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Title: BEATING THE ODDS
THE RISE, FALL, AND RESURRECTION OF A SPORTS HANDICAPPER
By: Brandon Lang, Stanley Cohen
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 1602396809
ISBN 13: 9781602396807
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Publisher: SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 1 November, 2009
Pages: 272
Description: The amazing true story of one of the world s greatest sports...
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.
Publication: US
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Returns: Non-returnable
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