Kelley Library

The Basketball book, Rob Fleder, editor ; [foreword by Alexander Wolff ; introduction by Jack McCallum]

eng

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non fiction

The Basketball book

Rob Fleder, editor ; [foreword by Alexander Wolff ; introduction by Jack McCallum]

Highlighted by dozens of photographs, a celebration of America's college and professional basketball captures the great teams, players, games, memorabilia, artifacts, and important moments throughout the more than one hundred years of basketball history

Foreword / Alexander Wolff -- Introduction / Jack MCallum -- Olden rules / Alexander Wolff -- Pre-1950s -- Blue blood / Will Blythe -- Bouncing ball / Frank Deford -- Iceman cometh and scoreth / Curry Kirkpatrick -- 1950s -- Green ghosts / Leigh Montville -- Different drummer / John Papanek -- Fanfare for an uncommon man / Alexander Wolff -- 1960s -- Doing just fine, my man / Frank Deford -- Shot heard round the world / Alexander Wolff -- Show time! / Ian Thomsen -- Net-ripping, mind-blowing Dr. J / Peter Carry -- You can't box him out / Steve Wulf -- It all starts here / Grant Wahl -- 1970s -- Teddy bear's picnic / Frank Deford -- Coed boppers' top cat / Curry Kirkpatrick -- Arms and the man / John Papanek -- Inch by inch: Alltime, all-size all-stars -- Green running machine / John Underwood -- 1980s -- Heat of battle / S.L. Price -- Player for the ages / Frank Deford -- UCLA: Simple, awesomely simple / Curry Kirkpatrick -- As time runs out / Gary Smith -- Driving force / Michael Bamberger -- 1990s -- Keep it simple / Phil Taylor -- Appeal of O'Neal / Rick Reilly -- Spirit of '76 / Jack McCallum -- Ring leader / Frank Deford -- Heaven is a playground / Rick Telander -- 2000s -- Hero for the wired world / David Halberstam -- Friends of the court / Jon Wertheim -- Big man with a drill / Curry Kirkpatrick -- Acknowledgments