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    The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All-Time: Ranking Sports' Most Notorious Fixes, Cover-ups, and Scandals

    By Elliott Kalb, Mark Weinstein and Cris Collinsworth

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    Separating fact from myth, Kalb attempts to determine which of these long-held conspiracy theories hold water, and which ones fall flat under scrutiny. Ranking the conspiracies from 1 to 30 and the likelihood of each conspiracy from 1 to 5, Kalb boldly asks:
    • Did baseball avoid integration in the 1930s and 1940s with an unwritten agreement?
    • Was Super Bowl III a fixed game?
    • Did Sonny Liston throw both of his fights vs. Muhammad Ali?
    • Was the NBA’s first-ever draft lottery fixed?
    • Why did Michael Jordan really retire from basketball the first time?
    • Are some NASCAR race outcomes too good to be true?
    • Did the New England Patriots cheat their way to a dynasty?
    • What really happened at the 1921 Kentucky Derby?
    • Why weren’t any Japanese players signed to major league contracts from 1965-1995?
    • And much more!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse Publishing
    Release dateJul 1, 2009
    ISBN9781626369917
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