Athletes as Role Models

Works Cited

  • Buford, Reuben A. "The Good and Bad of It All: Professional Black Male Basketball Players as Role Models for Young Black Male Basketball Players." Sociology of Sport Journal 26 (2009): 443-61. EBSCO. Web. 20 Feb. 2010.

  • Guest, Andrew M., and Stephanie Cox. "Using Athletes as Role Models? Conceptual and Empirical Perspectives from a Sample of Elite Women Soccer Players." International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 4 (2009): 567-81. EBSCO. Web. 18 Feb. 2010.

  • Mink, Rob. "Athletes Should Not Be Our Role Models - Sports." The Daily Barometer. 2 Oct. 2009. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://media.barometer.orst.edu/media/storage/paper854/news/2009/10/02/Sports/Athletes.Should.Not.Be.Our.Role.Models-3791441.shtml>.

  • McGinn, Desmond. "Decades Top 10 Sports Scandals, Page 2 of 4 -." Associated Content - associatedcontent.com. 23 Dec. 2009. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2519967/decades_top_10_sports_scandals_pg2.html?cat=14>.

  • Mojtabai, Farzin. "Athletes Shouldn't Be Role Models." Associated Content - associatedcontent.com. 10 Apr. 2006. Web. 23 Feb. 2010. <http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/26607/athletes_shouldnt_be_role_models.html?cat=40>.

  • Sailes, Gary. "Professional Athletes: Cultural Icons or Social Anomolies?" USA Today Magazine Sept. 2001: 56. EBSCO. Web. 16 Feb. 2010. <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2676_130/ai_78256896/>.

  • Whicker, Mark. "Athletes Who Have Overcome Scandal | Woods, Athletes, One - Sports - The Orange County Register." The Orange County Register : The Orange County Register. 15 Dec. 2009. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://www.ocregister.com/articles/woods-224218-athletes-one.html>.

  • "The Sports Law Professor: Athletes as Role Models." Web log post. Thesportslawprofessor. 29 July 2007. Web. 15 Feb. 2010. <http://thesportslawprofessor.blogspot.com/2007/07/athletes-as-role-models.html>.