TY - BOOK AU - Embry,Wayne AU - Boyer,Mary Schmitt TI - The inside game: race, power, and politics in the NBA T2 - Series on Ohio history and culture SN - 1931968144 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - GV 884 E53i 2004 U1 - 796.323/092 PY - 2004/// CY - Akron, Ohio PB - University of Akron Press KW - Embry, Wayne, KW - National Basketball Association KW - Basketball players KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Jugadores de baloncesto KW - Biografías KW - Estados Unidos KW - Basketball managers KW - Entrenadores de baloncesto KW - Discrimination in sports KW - Discriminación racial en el deporte N1 - Includes index; Introduction -- The question -- Moving to Cleveland -- The Hill -- Vowing to become great -- Becoming a pro -- An era of change -- The chance to be a champion -- A new direction -- Big plans -- Making history -- A tough call -- Laying a new foundation -- Moving on -- Another new start -- The shot -- The trade -- New faces -- The Czar -- The Reignman cometh -- Trouble on all fronts -- On my way out -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Wayne Embry's playing career -- Appendix 2. Wayne Embry's executive career N2 - "Wayne Embry went from being an All-star basketball player at Miami University to an NBA Executive of the Year. In his new autobiography, The Inside Game, Embry chronicles his 40 years in The National Basketball Association (NBA) and discusses the problems threatening to undermine it. Embry, who was once sent home from a game in the old Richfield Coliseum when a bullet was found on his seat, tells the inside story of his fall from grace."--Jacket UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0415/2004003605.html ER -