Game Misconduct: Alan Eagleson and the Corruption of Hockey

Game Misconduct: Alan Eagleson and the Corruption of Hockey
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Russ Conway has worked at the Eagle-Tribune of Lawrence, Massachusetts, since 1967. For more than five years, he pursued the details of this fascinating story, an investigation that focused increasingly on the activities of Canadaâ€™s Alan Eagleson, once regarded as the most powerful figure in professional hockey. Conwayâ€™s series for the Eagle Tribune, â€œCracking Ice,â€ from which this book was developed has been at the heart of the FBI and US Justice Department investigations that led to the 1994 indictment of Alan Eagleson.

Among other things, Conwayâ€™s sensational exposÃ© documents the following:

Eaglesonâ€™s defrauding of injured players seeking career-ending disability insurance.

Eaglesonâ€™s use of National Hockey League Playersâ€™ Association money for questionable and unauthorized loans to friends and associates, one of whom was also his partner in business ventures.

Eaglesonâ€™s exploitation of his position as head of the NHLPA and driving force behind the Canada Cup to obtain everything from free clothing to free air travel to France.

Eaglesonâ€™s outright theft of Canada Cup money via a scheme that saw Irving Ungermanâ€™s company, All Canada Sports, retain control of end-board advertising during Team Canada games.

Conwayâ€™s discovery, while investigating the conduct of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation into Eagleson that Timothy Lemay, a lawyer on loan from the federal Department of Justice, was working out of the same office in Newmarket, Ontario, as the RCMP, which was collaborating with US authorities. Lemay worked for Eaglesonâ€™s law firm; Eagleson had Lemay do work for Hockey Canada; Lemay is Eaglesonâ€™s sonâ€™s brother-in-law.

Game Misconduct is much more than a sports story: it embraces business, politics, and true crime; indeed, some have called it the biggest scandal in professional sports since the 1919 Chicago White Sox threw the World Series. It is unquestionably among the most impressive and explosive examples of determined, investigative journalism in recent years.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Brand: MACFARLANE WALTER ROSS
Manufacturer MACFARLANE WALTER & ROSS
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber new-Feb172017-c0138386
UnitCount 1
Format Import
EANs 9780921912781
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: MACFARLANE WALTER ROSS
Manufacturer	MACFARLANE WALTER & ROSS
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	new-Feb172017-c0138386
UnitCount	1
Format	Import
EANs	9780921912781
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Game Misconduct: Alan Eagleson and the Corruption of Hockey

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