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The eight "Chicago Black Sox" The Black Sox Scandal was a game-fixing scandal in Major League Baseball (MLB) in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for payment from a gambling syndicate, possibly led by organized crime figure Arnold Rothstein.
Black Sox Scandal Joseph J. "Sport" Sullivan (November 2, 1870 – April 6, 1949) was an American bookmaker and gambler from Boston, Massachusetts who helped to initiate the 1919 Black Sox Scandal .
The Black Sox Scandal: An Account, 2010; Hugh S. Fullerton Vividly Describes the Full Details of Great Baseball Scandal, The Atlanta Constitution, October 3, 1920; Baseball On Trial: The Black Sox and the Thrown World Series, The New Republic, October 20, 1920; Hugh S. Fullerton, the Black Sox Scandal, and the Ethical Impulse in Sports Writing
The soccer world is still reeling from the 2015 FIFA bribery scandal that cast a dark shadow over the planet’s most popular sport. ... The Chicago Black Sox. To this day, any member of the MLB ...
Hall of Famer Red Faber didn't pitch in the 1919 World Series. But had he been healthy, the most infamous World Series may have ended differently.
One of the notorious marks on major league baseball, the 1919 World Series between the White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, gets an examination by the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation ...
The 1919 World Series resulted in the most famous scandal in baseball history, often referred to as the Black Sox Scandal. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox (nicknamed the Black Sox) were accused of throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds.
— In 1920, a Chicago grand jury indicted eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series, which became known as the “Black Sox Scandal.” White Sox owner Charles Comiskey immediately suspended the eight players, including “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, and they were banned permanently a year later by newly ...