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Trouble in pro sports is nothing new, but recently it dominates headlines from baseball to biking to basketball! We’ll talk with the author of a new book who says this trend of cheating, doping and bad behavior in sports reflects our hyper-competitive society – and what he calls “the erosion of the American sporting ethos”.

Guest

• Joel Nathan Rosen: author of “The Erosion of the American Sporting Ethos: Shifting Attitudes Towards Competition” and assistant professor of sociology at Moravian College in Pennsylvania