Cheated: The UNC Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports - Tapa dura

"This should be required reading for everyone."--A. R./I>--A. R. Sanderson "CHOICE " "This excellent book is a canary in the coalmine for those who love athletics at the collegiate level."--Jorge Iber, Sport in American History--Jorge Iber "Sport in American History " "Those who care about the soul--and economics--of the $16 billion-a-year college sports industry should clear their reading calendar for Cheated."--Paul Barrett, Bloomberg Business--Paul Barrett"Bloomberg Business" (02/19/2015) "All readers interested in education, public affairs, and college athletics will find this book essential."--John Maxymuk, Library Journal--John Maxymuk"Library Journal" (03/01/2015) "[Cheated] offers a stinging critique of UNC-Chapel Hill's handling of the academic and athletic wrongdoing that kept student athletes eligible to compete and persisted for nearly two decades."--Jane Stancill, News & Observer--Jane Stancill"News & Observer" (01/15/2015) "Cheated sounds an important call for reform."--Gregg Easterbrook, Wall Street Journal--Gregg Easterbrook"Wall Street Journal" (02/27/2015)

For twelve years the women's basketball rivalry between UConn and Tennessee was the most iconic matchup in women's sports. Even now, twenty years since the annual series started, the competition between these two storied programs still provokes heated argument and bitter resentment. Led by Hall of Fame coaches Geno Auriemma and Pat Summitt, UConn and Tennessee combined for nine national championships, with the UConn Huskies winning five-including four against the Tennessee Lady Vols. In all, UConn won thirteen of twenty-two matchups during the rivalry, and along the way the two coaches-with distinctive and brash personalities and a shared determination to rule their sport-clashed privately and publicly, generating enough heat to make women's basketball relevant in the national sports landscape as never before. On the court, the two teams produced a series of memorable games, from overtime thrillers to timeless classics that defined the sport. Off the court, the coaches' encounters were often marked by their seemingly genuine dislike for each other, until the conflict reached a breaking point in 2007 and Summitt stunned the basketball world by canceling the series for reasons neither side has ever revealed. Now, eight years after the last game, Unrivaled uncovers the on-court and behind-the-scenes story of this intensely personal rivalry between coaches, players, and the two most passionate fan bases women's sports has ever known. Jeff Goldberg was the UConn women's basketball writer for the Hartford Courant from 2001 to 2006 and is the author of Bird at the Buzzer: UConn, Notre Dame, and a Women's Basketball Classic (Nebraska, 2011). Rebecca Lobo played for coach Auriemma at UConn and on three teams in the WNBA. She is now a television basketball analyst for ESPN.