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“An exhaustively researched book threatening to overturn some comfortable assumptions about the NBA’s referee scandal…[Gaming the Game] delivers the intrigue you’d expect from a true crime thriller” ESPN.com’s True Hoop
Recent Posts
Interview with Rob Miech in the Chicago Sun-Times re Netflix “Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul”
I was interviewed extensively by Rob Miech for the Chicago Sun-Times (8/6/22) about the upcoming 8/30/22 Netflix “Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul” episode on Tim Donaghy
The Billy Walters Handicapping System Trademark
NOTE: For related coverage/analysis of legendary pro gambler Billy Walters, see here. Trademark Overview On Wednesday, July 27, 2022, a trademark application was filed for
Muhammad Ali’s Cherry Hill home is up for sale
NOTE: For my earlier analyses re Muhammad Ali and Philadelphia’s Black Mafia (including the relevance of Ali’s noteworthy Cherry Hill home), please see here. Muhammad Ali’s Cherry Hill home is up for sale The
Trump commutes sentence of Las Vegas gambler Billy Walters
From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump pardoned Las Vegas businessman and gambler Bill Walters on his final day in office,
Dawud Bey out of federal prison and back in the news
As I have written elsewhere on this site about Dawud Bey – son of founding Black Mafia member Roosevelt “Spooks” Fitzgerald: Dawud Bey pleaded guilty
True Hoop’s Henry Abbott on Tim Donaghy and the NBA betting scandal
When Gaming the Game: The Story Behind the NBA Betting Scandal and the Gambler Who Made It Happen (Barricade) was published in 2011, there was
Revisiting “Philadelphia’s Sick Politics”
As legal battles continue re the 2020 Presidential Election, considerable attention is being paid to Pennsylvania, and to the Democrat stronghold of Philadelphia, specifically. The
Thoughts on the Whistleblower podcast concluding Episodes 9 and 10
Episode 9 – “The Bigger Thing” Episode 9 of the current Whistleblower podcast features an interview with former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Phil Scala. For
Coxon Club site re Major Coxson and Muhammad Ali
Coxonclub.com has a lengthy post, complete with photos, about the late hustler extraordinaire Major Coxson, who was slain in 1973 by members of Philadelphia’s Black
Documentary ‘Hold Your Fire’ Wins Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize
It was fascinating being a very small part of this important and timely film (I served on the advisory board for Hold Your Fire). Director
