Game of shadows barry bonds balco and the steroid scandal that rocked professional by award winning investigative journalists mark fainaru wada and lance williams is a riveting narrative about the biggest doping scandal in the history of sports and how baseballs home run king barry bonds of the san francisco giants came to use . This item game of shadows barry bonds balco and the steroids scandal that rocked professional sports by mark fainaru wada hardcover 977 only 1 left in stock order soon sold by shopwizard and ships from amazon fulfillment. Books nonfiction game of shadows barry bonds balco and the steroids scandal that rocked professional sports by mark fainaru wada and lance williams. Now in game of shadows fainaru wada and williams tell the complete story of balco and the investigation that has shaken the foundations of the sporting world they reveal how an obscure self proclaimed nutritionist victor conte became a steroid svengali to multi millionaire athletes desperate for a competitive edge and how he created superstars with his potent cocktails of miracle drugs. This is an okay book which follows the balco scandal and the emergin culture of steroid use in sports particularly in baseball and track and field the book seems to go back and forth between chapter on barry bonds and his bulking up and the track and field athletes in particular marion jones that balco is working with