Cheating the spread (Record no. 31753)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20160404144302.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780252094453 |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780252037283 (hardback) |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780252078750 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MdBmJHUP |
| Transcribing agency | MdBmJHUP |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | GV717 |
| Item number | .F54 2012 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 796.04/3 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Figone, Albert J. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Cheating the spread |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | gamblers, point shavers, and game fixers in college football and basketball / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Albert J. Figone. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Urbana : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | University of Illinois Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | [2012] |
| Place of manufacture | (Baltimore, Md. : |
| Manufacturer | Project MUSE, |
| Date of manufacture | 2015) |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (xv, 196 pages :) |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Sport and society |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-185) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "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 interviews, Albert J. Figone finds that game rigging has been pervasive and nationwide throughout most of the sports' history. Naming the players, coaches, gamblers, and go-betweens involved, Figone discusses numerous college basketball and football games reported to have been fixed and describes the various methods used to gain unfair advantage, inside information, or undue profit. His survey of college football includes early years of gambling on games between established schools such as Yale, Princeton, and Harvard; Notre Dame's All-American halfback and skilled gambler George Gipp; and the 1962 allegations of insider information between Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and former Georgia coach James Wallace "Wally" Butts; and many other recent incidents. Notable events in basketball include the 1951 scandal involving City College of New York and six other schools throughout the East Coast and the Midwest; the 1961 point-shaving incident that put a permanent end to the Dixie Classic tournament; the 1994-95 Northwestern scandal in which players bet against their own team; and other recent examples of compromised game play and gambling"-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher. |
| Summary, etc. | "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 interviews, Albert J. Figone finds that game rigging has been pervasive and nationwide throughout most of the sports' history. The insidious practice has spread to implicate not only bookies and unscrupulous gamblers but also college administrators, athletic organizers, coaches, fellow students, and the athletes themselves. Naming the players, coaches, gamblers, and go-betweens involved, Figone discusses numerous college basketball and football games reported to have been fixed and describes the various methods used to gain unfair advantage, inside information, or undue profit. His survey of college football includes early years of gambling on games between established schools such as Yale, Princeton, and Harvard; Notre Dame's All-American halfback and skilled gambler George Gipp; and the 1962 allegations of insider information between Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and former Georgia coach James Wallace "Wally" Butts; and many other recent incidents. Notable events in basketball include the 1951 scandal involving City College of New York and six other schools throughout the East Coast and the Midwest; the 1961 point-shaving incident that put a permanent end to the Dixie Classic tournament; the 1978 scheme in which underworld figures recruited and bribed several Boston College players to ensure a favorable point spread; the 1994-95 Northwestern scandal in which players bet against their own team; and other recent examples of compromised gameplay and gambling"-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on print version record. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | EDUCATION / Higher. |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | GAMES / Gambling / Sports. |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | SPORTS & RECREATION / History. |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | College sports |
| General subdivision | Economic aspects |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Basketball |
| General subdivision | Betting |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Football |
| General subdivision | Betting |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Sports betting |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| Source of term | local |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Project Muse. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Public note | Full text available: |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780252094453/">https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780252094453/</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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