The Straight Dope

Download or read book The Straight Dope written by Chip Le Grand and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happened at Essendon, what happened at Cronulla, is only part of the story. From the basement office of a suburban football club to the seedy corners of Peptide Alley to the polished corridors of Parliament House, The Straight Dope is an inside account of the politics, greed and personal feuds which fuelled an extraordinary saga. A football club and coach determined to win, a sports scientist who doesn't play by the rules, an AFL administration hell bent on control, an anti-doping authority out of its depth, a generation of footballers held hostage by scandal and an unpopular government that just wants it to end; for two tumultuous seasons this was the biggest game of all.