Description
Book SynopsisA searing exposé of how the multibillion dollar college sports empire fails universities, students, and athletes.
Trade Review"Eye-opening and important....any honest reader will come away appalled—and rightfully so." -- Kirkus (starred review)
"McIntire paints a grim picture of a culture of malfeasance, particularly in its treatment of women, at the heart of college athletics." -- New York Times Book Review
"A deeply unsettling exposé." -- Booklist (starred review)
"[McIntire] effectively weaves together emails, police reports, court transcripts, and interviews with whistle-blowers and victims....[He] summarizes the history of college sports and the social and economic culture of football in American universities…convincingly arguing that these transgressions are widespread." -- Publishers Weekly
"Notable and heartrending." -- Library Journal
"Relentlessly reported,
Champions Way is a rich, powerful, and at times chilling page-turner. More than giving us an exposé, McIntire serves up a first-rate narrative that will forever change the way readers look at one of the top college football programs in America." -- Jeff Benedict, best-selling author of The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big Time College Football
"In a damning, taut narrative,
Champions Way shows how easy it is for college athletes to game the legal system for their own benefit. In merciless prose, Mike McIntire exposes how nuisances like sexual assaults and fake classes are no match for the big dollars associated with a winning football program." -- William D. Cohan, author of The Price of Silence
"Investigative reporter Mike McIntire has written a smart and fearless exposé of the madness and corruption undermining college football. From widespread academic fraud to the sexual predators to the hypocrisy of college presidents, it's all here in shocking detail and highly readable prose. A timely and important book." -- Gilbert M. Gaul, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Billion-Dollar Ball
"College athletic programs are prisms revealing the priorities of our schools, and our society. In
Champions Way, Mike McIntire focuses his first-rate reporting skills on Florida State’s football team—the good, the bad, and the ugly—and tells us what he found in a fast-paced detective story. Whether you’re interested in college athletics, higher education, or just a damn good story, you’ll love
Champions Way." -- John U. Bacon, New York Times best-selling author of Three and Out, Fourth and Long, and Endzone
