6 ), ▁better ▁known ▁as ▁Jimmy ▁the ▁Greek , ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁sports ▁comment ator ▁and ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁book maker . ▁A ▁regular ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁the ▁CBS ▁program ▁The ▁NFL ▁Today , ▁S ny der ▁predicted ▁the ▁scores ▁of ▁NFL ▁games , ▁which ▁sports ▁bet ters ▁used ▁to ▁figure ▁out ▁the ▁point ▁spread . ▁Due ▁to ▁comments ▁he ▁made ▁about ▁bre eding ▁practices ▁during ▁sla very ▁leading ▁to ▁black s ▁becoming ▁superior ▁athlet es , ▁CBS ▁fired ▁him ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁career ▁S ny der ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Ste uben ville , ▁Ohio . ▁According ▁to ▁his ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁ob itu ary ▁of ▁April ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁S ny der ' s ▁family ▁roots ▁were ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁Th ol op ot ami ▁( Θ ο λ o π ο τ ά μ ι ), ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Ch ios ▁in ▁the ▁A ege an ▁Sea . ▁As ▁a ▁te en ager ▁in ▁Ohio , ▁he ▁became ▁acquaint ed ▁with ▁book m akers . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁his ▁aut obi ography ▁Jimmy ▁the ▁Greek , ▁S ny der ▁bet ▁$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁election ▁between ▁Thomas ▁De we y ▁and ▁Harry ▁S . ▁Tr uman , ▁getting ▁ 1 7 – 1 ▁odd s ▁for ▁Tr uman ▁to ▁win . ▁In ▁a ▁later ▁interview ▁he ▁indicated ▁that ▁he ▁knew ▁Tr uman ▁was