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COM.ONIXSUITE.9781602396807 03 01 Skyhorse Publishing 01 GCOI 60239100126100 01 SKU 239680 02 1602396809 03 9781602396807 15 9781602396807 11 BB 1 A01 Lang, Brandon Brandon Lang <strong>Brandon Lang</strong> served in the United States Navy until 1984. He then traveled the world for three years before ending up in Las Vegas. It was there that he entered the sports handicapping industry, building a reputation by validating his opinion to customers worldwide. In 1989, he joined a nationally-known sports service based on the East Coast and immediately embarked on one of the most historic winning streaks ever witnessed in the handicapping world. But after an incredible six-year run he abandoned the industry in 1996, moving to Los Angeles in a attempt to get his incredible life story made into a movie. He networked his way in as a caddy at the prestigious Riviera Country Club, knowing the job would eventually put him in touch with a director, writer. It was there he met Dan Gilroy, to whom he pitched the movie idea of a lifetime. Six years later, with Matthew McConaughey playing Brandon Lang and Al Pacino and Rene Russo in supporting roles, <em>Two For The Money</em> was born. He lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.<br /> 2 A01 Murphy, Tom Tom Murphy <b>Tom Murphy</b> is the illustrator of numerous books, including four books with Sean Bryan. He also works in advertising. He lives with his wife and two children in Westchester, New York. 3 A01 Cohen, Stanley Stanley Cohen <strong>Stanley Cohen</strong> is a veteran award-winning newspaper and magazine journalist. For more than fifty years, he has worked as an editor, writer, and reporter for newspapers, magazines, and an international news service. He also has taught writing, journalism, and philosophy at Hunter College and at New York University. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>Inside Sports</em>, and <em>Sports Inc.</em>, and he was a contributing writer for <em>The Diamond</em> magazine and <em>Sports, Inc</em>. He lives in Tomkins Cove, New York. 01 eng 272 00 272 03 03 0 03 24 black-and-white illustrations GAM004050 24 Internet Sports 01 The incredible rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches true life story of acclaimed sports tout Brandon Lang, subject of the motion picture <em>Two for the Money</em> (Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey). <em>Beating the Odds</em> describes in vivid, 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. Also describes the series of improbable events, while working as a golf caddie in Los Angeles, that eventually led Lang to the optioning of his story to Hollywood and the making of <em>Two for the Money</em>.<br /> 02 The amazing true story of one of the world’s greatest sports... 08 “An excellent companion to the popular movie and a very good autobiography in its own right.” David Pitt 04 03 72 01 http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/resources/titles/60239100126100/images/60239100126100L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/resources/titles/60239100126100/images/60239100126100S.jpg http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/book/?GCOI=60239100126100 Skyhorse Publishing 01 Skyhorse Publishing 04 20091115 02 AG AI AN AR AS AU AW BB BM BO BR BS BZ CL CN CO CR CU DM DO EC FK GD GF GP GT GU GY HK HN HT ID JM JP KH KN TF KY LA LC MM MP MQ MS MX MY NI NZ PA PE PH PR PY SG SR SV TC TH TT TW US UY VC VE VG VI VN 03 ROW 01 0.9283446 in 02 0.648843 in 03 099822 in 07 6300065 National Book Company, Inc. http://www.wwnorton.com 02 WORLD 02 Y 20 20091115 24 01 02 LONG 02 24.95 USD