Idols of the game
A Sporting History of the American Century
by Robert Lipsyte · 1995
A social history of American sport, told through profiles of sixteen of the twentieth century's most famous athletes, studying the increasing trend toward commercialism in sports, and looking at the changing attitudes toward African-Americans, women, and other minorities.
Sociological aspectsSociological aspects of SportsAthletesBiographySportsSportifsBiographiesSportersAspect sociologique