Basketball : a love story

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  Subjects

  • Basketball players--United States--Interviews.
  • Basketball--United States--History.
  • Oral histories.

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  Publication information:	New York : Crown Archetype, [2018]
  ISBN:	9781524761806
  Language:	English
  Record ID:	3729536
  Format:	eBook
  Physical description:	1 online resource
  Date acquired:	September 20, 2018
  More creator details:	by Jackie MacMullan and Rafe Bartholomew.
  General note:	Electronic book.
  Contents note:	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.
  Contributor:	Bartholomew, Rafe, author.
  Contributor:	OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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