By Harold Bloom. Harcourt Brace. 578 pp. $29.95
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Sports have changed a lot over the past 150 years, but they can tell us a lot about who we are and what we want to be.
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Despite the well publicized dangers, the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs has permanently altered the sports landscape.