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Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball
Author(s): David Porter (Author)
- Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
- Publication Date: 25 Feb. 2000
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 0878331921
- ISBN-13: 9780878331925
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
[An] eye-opening account of a point-shaving scandal involving the Boston College basketball team in the 1978-79 season…Porter exhaustively studies the entire history of this scandal.– “Sacramento Bee”
[This book] is an ambitious recap of the point-shaving scandal that struck Boston College in the 1978-79 season…Porter’s reporting is meticulous and his narrative brisk…– “Chicago Tribune”
Big-time mobsters, All-American athletes and high-powered lawyers are but a few of the intriguing characters who appear in Porter’s well-researched, action-packed account of the 1978-1979 Boston College point-shaving scandal.– “Publishers Weekly”
In this well-researched book, Porter…offers a disturbing glimpse of a gambling scandal that involved the Mafia and the 1978-79 Boston College basketball team. [A] compelling story…– “Library Journal”
