Fame to infamy : race, sport, and the fall from grace / edited by David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen.

Contributor Ogden, David C.

Imprint:Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.

Descriptionxiii, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Foreword: The power of nine / Roy F. Fox -- Introduction: Thoughts on fame and infamy / David C. Ogden, Joel Nathan Rosen -- Barry Bonds : of passion and hostility / Lisa Doris Alexander -- Kirby Puckett : a middle American tragedy / Sherrie L. Wilson -- Don't believe the hype : the racial representation of Mike Tyson in three acts / Thabiti Lewis -- Lost in translation : voice, masculinity, race, and the 1998 home run chase / Shelley Lucas -- Branch Rickey : moral capitalist / Robert F. Lewis II -- Inextricably linked : Joe Louis and Max Schmeling revisited / C. Oren Renick, Joel Nathan Rosen -- Mortgaging Michael Jordan's reputation / Jeffrey Lane -- A precarious perch : Wilt Chamberlain, basketball stardom, and racial politics / Gregory J. Kaliss -- Jim Brown : the rise and fall (and rise) of a cultural icon / Roberta J. Newman -- Afterword: sports and the iron fist of myth / Jack Lule.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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