ePub Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball download

by David Porter

Author:

David Porter

ISBN13:

978-0878331468

ISBN:

0878331468

Language:

English

Publisher:

Taylor Trade Publishing (September 17, 2002)

Category:

Biography

Subcategory:

True Crime

ePub file:

1143 kb

Fb2 file:

1197 kb

Other formats:

lrf rtf rtf mobi

Rating:

4.1

Votes:

719

David Porter True Crime English

Download ePub Download Fb2

More..

The brilliance of Fixed is in the incredible detail Porter uses in depicting how the scheme began, how players were drawn in and, most importantly, how they. were affected emotionally and psychologically.

Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball by David Porter, was published by Taylor Publishing in 2001 and was the first book to examine the scandal, using exclusive interviews with Hill and many others, including players Jim Sweeney and Ernie Cobb. A book titled The Lufthansa Heist, by Daniel Simone and Henry Hill, was published by Lyons Press on August 1, 2015. This book dedicates six chapters describing in a dramatic fashion vivid details about the planning, the execution, the cast of perpetrators, and the demise of the Boston College basketball point shaving scheme.

Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball. April 1, 2018 ·. Have you listened to the podcast yet?

It was also described as eye-opening (Sacramento Bee), compelling drama (Chicago Sun-Times) and powerful (Sports Illustrated). The book is currently being developed by Sunset Pictures

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Start by marking Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read.

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.

Taylor Trade Publishing, 25 февр

Taylor Trade Publishing, 25 февр.

Start listening to How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball on your phone right now with Player FM's free mobile app, the best podcasting experience on both iPhone and Android.

Lataa offline-lukemista varten, korosta, lisää kirjanmerkkeihin tai kirjoita muistiinpanoja lukiessasi kohdetta Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball.

2000. 1 Estimated 20K+ Copies Sold. In Dick Vitale's Fabulous 50 Players and Moments in College Basketball: From the Best Seat in the House During My 30 Years at ESPN, America's self-confessed number one college basketball junkie will go on the record, ranking his players and moments from 1 to 50. His personal pantheon might surprise you.

This book provides the first in-depth reconstruction of the point-shaving scandal involving the 1978-1979 Boston College basketball team.

Clandratha

I was disappointed with this book, as while it seemed to be well-researched, it is impossible to capture the spirit of the time or the personalities so many years later. It also happens that my interest in the book relates to personal knowledge of several of the atheletes involved. I think that the author was not fair to Ernie Cobb or several of the other players, but he was overly sympathetic to Jim Sweeney. I believed then, as I do now, that it really was Sweeney's show. Nevertheless, the players and their motivations get a lot of play in the book, but you can never really know what happened as you cannot see into the human heart, especially 20 years later. I believe that the real point to be made is that under the wrong circumstances, anyone can be had and the resulting tragedy can have lifelong consequences. The book does capture this important aspect of the whole case which makes it worth the read.

IWAS

Without buttressing its merit with Mafia hype or superfluous detail, Fixed seamlessly weaves together the distressing tales of a real-life cast of characters guided by greed. Porter obviously researched his subject thoroughly, and his unbiased presentation of facts and ability to anticipate and clarify potential questions and inconsistencies compelled this reader to eagerly turn the pages without questioning the credibility of this remarkably captivating account. I highly recommend it.

Kazijora

The characters in this book--gangsters, degenerate gamblers, the Feds, greedy athletes--are so unbelievable that at times that you forget that they are real and that the story is TRUE! The fix is in and (author) Porter does a great job of telling the story from beginning to end. Made me wonder how many college games I've watched over the years when the final score was something other than what it should have been. Any way, this is a good story well researched and well written. The book is an excellent gift for any hoops fan or fan of true crime.

Lilegha

Porter's agenda to clear Jim Sweeney's name and to cast more doubt over Ernie Cobb's name is disgraceful. Sweeney fixed games. Period. He admitted to that by accepting a plea bargain from his "buddy" Ed McDonald. Cobb, who would have been a very good NBA player was acquited of all charges, yet Porter wants you to believe that Cobb was guilty. This book insults any true Basketball fan's knowledge of the game. Kuhn wasn't good enough to dictate outcome, Cobb was acquited of all charges, leaving Sweeney the Point Guard as the obvious link on the court. I'm surprised Porter's never been sued for this inaccurate hatchet job.

Yannara

I thought the book was excellent. My boyfriend knows the guys from Swissvale so he rather enjoyed it also. It was great reading for him, especially the parts about Swissvale. A super book and I can't wait for the movie.

Terr

Kizshura

Hard to believe these kids who had no intention of shaving points were roped into doing so by one player who had no integrity and no real love of the game or appreciation for Boston College that offered him a valuable education instead of his punk friends from Pittsburgh....even harder for them to imagine that he would get them involved in the low life killers from the mob in NYC. Proves the adage that if you associate with losers they will pull you down, but if you associate yourself with good people they will pull you up.

How could great athletes at an outstanding school throw away their dignity for a few bucks? Read this book and find out. These Boston College basketball players were way better than being involved with "Goodfella" Henry Hill and his underworld associates. They made a mistake and we all mess up but its too bad they tossed away a great college basketball experience.

eBooks related to Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball