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An uncivil civil litigation about game-fixing in the NFL. . . . "What's past is prologue"

An uncivil civil litigation about game-fixing in the NFL. . . . "What's past is prologue"

Cooke v. Washingtonian

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     Jack Kent Cooke, the late owner of the Washington Redskins, allegedly admonished his chauffeur, Harry Turner, not to gamble on NFL games because “sometimes they can be fixed."

     That comment led to a contentious lawsuit that examined game-fixing in the NFL.  And I wound up right in the middle of it—just like during the Computer Group caper, which

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