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Scandals Of '51 : How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball by Charley Rosen (1999, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSeven Stories Press
ISBN-101888363916
ISBN-139781888363913
eBay Product ID (ePID)116523451
Product Key Features
Book TitleScandals of '51 : How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSociology of Sports, Basketball, Gambling / Sports, Criminals & Outlaws, Sports
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Games & Activities, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorCharley Rosen
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight11.2 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-011325
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
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal796.323/0973
SynopsisThe 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 NumberGV887.7.R67 1999
