Bibliograph

Basketball, a love story, Jackie MacMullan, Rafe Bartholomew, and Dan Klores

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Label

Basketball, a love story, Jackie MacMullan, Rafe Bartholomew, and Dan Klores

Language

eng

Illustrations

platesphotographs

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Basketball

Responsibility statement

Jackie MacMullan, Rafe Bartholomew, and Dan Klores

Sub title

a love story

Summary

"An oral history of basketball."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of 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 Bobby 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 Lakers' alpha males -- The Spurs way -- The new NBA : Lebron and small ball -- Ball is life

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