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Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols
Stanley H. Teitelbaum
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Description for Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols
Paperback. Looks into the circumstances behind many star athletes' precipitous fall from grace. This book shows how, in many instances, the very factors that elevate athletes to superstardom contribute to their downfall. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3404 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
On the court and on the field they are the world’s winners, exhibiting a natural grace and prowess their adoring fans can only dream about. Yet so often, off the field our sports heroes lose their perspective, their balance, and ultimately their place. In a work as timely as the latest fracas on the basketball court or the most recent drug-induced scandal in the dugout, Stanley H. Teitelbaum looks into the circumstances behind many star athletes’ precipitous fall from grace. In his psychotherapy practice, Teitelbaum has worked extensively with professional athletes and sports agents—work he draws on here for insight ... Read more
On the court and on the field they are the world’s winners, exhibiting a natural grace and prowess their adoring fans can only dream about. Yet so often, off the field our sports heroes lose their perspective, their balance, and ultimately their place. In a work as timely as the latest fracas on the basketball court or the most recent drug-induced scandal in the dugout, Stanley H. Teitelbaum looks into the circumstances behind many star athletes’ precipitous fall from grace. In his psychotherapy practice, Teitelbaum has worked extensively with professional athletes and sports agents—work he draws on here for insight ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803216440
SKU
V9780803216440
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About Stanley H. Teitelbaum
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 for Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols
“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 ... Read more