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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
272
Utgivningsdatum
2002-09-01
Upplaga
illustrated ed
Förlag
Taylor Trade Publishing
Illustrationer
black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
228 x 149 x 19 mm
Vikt
404 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
Paperback
ISBN
9780878331468

Fixed

How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball

av David Porter
Häftad,  Engelska, 2002-09-01
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Using extensive background research as well as interviews with the principal characters, Fixed provides the first in-depth reconstruction of the point-shaving scandal involving the 1978-1979 Boston College basketball team, from the genesis of the plot in the summer of 1978, through the uncovering of the scheme during an unrelated investigation in 1980, to the trial that captivated the sports world in the fall of 1981 and its aftermath. This multi-layered story of greed and betrayal combines sports, gambling, and the Mafia into an irresistible morality tale with a modern edge.
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"Fixed" follows the point-shaving scandal of the 1978-79 Boston College basketball team. Players profiled in the book include Rick Kuhn, who pulled his teammates into the plot and paid for it with a 10-year prison sentence; Jim Sweeney, a prep school graduate and honor student who found himself trapped between gamblers and a conscience that wouldn't let him cheat his teammates; and leading scorer Ernie Cobb, who saw his dreams of playing in the pros crushed by his association with the fixers. -- Dana Harris * Daily Variety- La * For college basketball fans who list Goodfellas among their favorite movies and occasionally keep an eye on point spreads, David Porter's Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball could not be more in you wheelhouse. The brilliance of Fixed is in the incredible detail Porter uses in depicting how the scheme began, how players were drawn in and, most importantly, how they were affected emotionally and psychologically. Most interesting is Porter's exploration of our country's romanticized notion of sports, and how misdeeds on fields of play are often treated more harshly than off them. -- Jack Schaller * The Review of Higher Education *

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David Porter is an accomplished sportswriter and columnist with nearly twenty years of experience in the print and online news business. He lives in Trenton, New Jersey.

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