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Marc Lawrence (professional sports handicapper and publisher)

Marc Lawrence is a professional sports handicapper and publisher. He publishes the PLAYBOOK, a football preview guide magazine now in its 27th year of publication. In addition PLAYBOOK publishes a weekly football and basketball newsletter during season.

Life and education Lawrence became interested in sports handicapping in high school. His love of sports and strong interest in history went hand in hand to producing the Football Scoop, an weekly newsletter that he published and supplied content for the Handicapper’s Digest, a comprehensive look into the art of sports handicapping.

Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, he graduated from Cleveland West high school in 1966 and married his high school sweetheart, Colleen in 1967. They had one son, Marc Jr., who works with them in the Playbook business. Colleen manages the Playbook office.

His business philosophy is the same as his life philosophy: live life by the Golden Rule. He enjoys teaching others the insight and nuances into the art of sports handicapping through his publications and podcasts. His idiom is: Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.

Career Lawrence has won more documented Top 10 handicapping achievement awards - more than 500 - than any sports handicapper in the nation. Among the accomplishments was winning the prestigious Stardust Invitational Football Contest in 2005.

Lawrence is a columnist in the USA TODAY SPORTS WEEKLY during the football season, and appears on numerous radio shows nationally. In addition he hosted the Marc Lawrence Against The Spread national television show weekly during the 1990’s, as well as the Marc Lawrence Against The Spread national radio show.

Today he hosts the Marc Lawrence Against The Spread podcast weekly during the football season on iTunes and SoundCloud. It can also be heard on the Playbook.com website or at MarcLawrenceRadio.com.

Contact Resources and Links Website: Playbook.com Office: 954.377.8000 Email: Marc@Playbook.com