The Smart Money
How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions
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The writers should run the business
- By Charles on 04-21-23
By: Rob Long
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Calling the Shots
- How to Win in Football and Life
- By: David Dein
- Narrated by: Arsène Wenger, David Dein
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
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There's no doubt that Dein has been one of the most significant and influential figures in British football for over three decades—operating at club and international level. He was a prime mover in the creation of the Premier League, hugely influential within the England set-up and, of course, was the mastermind—along with Arsène Wenger—in creating the glory days of Arsenal Football Club, leading the team for almost a quarter of a century.
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Modern Day Herbert Chapman
- By Will on 02-10-23
By: David Dein
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Dream Team
- How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
- By: Jack McCallum
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
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In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into a global sensation. As a senior staff writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from its inception to the gold medal ceremony in Barcelona.
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Great insight into the great basketball team ever.
- By James O'Brien on 09-04-12
By: Jack McCallum
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Fantasy Life
- The Outrageous, Uplifting, and Heartbreaking World of Fantasy Sports from the Guy Who's Lived It
- By: Matthew Berry
- Narrated by: Matthew Berry
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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In Fantasy Life, Berry celebrates every aspect of the fantasy sports world. Brilliant trash talk. Unbelievable trophies. Insane draft day locations. Shake-your-head-in-disbelief punishments. Ingenious attempts at cheating. And surprisingly uplifting stories that remind us why we play these games in the first place.
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Fun but repetitive
- By T. Myers on 01-09-14
By: Matthew Berry
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Football for a Buck
- The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
- By: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
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The United States Football League was the last football league to not merely challenge the mighty NFL but also to cause it to collectively shudder. It spanned three seasons, featured as many as 18 teams, secured multiple television deals, drew millions of fans, and launched the careers of legends - but then it died beneath the weight of a particularly egotistical and bombastic owner, a New York businessman named Donald Trump. Jeff Pearlman draws on more than 400 interviews to unearth all the salty, untold stories of one of the craziest sports entities to have ever captivated America.
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Ahhh the USFL
- By Film Lover on 10-11-18
By: Jeff Pearlman
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The Power of Being Yourself
- A Game Plan for Success by Putting Passion into Your Life and Work
- By: Joe Plumeri
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- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
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Everyone imagines top CEOs as larger-than-life figures who do things no one else could. But deep down every good business leader is an everyman who combines vision and high energy with the ability to connect with all types of people and learn from them
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Go Play in Traffic!
- By Teri Gasper on 01-03-18
By: Joe Plumeri
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Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids
- How a Gang of Geeks Beat the Odds and Stormed Las Vegas
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- Narrated by: David Kushner
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If you think a gang of real-life geeks can't take on the world and win big...think again. And whatever you do, don't sit down across a gaming table from Jon Finkel, better known as Jonny Magic. Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards and turned it into a fortune!
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Liberal storytelling at it's worst
- By B. Riddick on 11-30-05
By: David Kushner
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Over Time
- My Life as a Sportswriter
- By: Frank Deford
- Narrated by: Frank Deford
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Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter is as unconventional and wide-ranging as Frank Deford's remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium. Deford joined Sports Illustrated in 1962, fresh, and fresh out of Princeton. In 1990, he was Editor-in-Chief of The National Sports Daily, one of the most ambitious and ill-fated projects in the history of American print journalism.
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Memories
- By Amazon Customer on 05-18-18
By: Frank Deford
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The Pursuit of Happyness (Abridged)
- By: Chris Gardner
- Narrated by: Andre Blake
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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At the age of 20, Chris Gardner arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. However, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry-level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him part of the city's working homeless with his toddler son.
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Very Good Story!
- By Lito Da Critic on 06-02-06
By: Chris Gardner
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Illegal Procedure
- A Sports Agent Comes Clean on the Dirty Business of College Football
- By: Josh Luchs, James Dale
- Narrated by: David Ledoux
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For 15 years, sports agent Josh Luchs made illegal deals with numerous college athletes, from top-tier, nationally recognized phenoms to late-round draft picks. Then, in October 2010, Luchs wrote a confessional article in Sports Illustrated, telling the truth about what he did and didn't do. Since then, he has taken on a new role: whistle-blowing, truth-telling reformer. In telling his own story, Luchs here pulls back the curtain on the real economy - and the broken system - of college football.
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Very cool!
- By Phil on 01-24-13
By: Josh Luchs, and others
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No Is a Four-Letter Word
- How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life
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Three-time New York Times best-selling author and six-time WWE champion Chris Jericho shares 20 of his most valuable lessons for achieving your goals and living the life you want, jam-packed with fantastic stories and the classic off-the-wall, laugh-out-loud Jericho references he's famous for.
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GOAT is also a Four Letter Word
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By: Chris Jericho
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The Secret Race
- Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
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- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
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Here is an explosive book that takes us, for the first time, deep inside a shadowy, fascinating, and surreal world of unscrupulous doctors, anything-goes team directors, and athletes so relentlessly driven to succeed that they would do anything—and take any risk, physical, mental, or moral—to gain the edge they needed to win. The Secret Race is a riveting, courageous act of witness from a man who is as determined to reveal the hard truth about his sport as he once was to win the Tour de France.
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Gripping and fascinating
- By Alan on 09-09-12
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- Rick
- 10-29-14
Double Life
If you could sum up The Smart Money in three words, what would they be?
Party, Energy & Waiting
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Smart Money?
When 44 decides to quit.
What about Michael Konik’s performance did you like?
The way he played the part.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I was a heavy better, it made me want to go back, But I know better.
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Great book.
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- Ken Bachman
- 11-25-21
intriguing
Several have stated this story is boring and repetitive and I could not disagree more. The author built a great story that is not only believable but enviable. I love Vegas and gambling stories, and this is near the top of my list.
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- its a blast from the past
- 11-15-19
Fun to imagine
Enjoyed it from start to finish! Was interesting to imagine what he was going through and kept me wanting to hear about what happened next.
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- steve
- 11-29-11
Could not have been more interesting
This ia a true story that reads like fiction. The storyline is unbeleivably interesting and really takes you into another world. made me want to gamble like crazy on sports.
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- Brandin Scharlin
- 02-11-16
Sports fans and thrill seekers this is for you!
This had my attention from the start!! I didnt stop until it was 100% completely finished!
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- johnathan
- 02-19-16
What a page turner
If you like the sports bet and Vegas them this book is right up your alley, I could not stop reading it once I started. One of my top 10 books
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- jrwaggs11oh
- 12-05-19
Interesting Story
I enjoyed this book and interesting how people can gamble so much money. it was really cool to hear this story in the details behind sports betting. I think it was a good book.
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- TheDiabetical
- 09-24-22
Overperformed.
Fantastic narrative history of a runner for Billy Walter's (Bid Daddy) from 1997-2003. Real life examples of limiting and the in and outs of dealing with bookie management
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- Jaclyn
- 12-26-06
Riveting
Let me state upfront that I'm female, I know NOTHING about sports or sports betting and was, nonetheless, totally enthralled by this book. The writing is as good or better than Augsten Burroughts and the story moves at a fast clip and in directions you don't expect. Though the author is an established gambling journalist, at times you'd swear you were listening to a novel. His reading and his characterization are better than most pros.
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- Daniel Bihari
- 07-20-20
Moves Fast!
This was a fast moving high flying tale of the sports betting world in the early 2000's. What a wild ride it was.
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