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Looks into the circumstances behind many star athletes' precipitous fall from grace

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Need for Heroes2. The Psyche of the Athlete3. Baseball Gambling Scandals4. Football Gambling Scandals5. Basketball Gambling Scandals6. Self-Destructive Athletes7. Athletes and Violence toward Women8. Athletes and Murder9. Violence between Athletes10. Athletes' Mental Health ProblemsEpilogueNotesIndex

About the Author

Stanley H. Teitelbaum is a practicing psychotherapist. He is faculty and senior supervisor at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health and the Training Institute for Mental Health, both in New York, and the Contemporary Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies in New Jersey.

Reviews

“Teitelbaum writes persuasively that sports stars have much to answer for. . . . An even-handed, practical argument that athletes must be guided by decency and held accountable for their actions—and that fans need to get a life, or at least a dose of reality.”—Kirkus

“[Teitelbaum] is not a moralist, but objective and unsympathetic in his detailed examination of the foibles, compulsions and pathologies of the men and women many fans still idolize.”—Publishers Weekly

“Stanley Teitelbaum's volume, Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols is a thoroughly researched book full of entertaining stories about the underbelly of sports.”—Max Kellerman, TV & radio personality

“A well-documented book. . . . With clarity and purpose, Dr. Teitelbaum weaves together nearly a century of historical sports facts illustrating how narcissistic pathology has damaged or destroyed many professional careers.”—Psychologist-Psychoanalyst

“This is a most provocative first step in the moral and ethical questions that 21st century sports must now confront.”—Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature

“A fascinating book.”—Nancy Grace, Court TV