The Wizard Of Odds: How Jack Molinas Nearly Destroyed the Game of Basketball
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The Wizard Of Odds: How Jack Molinas Nearly Destroyed the Game of Basketball
By (Author) Charley Rosen
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
1st August 2011
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Biography: sport
796.323092
Physical Properties
Hardback
426
Width 153mm, Height 235mm
787g
Description
Renowned and bestselling basketball writer Charley Rosen brings us the long-awaited life of Molinas, one of the greatest basketball players of his era, and one of its most notorious cheaters. Drawing on trial transcripts as well as numerous, previously unavailable first-person accounts, including Molinas's own journal, Rosen presents the saga of a man whose manipulation of organized basketball and involvement with the Mafia culminated in his greusome murder. A dark testament to the terrible human power of self-destructiveness. '...a wonderful bit of good writing' - Booklist
Reviews
"[Charley Rosen] is basketball's foremost literary chronicler." - The Wall Street Journal; "Rosen entertains as he educates... A solid bit of investigation and reporting and a wonderful bit of good writing." - Booklist on Scandals of '51
Author Bio
Charley Rosen is the author of eleven books, including More Than A Game with Phil Jackson, Scandals of '51, How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball, as well as the novels Barney Polan's Game, The Cockroach Basketball League and The House of Moses All-Stars.
