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By Gwinn, Dylan[2015]., Regnery Publishing Call No: 070.4 GWI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Most of us see sports as a welcome-even blessed-relief from the challenges and frustrations of everyday life. We want to sit back, open a beer, and enjoy the game. But many of those who bring us the game have a different agenda-they use their broadcasting platform to harangue us with their own politically correct preoccupations. If a seventh-round NFL draft pick who can't make the team or an over-the-hill basketball player declares that he's gay, he gets wall-to-wall media coverage and is hailed as a hero. If a stripper accuses college lacrosse players of rape, liberal sports reporters lead the lynch mob-with no apologies when the bearers of "white privilege" are proved innocent. In his blistering new book Bias in the Booth, sports reporter and commentator Dylan Gwinn takes you inside the sports media spin machine to reveal what they hope you won't notice: the sports media are no different from the news and entertainment media"--
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[2021]., General, Focus Readers Call No: 796 Lon Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Sports in the news.Summary Note: Explores the history of the pay gap between professional male and female athletes, discusses why the pay gap still exists, and describes the steps athletes are taking to reduce the pay gap.
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[2017]., Adolescent, Mason Crest Call No: 796.332 PET Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: All about professional football.Summary Note: "Intense media scrutiny of pro football reveals all the flaws and faults of the game's players. But are those players the tiny minority or the norm? ... And what of the hundreds of players who do not get in trouble? Are they being unfairly implicated? How the NFL interacts with society and how the NFL treats lawbreakers is a huge issue, but a longtime football writer takes a broad look at the issue and tries to answer some of those questions"--Amazon.com.
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-- Stand up & shout out[2020]., Rowman & Littlefield Call No: 796.082 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This book explores three crucial areas in sport that remain huge concerns for women: leadership, money, and media. It examines topics such as the #MeToo movement, pay equity, and the experiences of women of color and LGBTQ athletes. Interviews with prominent female athletes are interwoven throughout to add personal perspectives to the conversation"--Provided by publisher.
