Sports crazy how sports are sabotaging American schools /

"Sports Crazy exposes the excesses of middle and high school sports and the detrimental effects our sports obsession has on American education. Institutions are increasingly emulating college and professional sports models and losing sight of a host of educational and health goals. Steven J. Ov...

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Main Author: Overman, Steven J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2019.
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252 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
School sports -- United States -- History.
School sports -- Social aspects -- United States.

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