Scandals Of '51 : How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball by Charley Rosen (1999, Trade Paperback)

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New York City, 1951. Every weekend in Madison Square Garden, fans turn out to cheer the nation's top college basketball teams, including last years national champs, City College. Everyone knows that people bet heavily on the games-and that gangsters control much of the gambling. But few people suspect that players are actually shaving points...until the indictments are handed down. In this riveting account, first published in 1978, Charley Rosen brings to life the most sordid chapter in sports since the 1919 Black Sox -- events that he would later fictionalize in his acclaimed novel Barney Polan's Game. Naming names and laying blame, Rosen tells a story of money, greed, and gambling.