Fame to Infamy: Race, Sport, and the Fall from Grace
David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen
Abstract
This book follows the paths of sports figures who were embraced by the general populace but who, through a variety of circumstances, real or imagined, found themselves falling out of favor. The chapters focus on the roles played by athletes, the media, and fans in describing how once-esteemed popular figures find themselves scorned by the same public that at one time viewed them as heroic, laudable, or otherwise respectable. The book examines a wide range of sports and eras, and includes chapters on Barry Bonds, Kirby Puckett, Mike Tyson, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, Branch Rickey, Joe Louis a ... More
This book follows the paths of sports figures who were embraced by the general populace but who, through a variety of circumstances, real or imagined, found themselves falling out of favor. The chapters focus on the roles played by athletes, the media, and fans in describing how once-esteemed popular figures find themselves scorned by the same public that at one time viewed them as heroic, laudable, or otherwise respectable. The book examines a wide range of sports and eras, and includes chapters on Barry Bonds, Kirby Puckett, Mike Tyson, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, Branch Rickey, Joe Louis and Max Schmeling, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, and Jim Brown, as well as an afterword and introduction.
Keywords:
sports figures,
athletes,
media,
fans,
popular figures,
public image,
Barry Bonds,
Kirby Puckett,
Mike Tyson,
Mark McGwire
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2010 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781604737516 |
| Published to University Press of Mississippi: March 2014 |
DOI:10.14325/mississippi/9781604737516.001.0001 |
