As March Madness Grows, Book Looks at Crooked Zebra
As March Madness Grows, Book Looks at ÂCrooked ZebraÂ
FAIRHOPE, AL (PRWEB) March 11, 2005
Many die-hard basketball fans across the country feel college hoops offer a more genuine interpretation of the game than the NBA. According to veteran coach and author Bob Weltlich, that purity can easily be corrupted and it could be the men making the calls that taint it. His new novel, Crooked Zebra (now available through AuthorHouse), examines the effects of gambling on the game.
The novel tells the story of people linked in a scheme to fix college basketball games. Narrated by Jim Stanton, Crooked Zebra follows Bob Girard, a former college basketball player turned father, referee and mentor. He and his wife run a popular basketball camp for children in South Florida, and their lives are in for a change when 11-year-old Chad Payne sneaks into the camp. Instead of ignoring or dismissing the youngster, Bob takes Chad from a broken home under his wing. Chad grows up to be one of the best players in the country and receives a scholarship to play at Duke University.
In the meantime, Bob becomes a college basketball referee. Despite the birth of a child, his marriage begins to suffer as finances dwindle. When an opportunity arises for Bob to make extra money at the expense of fixing games, the allure of successfully cheating becomes too much for him to ignore. Chad as well as his motherÂs boyfriend, an FBI agent, unknowingly become involved in an attempt to fix the national championship game.
Bob Knight, head basketball coach at Texas Tech University, calls Crooked Zebra ÂEntertaining, exciting and an easy read. This story may be closer to the truth than many people would like to believe.Â
An insightful novel that examines the susceptibility of college basketball to the whims of gamblers, Crooked Zebra forces readers to take a long look at the referees running the game and question the integrity of college sports.
Weltlich attended Ohio State University and went on to enjoy a 29-year career as an NCAA Division I basketball coach. He ran the bench at six different schools, four as head coach, while compiling more than 300 wins. He is one of a handful of coaches to lead three different teams to the NCAA Tournament and was selected ÂCoach of the Year in four different leagues. His teams have won numerous championships, and he was an assistant to Bob Knight during Indiana UniversityÂs 1975-76 championship team, the last college basketball team to go undefeated for the season. Weltlich is currently an analyst for ESPN. Crooked Zebra is his first novel.
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