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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Crown Archetype, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: x, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781524761783 (hbk)
  • 1524761788 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.3230973
LOC classification:
  • GV 883 M168b 2018
Contents:
First loves -- Celtics versus 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.
Summary: "An oral history of basketball"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) GV 883 M168b 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000193350

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

Includes index

First loves -- Celtics versus 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.

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

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