P.M. Briefing : Betting Probe to Delay Rose Book

Pete Rose’s prolonged battle with baseball over allegations that he bet on games will probably alter the schedule of a biography due to be published next spring.

The publisher for Macmillan and Collier Books said the original manuscript has the Cincinnati Reds manager admitting to gambling on racehorses and the Super Bowl. The publisher said the rewritten version will have to include the recent controversy.

The current manuscript was written by Roger Kahn, author of the best-selling “Boys of Summer.”

“We have a wonderful book, but now it needs to be rewritten and reshaped,” publisher William Rosen said. “Pete will speak directly on the issue of whether he gambled on baseball games.”

Rose has denied betting on baseball.