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American Athletics: What Happened to the Game?

From children playing at the sandlot to the Olympics, the one thing athletic competitions have in common is that they all center around a game. This program scrutinizes athletics today through its evolution from a sport played for fun into a multibillion-dollar industry that can symbolize the problem of greed and the attitude of winning at all costs. Featured on the program are: sports broadcaster Dick Vitale; Tom McMillen, former basketball star and Congressman and now co-chair of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness; and Lisa Luciano, a New York Times sportswriter. (29 minutes)

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Item#: BVL5938
Copyright date: ©1995
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-1177-3


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