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Beating The Odds

The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper

by Brandon Lang
Stanley Cohen
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The incredible rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches true-life story of acclaimed handicapper Brandon Lang, subject of the motion picture Two for the Money (starring Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey), Beating the Odds describes in 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. The book also describes the series of improbable events, which took place while he was 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.

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    May 3, 2011

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    • English

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    • Booklist

      November 15, 2009
      Two for the Money, the 2005 movie starring Matthew McConaughey, chronicled the rise, fall, and rise again of sports handicapper Brandon Lang and his tumultuous relationship with his mentor and friend, Walter Abrams (played in the movie by Al Pacino). Here, Lang tells the same story, but in his own words. Its a story of a young man from a wildly dysfunctional familyLangs father went to prison for the attempted murder of Langs motherwho found inspiration in religion, discipline in the U.S. Navy, and his own talents in the world of sports betting. Often it feels like the movie, fast paced and suspenseful, but theres also an element of introspection that is missing from the big-screen story of Langs life. In addition to talking about himself, Lang also talks about the nature and future of sports handicapping and the way the Internet has nearly killed the industry. An excellent companion to the popular movie and a very good autobiography in its own right.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)

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