| Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper Contributor(s): Lang, Brandon (Author), Cohen, Stanley (Author) |
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ISBN: 1602396809 ISBN-13: 9781602396807 Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2009 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Games & Activities | Gambling - Sports - Sports & Recreation | Reference - Biography & Autobiography | Business |
| Dewey: 796 |
| LCCN: 2009028002 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.28" W x 9.22" (1.05 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |