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Sports Babylon: Sex, Drugs and Other Dirty Dealings in the World of Sports
Sports Babylon Sex Drugs and Other Dirty Dealings in the World of Sports Author:Mark Sabljak, Martin H. Greenberg This 'unofficial' history of the world of sports tells the fascinating -- and often tragic -- stories of sports superstars who fell from the height of fame into disgrace -- or worse. In the dog-eat-dog world of competitive sports, honor is often left on the bench and Sports Babylon is a rogues' gallery of the jucier sports scan... more »dals of our time. These assorted abusers, braggarts, brats, flakes and philanderers haven't always made stellar sports history, but their all-too-human portraits prove that sometimes even the best can do their worst.
When athletes fall prey to drugs, alcohol, or gambling, they seem to fall farther and land harder than anyone else. Sports Babylon's infamous abusers include Len Bias, Dwight Gooden, Gary McLain and the Pittsburgh Eleven.
If victory is on the line, there are times when you just can't afford to make a mistake; blunderers Fred Brown, Garo Yepremian, Craig Stadler, and Mary Bacon did.
What happens when the 'win at all cost' syndrome is taken at face value? Ask Joe Niekro, Gaylord Perry or Rosie Ruiz.
Life in the fast lane can have a quick or deadly ending -- as it did for Billy Haughton, Pele Lindbergh, Thurman Munson and Steve Prefontaine.
Every once in a while an athlete will trade in his or her uniform for a new outfit -- prison garb. Sports Babylon's criminals include Orlando Cepeda, Denny McLain, Joe Pepitone, and Mercury Morris.
Boys will be boys, but brawls on the field are not quite like fights in the barroom or so Rudy Tomjanovich, John Mutuszak, and Billy Martin found out.
A young athlete's death or disablement is often met with universal shock: Roberto Clemente, Joe Delaney, Darryl Stingley and Kathy Ormsby.
Joe Namath shot down the theory that sex and sports don't mix, but not every star can claim to be that lucky. These men have found themselves in serious trouble with women: Lyman Bostock, Jim Brown, Steve Garvey, Spider Sabich and Cleon Jones.
There's something here for everyone in this roundup of the worst of the sporting world. Whether you're looking for dirt or reliving the fall of a local hero, this profoundly illustrated selection of sports scandals tells you what not to do on -- and off -- the field.« less