Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper

Lang, Brandon; Cohen, Stanley

ISBN 10: 1602396809 / ISBN 13: 9781602396807

Published by Skyhorse, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper
• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1602396809
• ISBN 13: 9781602396807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

The incredible rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches true life story of acclaimed sports tout Brandon Lang, subject of the motion picture Two for the Money (Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey). Beating the Odds describes in vivid, colorful detail Lang’s rise from small time sports-phone tout to big time national exposure, his dramatic fall, and his subsequent rebirth in the internet age. Also describes the series of improbable events, while working as a golf caddie in Los Angeles, that eventually led Lang to the optioning of his story to Hollywood and the making of Two for the Money.

About the Author

Stanley Cohen is a veteran award-winning newspaper and magazine journalist. He has worked as an editor, writer, and reporter for newspapers, magazines, and an international news service for more than fifty years and has also taught writing, journalism, and philosophy at Hunter College. He is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed The Game They Played. He lives in Tomkins Cove, New York.