The Collegiate Athlete at Risk: Strategies for Academic Support and Success
By Morris R. Council III, Samuel R. Hodge, and Robert A. Bennett III.Published 2018 by Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC. (140 pages). Reviewed by Steph...
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Abused: Surviving Sexual Assault and a Toxic Gymnastics Culture
By Rachel Haines.Published 2019 by Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD. (144 pages). Reviewed by Robert D. McDermand, Ed.D. Stephen F. Austin State UniversityP...
College Athletes’ Rights and Well-Being: Critical Perspectives on Policy and Practice
By Eddie Comeaux.Published 2017 by John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, M.D. (232 pages). Reviewed by Emily Dane-Staples, Ph.D.St. John Fisher CollegePages...
The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino: A Story of Corruption, Scandal, and the Big Business of College Basketball
By Michael Sokolove.Published 2018 by Penguin Random House, New York. (272 pages). Reviewed by Matt Humi, Ph.D.Texas Tech UniversityPage iv-vi
University of Nike: How Corporate Cash Bought American Higher Education
By Joshua Hunt.Published 2018 by Penguin Random House, New York (304 pages). Reviewed by Matthew Garrett, Ph.D.Loras CollegePage i-iii Download
Court Justice: The Inside Story of My Battle against the NCAA
By Ed O’Bannon and Michael McCann. Published 2018 by Diversion Books, New York (274 pages). Reviewed by Jim Watkins, Ph.D. Mississippi State University Page x-x...
Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA
By Joe Nocera and Ben Strauss. Published 2016 by Portfolio Publishing, New York. (380 pages). Reviewed by Rennae Williams Stowe, Ph.D. Johnson C. Smith Universi...
Wounded Lions: Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky and the Crises in Penn State Athletics
By Ronald A. Smith. Published 2016 by University of Illinois Press, Champaign, IL. (288 pages). Reviewed by Liz Wanless, Ph.D. Ball State University Page iv-vi ...
Brands Win Championships: The Secret to Winning a National Title in the 21st Century
By Jeremy Darlow. Published 2015 by Jack and June Publishing, Portland OR. (181 pages). Reviewed by Chris Hanna, Ph.D. Georgia Southern University Page i-iii Do...
Unwinding Madness: What Went Wrong With College Sports and How to Fix It
Unwinding Madness: What Went Wrong With College Sports and How to Fix It By Gerald Gurney, Donna Lopiano, and Andrew Zimbalist. Published 2017 by Brookings Inst...