impeccably researched…insightful…[Griffin's] street-wise writing sounds anything but academic…After reading ‘Gaming the Game,’ you’ll never watch an NBA contest the same way again. – Las Vegas Review Journal
A gripping story…Griffin richly documents the Black Mafia’s organization, outreach and over-the-top badness. – Philadelphia Inquirer
a path-breaking book on the history of urban criminal groups…The book’s strength is the historical perspective that comes from examining the multiple activities and the important changes in the group during its thirty-year history. The book’s rich detail reflects the variety and quality of the sources that Griffin gained access to… Philadelphia’s Black Mafia is a careful, well-researched study that is an important contribution to scholarship and a revealing book to read. – Mark H. Haller, Temple University
impeccably researched…insightful…[Griffin's] street-wise writing sounds anything but academic…After reading ‘Gaming the Game,’ you’ll never watch an NBA contest the same way again. – Las Vegas Review Journal
A gripping story…Griffin richly documents the Black Mafia’s organization, outreach and over-the-top badness. – Philadelphia Inquirer
a path-breaking book on the history of urban criminal groups…The book’s strength is the historical perspective that comes from examining the multiple activities and the important changes in the group during its thirty-year history. The book’s rich detail reflects the variety and quality of the sources that Griffin gained access to… Philadelphia’s Black Mafia is a careful, well-researched study that is an important contribution to scholarship and a revealing book to read. – Mark H. Haller, Temple University
Thanks for visiting the “new” seanpatrickgriffin.net. The site experienced a server failure from which we have not yet been able to recover much site-specific material.
You’ll note there is essentially a two-year gap in material/posts, from June 2011 to September 2013 (i.e., the entire life span of the website!). We are still attempting to locate missing data, including and especially analyses of current (and often ongoing) events relating to my research agendas. A brief look at the respective Facebook pages for Black Brothers, Inc: The Violent Rise and Fall of Philadelphia’s Black Mafia (Milo, 2005/07) and Gaming the Game: The Story Behind the NBA Betting Scandal and the Gambler Who Made It Happen (Barricade, 2011) offers a sense of how much material has been lost (i.e, many of the posts from the former site were offered in synopsis form on the Facebook pages, complete with links to this site). Visitors of the former site will note we have recreated the same template, which most – including the host! – found incredibly user-friendly. Whatever pre-2013 materials are currently found on the site are simply imported posts from my various blogs. Importantly, please know these may include outdated links and/or embedded media, and in many cases there have been formatting issues as we have incorporated data from outside sources. Also note that as we find posts from the “old” site, these will be uploaded not based on importance but based on convenience. Please bear with us as we attempt in earnest to bring this interactive resource back to life. Thanks as always for your interest and support!
Related to my recent post re: sports gambling “touts”, there is a blog post from July 2012 at WagerMinds entitled “How ESPN is Like CNBC (or Why Touts Get Interviewed by Major Media Companies)” which correctly notes media entities such as ESPN and CNBC, “need to program a lot of hours and, to do that, […]
In response to my latest post (“The Superbowl of Sports Gambling“), I received an email from someone I respect asking me to consider related material which calls into question the credibility of certain individuals highlighted in the New York Times Magazine piece featured in my post. As such, interested parties should read the following two […]
Clearly, I chose an inopportune time to be consumed with any number of academic-specific matters the past few months, as all sorts of updates relating to my published research have been taking place in any number of arenas. Perhaps the best place to start the updates is with the recent (January 30, 2014) New York […]
