Scandal and revelation are irresistible in any form, but surely the most addictive brand of both can be found in sport.
Scandal and revelation are irresistible in any form, but surely the most addictive brand of both can be found in sport.
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Review: Hugh MacDonald
Heroes fall with a dramatic suddenness, their balloons of hype punctured by the realities of drug-taking, drinking, womanising and sometimes all three.
It is curious that in the year of the collapse of the Lance Armstrong legend, Richard Moore, the leading writer of cycling, should produce a marvellous, fluid tale of drug-taking, but in athletics. The Dirtiest Race In History (Wisden Sports Writing, £18.99) chronicles the 1988 Olympic 100m final in which Ben Johnson thrashed Carl Lewis and others. Moore reveals a world of mass- and self-delusion and provides a wonderful postscript.
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