Game faces : sport celebrity and the laws of reputation /

"Sports figures cope with a level of celebrity once reserved for the stars of stage and screen. In Game Faces, Sarah K. Fields looks at the legal ramifications of the cases brought by six of them--golfer Tiger Woods, quarterback Joe Montana, college football coach Wally Butts, baseball pitchers...

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Main Author: Fields, Sarah K., 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2016
Series:Sport and society
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Table of Contents:
  • The history of celebrity and the laws
  • Lies, libel, and football : coaches as public figures
  • Stop the press : a baseball legend and biography
  • Super bowl icon or marketing tool?
  • Owning a face : publicity and advertising
  • Art versus image : the First Amendment versus the right of publicity
  • What's in a name? comic books and hockey