Taylor Trade Publishing
Pages: 240
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-58979-385-9 • Paperback • April 2009 • $16.95 • (£12.99) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
978-1-58979-419-1 • eBook • April 2009 • $15.99 • (£11.99)
Fran Zimniuch is an award-winning journalist and columnist who has written for various newspapers and national magazines for more than two decades. He is the author of five books, including Going, Going, Gone: The Art of the Trade in Major League Baseball. He lives in Sicklerville, New Jersey.
Whether it's the college kid trying to pick up a little extra pocket money or the multi-millionaire superstar seeking that elusive edge, cheating happens! In Crooked: A History of Cheating in Sports, Fran Zimniuch chronicles some of the most infamous cases of cheating in sports history. Zimniuch takes you onto the field and into the dressing rooms as he delves into the minds of those who choose to cheat. After reading this eye-opening and riveting account, you'll never watch sports again with the same innocence.
— Jim Evans, former Major League umpire
Crooked is a nice little surprise of a book. Using psychology, history, sociology and a fan's love of the game, Zimnuich takes a hard look at duplicity in sports, both pro and amateur. His manner is folksy and fan-friendly as he examines dozens of unsavory scandals.
— Pacific Northwest Inlander
The soft underbelly in sports, the cheaters, the phonies, the point shavers, the money grabbers are examined thoroughly in Crooked: A History of Cheating in Sports. Fran’s book reveals that sports is not all romance and purity. It is as much cheating and fraud. It is, to put it more clearly, real life in sweat socks and uniform pants
— Maury Allen