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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, Balco, and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sportsby Mark Fainaru Wada
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The blockbuster New York Times bestseller that caused a media firestorm and stayed in the headlines for weeks at last arrives in paperbackwith a new afterword about the Barry Bonds perjury investigation. This is the complete inside story of the BALCO steroids scandal from the award-winning reporters who broke the news nationally. In the summer of 1998, as baseball was still struggling to regain popularity lost during the contentious 1994 players' strike that caused the World Series to be canceled, a race to break the home-run record transfixed the nation. Over the next three seasons, baseball players across the country hit home runs at unprecedented rates. Although sportswriters pointed to suspicions of "juiced" baseballs and small parks being responsible, there were whispers that illegal performance-enhancing drugs were being used. But home runs were big business, and baseball carried on with a weak performance-drug testing regime. In December of 2004, after more than a year of investigation, San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams broke the story that in a federal investigation of a nutritional supplement company called BALCO, Barry Bonds and fellow slugger Jason Giambi had admitted to taking steroids. Immediately the issue of steroids in baseball became front-page news. In Game of Shadows, Fainaru-Wada and Williams expose the secrets of BALCO, illuminating how professional athletes risked their health for a competitive edge. Review:The evidence is detailed, damning, and overwhelming. . . . It's a growing bonfire of controversy. This book is one of the matches. (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Review:A sober, skillful and utterly damning account of not just the Bonds fiasco but the pervasive influence of steroids in sports. (Los Angeles Times) Review:Scorching. . . . A testament to baseball's failure. (Newsweek) Review:Superb. . . . Important and disturbing. (San Francisco Chronicle) Synopsis:Told by the award-winning reporters who broke the story, this is the completeinside scoop of Barry Bonds and the shocking steroids scandal that rocked theprofessional sports world. About the AuthorMark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams are investigative reporters for the San Francisco Chronicle. Fainaru-Wada and Williams won the Dick Schaap Excellence in Sports Journalism Award, the George Polk Award, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award for their reporting. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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