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AN EYE FOR THE GAME

AN EYE FOR THE GAME
By Tom Stohlgren

GENRE: Action, Sports, Thriller
LOGLINE:

When famous sports heroes around the world die prematurely, it's up to a feisty Latina sports reporter to expose the unscrupulous doctors and a wealthy sports agent who are determined to stop her.

SYNOPSIS:

When an exquisite, slightly plus-size Latina sports reporter, JAZZ RIVERA (26) is fired from her condescending sideline-TV job, and is thrust into the dangerous role of private investigator for an aging Denver basketball player, TOMAL OKEKE (28), we learn that Tomal's father took him to a sophisticated laboratory in Iceland when he was a child, preparing him to become the basketball star he is today.

Jazz is reluctantly on the trail of "just another steroids story in sports," when she meets a wildly eccentric former major league baseball star, ADAM MAGNUSSON (26), whose father ran a blood testing lab of his own in Los Angeles. Magnusson’s father’s private medical records may contain evidence of athletes dodging league testing for performance-enhancing drugs.

A ton of money is at stake to keep those medical records buried. The trail leads Jazz and Adam from Denver to Iceland, the Cayman Islands, and Los Angeles, before the showdown in Aspen, Colorado. Jazz's antagonists include a scheming, high-powered sports agent, LENNY ANDERSON (55), and his psychotic former client, ANTHONY BENEDETTI (28), a blood-doping cyclist and climber known as "The Spider."

Jazz is determined to solve the mystery of Tomal's rapidly declining health, the tragic steroid-related deaths of several young professional athletes, and the true occupation of her new partner and love interest, Adam.

A shocking ending occurs when Jazz and Adam uncover thousands of medical records and blood tests depicting the slippery slope from steroids, elective surgeries, and blood-doping to genetic engineering. It’s up to Jazz to survive their investigation to clean up the corrupt world of professional sports.

AN EYE FOR THE GAME

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