Scandals in American Sports.

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This course will address scandals, from past to present, in U.S. sports. Through an American Studies approach, we will focus on the relationships between sports and other elements of society, particularly capital(ism), competitive advantage, bodily wellbeing, and surveillance. In the process, we will consider how sports scandals -- both the original events and subsequent discussion/debate -- offer windows into the socio-political issues of a given time. Our over-arching goal is to address a question that is both social and personal: What is right and wrong?