{"product_id":"game-of-shadows-barry-bonds-balco-and-the-steroids-scandal-that-rocked-professional-sports-paperback","title":"Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, Balco, and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Fainaru-Wada\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLance Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 National Bestseller A riveting narrative about the biggest doping scandal in the history of sports\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A sober, skillful, and utterly damning account of not just the Bonds fiasco but the pervasive influence of steroids in sports.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning investigative journalists Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams provide a definitive account of the shocking steroids scandal that made headlines across the country. Drawing on more than two years of reporting, including interviews with hundreds of people, and exclusive access to secret grand jury testimony, confidential documents, audio recordings, and more, the authors provide a definitive account of the notorious scandal that turned the sports world upside down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book traces the career of Victor Conte, founder of the BALCO laboratory, an egomaniacal former rock musician and self-proclaimed nutritionist, who set out to corrupt sports by providing athletes with \"designer\" steroids that would be undetectable on \"state-of-the-art\" doping tests. Conte gave the undetectable drugs to 28 of the world's greatest athletes: Olympians, NFL players and baseball stars--including Barry Bonds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA landmark piece of reportage and a page-turning exposé, \u003ci\u003eGame of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e casts light into the recesses of American sport to reveal the dark truths at the heart of the game.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Fainaru-Wada is an investigative reporter for the \u003cb\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e. After fifteen months of covering steroid use in sports, in December 2004 they reported in the \u003ci\u003eChronicle\u003c\/i\u003e on the secret grand jury testimony of pro baseball players Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds, making headlines around the world. Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams won the Dick Schaap Excellence in Sports Journalism Award, the George Polk Award, and the White House Correspondents' Association's Edgar A. Poe Award for their reporting.\u003cbr\u003eLance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada are reporters on the investigative team at the \u003cb\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e. Together, they broke a series of exclusive stories on the BALCO scandal and earned a string of national honors, including the George Polk Award, The Edgar A. Poe Award of the White House Correspondents' Association, The Dick Schaap Excellence in Sports Journalism Award and The Associated Press Sports Editors award for investigative reporting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliams has written on subjects including the California cocaine trade, Oakland's Black Panther Party and the career of San Francisco mayor and political power-broker Willie Brown. His journalism also has been honored with: the Gerald Loeb Award for financial writing; the California Associated Press' Fairbanks Award for public service; and, on three occasions, the Center for California Studies' California Journalism Award for political reporting. He was the Society of Professional Journalists' Northern California Journalist of the Year in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Ohio, he graduated from Brown University and the University of California-Berkeley and attended University College, London, U.K. Before joining the Chronicle, he worked as a reporter at the \u003cb\u003eHayward Daily Review\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eOakland Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e, and the San \u003cb\u003eFrancisco Examiner\u003c\/b\u003e. He was a University of Michigan Journalism Fellow in 1986-87.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.04 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49378482225304,"sku":"9781592402687","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/cGlGSVUmJl9781592402687.webp?v=1783055265","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/game-of-shadows-barry-bonds-balco-and-the-steroids-scandal-that-rocked-professional-sports-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}