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| Author | Bob Weltlich |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Publication date | 24 November 2004 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 352 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-4208-0846-9 |
| OCLC | 60642958 |
Crooked Zebra is a 2004 novel by former University of Texas college basketball coach Bob Weltlich.
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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