscow on the Mind



The Aussie Rules



The Greatest City in America



A Spectacle of Innocence



The Man



Game on


Epilogue: Next


Acknowledgments


Further Reading


Appendices


Why Boys and Girls Play Sports


The Odds of Playing College Sports


Source Notes


Index