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The inside game : race, power, and politics in the NBA / by Wayne Embry with Mary Schmitt Boyer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Series on Ohio history and culturePublication details: Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 450 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1931968144 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781931968140 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1931968225 (pbk.)
  • 9781931968225 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.323/092
LOC classification:
  • GV 884 E53i 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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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 884 E53i 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000073990

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.

"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.

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