Cheating the spread [[electronic resource] ] : gamblers, point shavers, and game fixers in college football and basketball / / Albert J. Figone
| Cheating the spread [[electronic resource] ] : gamblers, point shavers, and game fixers in college football and basketball / / Albert J. Figone |
| Autore | Figone Albert J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Disciplina | 796.04/3 |
| Collana | Sport and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Sports betting - United States
Football - Betting - United States Basketball - Betting - United States College sports - Economic aspects - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-86831-8
0-252-09445-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Creating a Game for Gamblers: The Rise of College Basketball""; ""2. The Golden Age of Gambling: College Basketball in the Postwar Years""; ""3. Stinking It Up: The 1951 College Basketball Gambling Scandal""; ""4. Do No Evil, See No Evil, and Hear No Evil: Coaching and Presiding over College Basketball ""; ""5. Do You Have Anything for Me?: Gambling Scandals in College Football from the Big Three to Bear Bryant""
""6. College Basketball's Incurable Disease: The 1961 Basketball Scandal""""7. Winning in Smaller Ways: The 1978 Boston College Scandal""; ""8. Student-Athletes and Campus Bookies: Basketball Scandals of the 1980's and 1990's""; ""9. A Continuing Nightmare: Gambling and Fixing in College Football, 1990-2010""; ""Afterword: When the Cost of Winning at All Costs Is Too High""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452674803321 |
Figone Albert J
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| Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cheating the spread [[electronic resource] ] : gamblers, point shavers, and game fixers in college football and basketball / / Albert J. Figone
| Cheating the spread [[electronic resource] ] : gamblers, point shavers, and game fixers in college football and basketball / / Albert J. Figone |
| Autore | Figone Albert J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Disciplina | 796.04/3 |
| Collana | Sport and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Sports betting - United States
Football - Betting - United States Basketball - Betting - United States College sports - Economic aspects - United States |
| ISBN |
1-283-86831-8
0-252-09445-X |
| Classificazione | SPO019000GAM004050EDU015000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Creating a Game for Gamblers: The Rise of College Basketball""; ""2. The Golden Age of Gambling: College Basketball in the Postwar Years""; ""3. Stinking It Up: The 1951 College Basketball Gambling Scandal""; ""4. Do No Evil, See No Evil, and Hear No Evil: Coaching and Presiding over College Basketball ""; ""5. Do You Have Anything for Me?: Gambling Scandals in College Football from the Big Three to Bear Bryant""
""6. College Basketball's Incurable Disease: The 1961 Basketball Scandal""""7. Winning in Smaller Ways: The 1978 Boston College Scandal""; ""8. Student-Athletes and Campus Bookies: Basketball Scandals of the 1980's and 1990's""; ""9. A Continuing Nightmare: Gambling and Fixing in College Football, 1990-2010""; ""Afterword: When the Cost of Winning at All Costs Is Too High""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779365103321 |
Figone Albert J
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| Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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