Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball
(Part of the Sport and Society Series)
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Delving into the history of gambling and corruption in intercollegiate sports, Cheating the Spread recounts all of the major gambling scandals in college football and basketball. Digging through court records, newspapers, government documents, and university archives and conducting private interviews, Albert J. Figone finds that game rigging has been pervasive and nationwide throughout most of the sports' history. The insidious practice has spread...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0252078756
ISBN13:9780252078750
Release Date:November 2012
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.82 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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