Basketball
Subtitle: a love story
By: Jackie MacMullan, Rafe Bartholomew, and Dan Klores
Contributors: Bartholomew, Rafe, author; Klores, Dan, author
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781524761783
Subjects: Interviews; Basketball; Basketball players; History
Description: "An oral history of basketball"--
Notes: "Inspired by a landmark ESPN Films series"--Jacket.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: First loves; title: Celtics vs. Lakers : Russell's dominance, West's heartbreak, and those balloons; title: Wilt's century mark; title: Wilt vs. Russell : friends, rivals, and champions; title: Basketball's battle for racial equality; title: The Big O's quest for justice; title: Breaking barriers : Title IX and the growth of the women's game; title: The Mighty Macs; title: Gamblers ensnare the game; title: The Wizard of Westwood; title: Relief or joy? NCAA championship coaches on the feeling of winning a title; title: From unbeatable to the unthinkable : Team USA and the Olympics, 1956-1972; title: In the beginning, there was a hoop; title: The renegade league; title: UNC : the family that Frank and Dean built; title: Coach K : from Bob Knight's protégé to the one-and-done era; title: Larry and Magic : NBA renaissance men; title: Bird steals the ball, and Detroit's trip to the finals; title: The city game; title: Pat vs Geno : icons divided; title: The agitator; title: Your heroes' heroes; title: The greatest of all time; title: The NBA's reluctant revolutionary; title: The greatest team ever assembled; title: We got next; title: Have game, will travel; title: The basketball world becomes flat; title: The Laker alpha males; title: The Spurs way; title: The new NBA : Lebron and small ball; title: Ball is life.