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Davis, L. (1997). The swimsuit issue and sport: Hegemonic masculinity in “Sports Illustrated.” Albany: State University of New York Press.
Sailors, P. R., Teetzel, S. J., & Weaving, C. (2012). The complexities of sport, gender, and drug testing. The American Journal of Bioethics, 12(7), 23-25. doi:10.1080/15265161.2012.680541
Agassi, A. (2009). Open : an autobiography. New York: Knopf.
Baldassaro, L. (2002) “Before Joe D: Early Italian Americans in the Major Leagues.” In L. Baldassaro & R. A. Johnson (Eds.), The American Game: Baseball and Ethnicity, (pp. 92-115). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
Verducci, T. (2012). To cheat or not to cheat. Sports Illustrated, June 4, 38-51