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Major League Baseball claims it hasn't had a game fixed by gamblers since 1919. Point shaving hasn't admittedly occurred in the NBA since 1954. And the NFL publicly states not one of its games has come under outside influence--ever. This league-sponsored history, however, is wrong. When sports and gambling are mixed, they create a volatile cocktail of corruption, greed, and the very real potential for game fixing. Larceny Games provides the details and names the names of Hall of Fame athletes who have either bet upon their own sport or outright thrown games for the benefit of gamblers--and why the sports leagues have covered-up these incidents. Often seen as a victimless crime, sports gambling is more than betting $50 on your favorite team; it's a multi-billion dollar, illegal and mob-controlled industry.
About the Author
Recognized as America's leading expert on game fixing in sports, Brian Tuohy is not beholden to the corporate sports media world. He is the author of the highly controversial The Fix Is In: The Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and NASCAR; Larceny Games: Sports Gambling, Game Fixing, and the FBI; and his most recent, A Season in the Abyss: Sports Gambling vs. The NFL's Integrity.
Tuohy continues to be an in-demand radio guest, having appeared on over 150 radio programs across the United States and Canada, including the nationally syndicated programs the Dan Patrick Show, Coast to Coast AM, the Steve Czaban Show, Fox Sports' Chris Myers Interviews, JT The Brick, The Brian Kenny Show on NBC Sports Radio, and the Alex Jones Show.
Some of Tuohy's other sports-related writing can be found in Sports Illustrated, at Vice Sports, and at Sports On Earth as well as his own popular website thefixisin.net. He is also the author of the book Disaster Government: National Emergencies, Continuity of Government, and You which is based on over three years of research into the federal government's once Top Secret files.
