Language English Publication date 24 November 2004 Pages 352 pp Originally published 24 November 2004 Genre Crime Fiction OCLC 60642958 | Publisher AuthorHouse Media type Print (Paperback) ISBN 978-1-4208-0846-9 Country United States of America | |
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Crooked Zebra is a 2004 novel by former University of Texas college basketball coach Bob Weltlich.
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Plot
Jim Stanton, the narrator, tells the tale of Bob Girard, a former college basketball player who now runs a popular basketball camp for children in South Florida.
Chad Payne, an eleven-year-old basketball phenom, sneaks into the camp. Girard rescues Chad from a broken home and encourages him. Eventually, Chad grows up, becomes a star and signs with Duke University. Meanwhile, Girard becomes a college basketball referee with troubled finances.
Bob begins to make extra money by fixing games, he becomes so good at it, and so greedy, that he, with support from the mafia, attempts to fix the national championship game.
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Crooked Zebra Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA