Explore the critical intersection of anti-doping regulations and sports legitimacy. This book offers a profound analysis of how doping scandals fuel moral panics, impacting the very core of sports governing bodies. Delve into the media’s influence on perceptions of legitimacy and understand how regulatory responses, like anti-doping policies, are shaped by elite interests. Essential for students of sports sociology, ethics, and policy, as well as professionals in sports governance and research, this work provides a refined theoretical framework backed by robust evidence on the societal construction of sports integrity.