Don't bet against him: Art Schlichter is rebuilding the life gambling destroyed

It was just like any football Saturday in Ohio Stadium from 1978 through 1981, when Art Schlichter had the rapt attention of his audience. He had just finished speaking to a group of high school athletes and their parents, his riveting 30-minute address equal parts gut-wrenching and inspirational, when he reached down from the podium and squeezed my shoulder. "This guy right here," he said to the banquet crowd, "threatened me that if I didn't do a good job tonight, he was going to call my parole officer."