Playing for Keeps: How One Man Kept the Mob from Sinking Its Hooks Into Pro Football
- ISBN-10
- 0671729373
- ISBN-13
- 9780671729370
- Series
- Playing for Keeps
- Category
- Sports & Recreation / Football
- Pages
- 350
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Author
- Chris Mortensen
Description
In 1989, this court case exploded onto the front page. Now here's the whole, shocking story of the plan involving money laundering, gambling and potential game fixing, and how one dogged FBI man devoted 20 months of his life to preventing the NFL's greatest nightmare. Mortensen was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his articles on this case. 8-page photo insert.
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