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While Andre Agassi's former coach is telling the New York Times that the first time he learned Agassi had used crystal meth was when he read an early draft of Agassi's autobiography last year, it appears that football legend Jim Brown was duped by the tennis star even earlier.

In a passage of the book appearing published in Sports Illustrated, Agassi details how he and his father hustled the one some call the greatest running back in football history. It happened in 1979, when Agassi was just 9 years old.

In the book, "Open", Agassi says Brown was at a tennis club in Las Vegas one day complaining to the owner about a money match that was canceled. Agassi's father stepped in, told Brown that he could play his son and put up his house for the wager. Brown countered with a $10,000 bet instead.

After asking the 9-year-old some questions about his skills -- Agassi said he never lost -- and getting warned by the club owner not to take the bet, Brown and Mike Agassi agreed that they'd set the amount after he and Andre played two sets. After dropping two straight sets by a score of 3-6, Brown declined the $10,000 wager and offered $500 for the third. He lost, 6-2.

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