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Author Bensinger, Ken, author.

Title Red card : how the U.S. blew the whistle on the world's biggest sports scandal / Ken Bensinger.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  796.334 BENSINGER    ---  DUE 10-24-23 Billed
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Description 349 pages ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Study Program UG RL 9.7 21.0 198038
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Berryman -- Tickling the wire -- "Have you ever taken a bribe?" -- A guy from Queens -- The vote -- Jack & Chuck -- Port of Spain -- A made man -- RICO -- Blazer's money -- The flip -- The crown jewel -- Queen for a day -- The king is dead, long live the king -- Faster, higher, stronger -- My way -- The pact -- The Warner brothers -- "A sad and sorry tale" -- "Leave me out of this" -- I am not your friend -- One is silver, the other gold -- Trust and betrayal -- "All of us go to prison" -- Payback -- Things fall apart -- Takedown -- "A great day for football" -- A zealous advocate -- Plus ca change -- Epilogue: The trial.
Indexed In: Junior Library Guild
Summary The definitive account of the FIFA scandal, the biggest international corruption case of recent years, touching dozens of countries and spearheaded by U.S. investigators, published on the eve of the biggest sporting event on the planet, soccer's World Cup.
Audience Ages 14 & up.
Grades 9 & up.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
Subject Federation internationale de football association -- Corrupt practices.
Federation internationale de football association -- Corrupt practices.
Federation internationale de football association -- Corrupt practices.
Criminal investigation -- United States.
Soccer -- Corrupt practices.
Soccer -- Management -- Corrupt practices.
Criminal investigation -- United States.
Soccer -- Corrupt practices.
Soccer -- Management -- Corrupt practices.
Criminal investigation -- United States.
Soccer -- Corrupt practices.
Soccer -- Management -- Corrupt practices.
ISBN 9781501133909 (hardcover) : 17.30

 
    
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