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One movie I bet you guys have never seen (I have it on DVD) is "The Basketball Fix". Made in 1951, it stars John Ireland and a young Marshall Thompson.
The synopsis reads - "A college basketball star collaborates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving'. A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track." Thompson is the player who gets asked to point shave and Ireland plays the sportswriter.
Tim Donaghy plays the bookie. HAHA - just kidding.
As always, the basketball scenes from that era look really strange in the context of today's game. Plus - it's in black and white.
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Yom HaShoah
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