Gaming the Game: The Story Behind the NBA Betting Scandal and the Gambler Who Made It Happen

✍ Scribed by Battista, Jimmy;Griffin, Sean Patrick

• Publisher: Barricade Books, Incorporated
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 574 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: Fort Lee, NJ, United States.
• ISBN: 1569804443

✦ Synopsis

Humble Jim -- Baba the black sheep -- Taking his lumps -- The gambling grocer -- Eye of the tiger -- SHarpening up -- Go west, black sheep -- Shady people in sunny places -- Parting ways, glory days -- Standing on top of the sports betting world -- The sharps -- There's someone in stripes on my side -- Jimmy, Tommy, and Timmy -- Trouble shooting -- The harder they fall -- The dance -- Gambling investigation rocks NBA -- The dog days of summer -- Former N.B.A. referee pleads guilty -- What characters -- Team Donaghy's assault on justice -- An hour to a little kid is a long time -- Epilogue: State of the sheep -- Appendix: NBA scandal betting analysis.;Explores the FBI investigation of illegal gambling involving NBA veteran referee Tim Donaghy, who went to prison for betting on games, asserting that Donaghy's schemes involved professional gamblers and members of Italian American crime families.

✦ Subjects

United States