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Cheating the spread : gamblers, point shavers, and game fixers in college football and basketball /

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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 int...

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Main Author:	Figone, Albert J.
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Sports betting > United States. Football > Betting > United States. Basketball > Betting > United States. College sports > Economic aspects > United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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