Posted on 08/26/2013 6:49:21 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Works for Islamic assassins, mafia bosses, and the US government.
Read the entire ESPN published story at:
“The Match Maker
Bobby Riggs, The Mafia and The Battle of the Sexes”
by Don Van Natta Jr.
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/9589625/the-match-maker
In other news Rene Richards played herself to win the He/she prize.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.....
I don’t know which is more ridiculous & phony - feminism or sports.
Lots of old Tampa money there. Doctors, lawyers, Indian chiefs.
Rod Laver in his book just flat out said that Riggs threw the match with King. It certainly makes sense that it was a setup.
Riggs first challenged Number 1 seed Margaret Court to play and he beat her very handily. I would say easily. Embarrassingly easy.
The is no way Billy Jean King would have played him after that match unless she knew she would win. Since Riggs destroyed the player rated better than King then all the money would be on Riggs.
As I said, Laver just flat out said Riggs threw the second match.
I heard someone ask one of the old pros how many on the men’s tour Serena Williams could beat — and the response was NONE. Even the 100th player would beat her 0 and 0.
Gee, you mean this was a set up??? Who knew?? (serioiusly, I didn’t know the mafia angle, but as a young kid, I never did believe the result was legit)
Sad. He always said he wanted to die on his feet
Anyone who has lived in a Mob town has seen a whole lot of manly, man-hating women.
Washed up athletes, gambling?
Hard to believe!
I worked in a legitimate business Carlos Marcello owned in New Orleans back then. I overheard several of the big bosses talk about this “event” back when it happened. Riggs had two choices, turn into a Federal snitch, (Marcello was under a lot of scrutiny then from everywhere, including the DOJ for possible JFK connections), or play tennis. Guess he made the only choice he could.
Is that the gland that knocks you flat on your back?
The government of Chicago doesn't fart without permission from John "No Nose" DiFronzo. You will notice that the Fibbies haven't moved on any Mob operations since Obama took office...
Sounds plausible. I remember the matches and the large amount of money that changed hands. On the other hand, I don’t pay much attention to college or professional sports much any more because of all the cheaters and that most of it is fixed.
I watched both matches. It looked like Riggs was patting the ball over the net to King basically giving her easy putaways. After reading about Riggs betting history, it, the idea he threw the match, made a lot of sense.
To the author of the article, it’s prostate not prostrate.
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