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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
Keywords: sports figures, athletes, media, fans, popular figures, public image, Barry Bonds, Kirby Puckett, Mike Tyson, Mark McGwire
Print publication date: 2010 | Print ISBN-13: 9781604737516 |
Published to University Press of Mississippi: March 2014 | DOI:10.14325/mississippi/9781604737516.001.0001 |
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