The Straight Dope Updated Edition: The Inside Story Of Sport's Biggest Drug Scandal

Author: Chip Le Grand

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The greatest drugs scandal in Australian sport goes well beyond who took what. 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 Dopeis an inside account of the politics, greed and personal feuds that fuelled an extraordinary saga.


Clubs and coaches determined to win, a sports scientist who doesn't play by the rules, a generation of footballers injected with who knows what, sport administrators hell bent on control, an anti-doping authority out of its depth, an unpopular government that just wants it to end ... for three years until the final, crushing judgement handed down by an international tribunal, this was the biggest game in Australia.


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Author description

Chip Le Grand is a journalist who has written about sport, crime and politics for more than 20 years. His coverage of the Essendon drugs scandal won awards from the Melbourne Press Club and the Australian Sports Commission. The Straight Dope is the winner of the 20105 Walkley Book Award and the William Hill Australian Sports Book of the Year.