Barney Polan's Game: A Novel of the 1951 College Basketball Scandals
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A New York Times Notable Book
In Barney Polan's Game, Charley Rosen takes on the legendary point-shaving scandals of 1950 and '51, when the best of the college basketball players took money from gamblers in return for affecting the outcomes of games, never knowing that in the process they were trading in their innocence and love of the game-until they were caught, and the scandal moved them from the sports pages to the news pages across the nation. No one will walk away from the scandals unscathed; many of the guilty will have their lives and careers ruined, others among the guilty will end up in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
In Barney Polan's Game, Charley Rosen takes on the legendary point-shaving scandals of 1950 and '51, when the best of the college basketball players took money from gamblers in return for affecting the outcomes of games, never knowing that in the process they were trading in their innocence and love of the game-until they were caught, and the scandal moved them from the sports pages to the news pages across the nation. No one will walk away from the scandals unscathed; many of the guilty will have their lives and careers ruined, others among the guilty will end up in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
PUBLISHER:
Seven Stories Press
ISBN-10:
1888363568
ISBN-13:
9781888363562
BINDING:
Hardback
BISAC:
Sports & Recreation
PUBLICATION YEAR:
1997
NUMBER OF PAGES:
336
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
1.11(H) x 5.8(W) x 8.53(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / adult
LANGUAGE:
English