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Book

Basketball : a love story

Call Number

  • 796.323 M1681 (OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Crown Archetype, [2018]

Physical Description

x, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Summary

"An oral history of basketball"--

Notes

"Inspired by a landmark ESPN Films series"--Jacket.

Includes index.

Contents

  • First loves
  • Celtics vs. Lakers : Russell's dominance, West's heartbreak, and those balloons
  • Wilt's century mark
  • Wilt vs. Russell : friends, rivals, and champions
  • Basketball's battle for racial equality
  • The Big O's quest for justice
  • Breaking barriers : Title IX and the growth of the women's game
  • The Mighty Macs
  • Gamblers ensnare the game
  • The Wizard of Westwood
  • Relief or joy? NCAA championship coaches on the feeling of winning a title
  • From unbeatable to the unthinkable : Team USA and the Olympics, 1956-1972
  • In the beginning, there was a hoop
  • The renegade league
  • UNC : the family that Frank and Dean built
  • Coach K : from Bob Knight's protégé to the one-and-done era
  • Larry and Magic : NBA renaissance men
  • Bird steals the ball, and Detroit's trip to the finals
  • The city game
  • Pat vs Geno : icons divided
  • The agitator
  • Your heroes' heroes
  • The greatest of all time
  • The NBA's reluctant revolutionary
  • The greatest team ever assembled
  • We got next
  • Have game, will travel
  • The basketball world becomes flat
  • The Laker alpha males
  • The Spurs way
  • The new NBA : Lebron and small ball
  • Ball is life.

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