Description
Using extensive background research as well as interviews with the principal characters, Fixed provides the first in-depth reconstruction of the point-shaving scandal involving the 1978-1979 Boston College basketball team, from the genesis of the plot in the summer of 1978, to the uncovering of the scheme during an unrelated investigation in 1980, to the trial that captivated the sports world in the fall of 1981. It is a multi-layered story of greed and betrayal combining sports, gambling, and the Mafia.
About the Author
David Porter is an accomplished sportswriter and columnist with over 15 years of experience in the print and online news business. He has written extensively for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Trenton (NJ) Times, and Foxsports.com, as well as contributed to The Sporting News, Soccer america and Hockey Stars magazines. It was while David was on assignment that he met some of the major players in the Boston College point-shaving case. He lives in Trenton, NJ.
Reviews
[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 *
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 *
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 *
...a lively book. * Philadelphia Daily News *
Fixed is compelling drama. * Chicago Sun-Times *
[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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780878331925
Author David Porter
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Taylor Trade Publishing
Publisher Taylor Trade Publishing
Weight(grams) 567g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 163mm * 24mm
About the Author
David Porter is an accomplished sportswriter and columnist with over 15 years of experience in the print and online news business. He has written extensively for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Trenton (NJ) Times, and Foxsports.com, as well as contributed to The Sporting News, Soccer america and Hockey Stars magazines. It was while David was on assignment that he met some of the major players in the Boston College point-shaving case. He lives in Trenton, NJ.
Reviews
[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 *
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 *
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 *
...a lively book. * Philadelphia Daily News *
Fixed is compelling drama. * Chicago Sun-Times *
[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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780878331925
Author David Porter
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Taylor Trade Publishing
Publisher Taylor Trade Publishing
Weight(grams) 567g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 163mm * 24mm
