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- Paperback
- Product Group
- Book
- Weight
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- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9781888363913
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
ISBN-10
1888363916
ISBN-13
9781888363913
eBay Product ID (ePID)
116523451
Product Key Features
Book Title
Scandals of '51 : How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sociology of Sports, Basketball, Gambling / Sports, Criminals & Outlaws, Sports
Publication Year
1999
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Games & Activities, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
99-011325
Reviews
"This exceptionally interesting book offers a detailed and all too convincing account of the ugly sequence of events that exploded some of our most cherished myths about the purity of amateur sports in America." - Boston Globe "[T]he best nonfiction treatment of the affair." - New York Times Book Review
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
796.323/0973
Synopsis
The college basketball scandals of 1951 were to basketball what the 1919 Black Sox scandals were to baseballa loss of innocence, after which the game would be permanently tarnished, its relationship to power and big money firmly established. In Scandals of '51, Charley Rosen identifies all the major figuresincluding players, coaches, gangsters, clergymen, politiciansthat made up the elaborate network that controlled the outcomes to many games or protected those who did so. Rosen shows who got caught and who didn't, and what role class, race, and religion played in determining this., The college basketball scandals of 1951 were to basketball what the 1919 Black Sox scandals were to baseball-a loss of innocence, after which the game would be permanently tarnished, its relationship to power and big money firmly established.
LC Classification Number
GV887.7.R67 1999
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