Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball

Author:   Albert J. Figone
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
ISBN:  

9780252078750


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   30 November 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Albert J. Figone
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780252078750


ISBN 10:   0252078756
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   30 November 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Cheating the Spread is an important study that usefully synthesizes existing literature on college sports gambling and the major scandals and provides a wealth of new information gleaned from heretofore untapped sources. The exhaustive research in Cheating the Spread has a comprehensive sweep that is stunning. Richard O. Davies, author of Sports in American Life: A History


"""Cheating the Spread is an important study that usefully synthesizes existing literature on college sports gambling and the major scandals and provides a wealth of new information gleaned from heretofore untapped sources. The exhaustive research in Cheating the Spread has a comprehensive sweep that is stunning."" Richard O. Davies, author of Sports in American Life: A History"


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Albert J. Figone has seen sports from all sides. He is a professor emeritus of kinesiology and a former head baseball and assistant football coach at Humboldt State University, and he previously coached football, baseball, and track at California high schools. He lives in Folsom, California.

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