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