Steve Fainaru: 3 books
League of Denial
The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
“PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS DO NOT SUSTAIN FREQUENT REPETITIVE BLOWS TO THE BRAIN ON A REGULAR BASIS.”
So concluded the National Football League in a December 2005 scientific paper on concussions in America’s most popular sport. That judgment, implausible even to a casual fan, also contradicted...
Big Boy Rules
America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
There are tens of thousands of them in Iraq. They work for companies with exotic and ominous-sounding names, like Crescent Security Group, Triple Canopy, and Blackwater Worldwide. They travel in convoys of multicolored pickups fortified with makeshift armor, belt-fed machine guns, frag grenades, and...
The Duke of Havana
Baseball, Cuba, and the Search for the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
In 1998, a mysterious right-handed pitcher emerged from the ashes of the Cold War and helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Championship. His origins and even his age were uncertain. His name was Orlando El Duque Hernandez. He was a fallen hero of Fidel Castro's socialist revolution.
The...