Books by Murray Sperber and Complete Book Reviews

Onward to Victory
Onward to Victory
Murray Sperber, Author Henry Holt & Company $32.5 (614p) ISBN 978-0-8050-3865-1
This latest book by Sperber (College Sports, Inc.) gets off to a singularly poor start, with most of its first 200 pages a rehash of, or elaboration on, his earlier study of Notre Dame football, Shake Down the Thunder. Sperber makes the point that...
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Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports is Crippling Undergraduate Education
Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports is Crippling Undergraduate Education
Murray Sperber, Author Henry Holt & Company $26 (322p) ISBN 978-0-8050-3864-4
A stunning outline of the contemporary educational landscape, Sperber's book provides a stark analysis of academia's abandonment of its undergraduate students. Alluding to the ancient Roman practice of placating people with cheap bread and...
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College Sports Inc.: The Athletic Department vs. the University
College Sports Inc.: The Athletic Department vs. the University
Murray Sperber, Author Henry Holt & Company $19.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-8050-1445-7
``We are not the enemy,'' said Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler addressing a meeting of academics, but the contention of Sperber, an associate professor of English at Indiana University and a former sportswriter, is that the college sports...
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