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Football teams create playbooks, in which they draw up the plays they will use on the field. Playbooks are how teams work and why they win. This book is about a different kind of playbook: The one coaches, teams, universities, police, communities, the media, and fans seem to follow whenever a college football player is accused of sexual assault. It’s a deep dive into how different institutions - the NCAA, athletic departments, universities, the media - run the same plays over and over again when these stories break.

As Mexico has descended into a feudal narco-state - one where cartels, death squads, the army, and local police all fight over billions of dollars in profits from drug and human trafficking - the border city of Jurez has been hit hardest of all. And yet, more than a million people still live there. They even love their impoverished city, proudly repeating its mantra: "Amor por Jurez." Nothing exemplifies the spirit and hope of Juarenses more than the Indios, the city's beloved but hard-luck soccer team.

Der Fremde in uns, das ist der uns eigene Teil, der uns abhanden kam und den wir zeit unseres Lebens, jeder auf seine Weise, wiederzufinden versuchen. Manche tun dies, indem sie mit sich selbst ringen, andere, indem sie andere Lebewesen zerstören. Der Widerstreit zwischen diesen zwei Ausrichtungen des Lebens, die beide von derselben Problematik bestimmt sind, wird über die Zukunft unseres Menschseins entscheiden.