Description
Book SynopsisA study of the point-shaving scandal involving the 1978-1979 Boston College basketball team, a case that dropped a bombshell on the sports world in the winter of 1981. Using background research as well as interviews with the principal characters, the book offers a reconstruction of the case.
Trade Review[This book] is an ambitious recap of the point-shaving scandal that struck Boston College in the 1978-79 season...Porter's reporting is meticulous and his narrative brisk... * Chicago Tribune *
In this well-researched book, Porter...offers a disturbing glimpse of a gambling scandal that involved the Mafia and the 1978-79 Boston College basketball team. [A] compelling story... * Library Journal *
Big-time mobsters, All-American athletes and high-powered lawyers are but a few of the intriguing characters who appear in Porter's well-researched, action-packed account of the 1978-1979 Boston College point-shaving scandal. * Publishers Weekly *
...a lively book. * Philadelphia Daily News *
Fixed is compelling drama. * Chicago Sun-Times *
[An] eye-opening account of a point-shaving scandal involving the Boston College basketball team in the 1978-79 season...Porter exhaustively studies the entire history of this scandal. * Sacramento Bee *
