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The Wizard of Odds : How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball
by Rosen, Charley
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1583222685
- ISBN 13
- 9781583222683
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About This Item
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2001. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. Not price clipped ($27.95). No chips or tears. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. After a sparkling athletic career at Columbia University, Molinas became an NBA All-Star with the Fort Wayne Pistons. From the publisher: "Jack Molinas had it all -- good looks, charm, an Ivy League education, a genius-level I.Q. of 175, and a huge talent for the game of basketball. He was also a gambling addict with a flair for larceny. THE WIZARD OF ODDS chronicles the rise and fall of this outstanding NBA All-Star who fixed games, cavorted with the Mafia, produced pornographic films, and was eventually murdered. Author Charley Rosen chillingly probes the life of a man who understood better than anyone around him the weaknesses of the system in which he lived -- so much so that he convinced himself he could manipulate that system to his own ends with impunity. By the time he was arrested on January 9, 1954, for conspiring to fix NBA games, he was already deeply involved with the Mafia. After his release from prison, he would descend ever deeper into crime, a preoccupation that would end with a bullet in the head.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 428pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Synopsis
Basketball player, coach, and critically acclaimed novelist CHARLEY ROSEN played for Hunter College from 1959–62, where he set school records for scoring and rebounding, and was voted team MVP all three years. He went on to play for the US Maccabiah team in 1961, for Camden and Scranton in the Eastern League (a forerunner of the Continental Basketball Association) in 1962, and was a member of the bronze-medal-winning team in the World Senior Games in 1994. Rosen coached in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association for nine years and was the head coach of the women's team at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He lives in Woodstock, NY.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Wizard of Odds : How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball
- Author
- Rosen, Charley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1583222685
- ISBN 13
- 9781583222683
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo. 428pp
- Bookseller catalogs
- Games / Gambling / Cards / Poker; Basketball;
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