The Breaks Of The Game

Author : David Halberstam
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781401305192

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The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam Pdf

More than 6 years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected journalists and revered authorities on American life and history in the years since WWII. A Pulitzer Prize-winner for his ground-breaking reporting on the Vietnam War, Halberstam wrote more than 20 books, almost all of them bestsellers. His work has stood the test of time and has become the standard by which all journalists measure themselves. The New York Times bestseller, now with a new introduction! The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions. The tactile authenticity of Halberstam's knowledge of the basketball world is unrivaled. Yet he is writing here about far more than just basketball. This is a story about a place in our society where power, money, and talent collide and sometimes corrupt, a place where both national obsessions and naked greed are exposed. It's about the influence of big media, the fans and the hype they subsist on, the clash of ethics, the terrible physical demands of modern sports (from drugs to body size), the unreal salaries, the conflicts of race and class, and the consequences of sport converted into mass entertainment and athletes transformed into superstars--all presented in a way that puts the reader in the room and on the court, and The Breaks of the Game in a league of its own.

Author : David Halberstam
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781401305192

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The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam Pdf

A New York Times bestseller, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions. More than six years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected journalists and revered authorities on American life and history in the years since WWII. A Pulitzer Prize-winner for his groundbreaking reporting on the Vietnam War, Halberstam wrote more than 20 books, almost all of them bestsellers. His work has stood the test of time and has become the standard by which all journalists measure themselves. The tactile authenticity of Halberstam's knowledge of the basketball world is unrivaled. Yet he is writing here about far more than just basketball. This is a story about a place in our society where power, money, and talent collide and sometimes corrupt, a place where both national obsessions and naked greed are exposed. It's about the influence of big media, the fans and the hype they subsist on, the clash of ethics, the terrible physical demands of modern sports (from drugs to body size), the unreal salaries, the conflicts of race and class, and the consequences of sport converted into mass entertainment and athletes transformed into superstars -- all presented in a way that puts the reader in the room and on the court, and The Breaks of the Game in a league of its own.

Author : David Halberstam
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781453286142

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Playing for Keeps by David Halberstam Pdf

The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist looks at the life and times of the Chicago Bulls superstar— “The best Jordan book so far” (The Washington Post). One of sport’s biggest superstars, Michael Jordan is more than an internationally renowned athlete. As illuminated through David Halberstam’s trademark balance of impeccable research and fascinating storytelling, Jordan symbolizes the apex of the National Basketball Association’s coming of age. Long before multimillion-dollar signings and lucrative endorsements, NBA players worked in relative obscurity, with most games woefully unattended and rarely broadcast on television. Then came Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, Jordan’s two great predecessors, and the game’s status changed. The new era capitalized on Jordan’s talent, will power, and unrivaled competiveness. In Playing for Keeps, Halberstam is at his investigative best, delving into Jordan’s expansive world of teammates and coaches. The result is a gripping story of the athlete and media powerhouse who changed a game forever. This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.

Author : Bill Simmons
Publisher : ESPN
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780345520104

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The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The NBA according to The Sports Guy—now updated with fresh takes on LeBron, the Celtics, and more! Foreword by Malcom Gladwell • “The work of a true fan . . . it might just represent the next phase of sports commentary.”—The Atlantic Bill Simmons, the wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining basketball addict known to millions as ESPN’s The Sports Guy, has written the definitive book on the past, present, and future of the NBA. From the age-old question of who actually won the rivalry between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain to the one about which team was truly the best of all time, Simmons opens—and then closes, once and for all—every major pro basketball debate. Then he takes it further by completely reevaluating not only how NBA Hall of Fame inductees should be chosen but how the institution must be reshaped from the ground up, the result being the Pyramid: Simmons’s one-of-a-kind five-level shrine to the ninety-six greatest players in the history of pro basketball. And ultimately he takes fans to the heart of it all, as he uses a conversation with one NBA great to uncover that coveted thing: The Secret of Basketball. Comprehensive, authoritative, controversial, hilarious, and impossible to put down (even for Celtic-haters), The Book of Basketball offers every hardwood fan a courtside seat beside the game’s finest, funniest, and fiercest chronicler.

Author : John McPhee
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780374708658

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Levels of the Game by John McPhee Pdf

This account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968 begins with the ball rising into the air for the initial serve and ends with the final point. McPhee provides a brilliant, stroke-by-stroke description while examining the backgrounds and attitudes which have molded the players' games.

Author : Terry Pluto
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781439127520

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Loose Balls by Terry Pluto Pdf

What do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. What do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. The NBA may have won the financial battle, but the ABA won the artistic war. With its stress on wide-open individual play, the adoption of the 3-point shot and pressing defense, and the encouragement of flashy moves and flying dunks, today's NBA is still—decades later —just the ABA without the red, white and blue ball. Loose Balls is, after all these years, the definitive and most widely respected history of the ABA. It's a wild ride through some of the wackiest, funniest, strangest times ever to hit pro sports—told entirely through the (often incredible) words of those who played, wrote and connived their way through the league's nine seasons.

Author : Jack McCallum
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743298131

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Seven Seconds Or Less by Jack McCallum Pdf

Chronicles the Phoenix Suns' 2005-2006 basketball season, discussing players, coaches, games, organizational changes, and more.

Author : Terry Pluto
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803287666

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Tall Tales by Terry Pluto Pdf

An account of the NBA from 1956 to 1966, after the introduction of the 24-second shot clock, highlights those who dominated the sport during its "glory days," including Red Auerbach, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Boston Celtics.

Author : Bill Bradley
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780795323270

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Life on the Run by Bill Bradley Pdf

This classic memoir about life in the pros by the NBA hall of famer and former US senator was named a top 100 Sports Books by Sports Illustrated. Before Bill Bradley became known as a US senator and presidential candidate, he was famous for being a part of the world championship–winning New York Knicks. Now, long after his athletic and political careers have come to a close, his account of twenty days in a pro basketball season remains a classic of sports literature, unparalleled in its honesty and intelligence. Told with incredible candor, Bradley shows life on the road as a pro-athlete for what it is: a sometimes glamourous, often lonely journey. He takes readers from the court to the locker room; from the seamless teamwork of a winning game to the melancholy of a motel in a strange city. Bradley shows us the abuse of the press alongside the smothering adoration of the fans. We watch in horror as Earl Monroe is beaten outside Madison Square Garden barely an hour after twenty thousand people cheered him. And we come to understand the euphoria and exhaustion, the icy concentration and intense pressure, that are felt only by those who play basketball for keeps. “A remarkable, searching, smart book.” —Newsweek

Author : Bill Walton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476716862

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Back from the Dead by Bill Walton Pdf

An NBA sports star and cultural icon discusses his catastrophic spinal collapse in 2007, the excruciating pain he suffered and his slow recovery, as well as his childhood, sports career, and the political and cultural upheaval of the 1960s.

Author : David Halberstam
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780316312233

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Everything They Had by David Halberstam Pdf

"Sometimes sports mirrors society, sometimes it allows us to understand the larger society a little better. But mostly, it is a world of entertainment of talented and driven young men and women who do certain things with both skill and passion." --David Halberstam David Halberstam was a distinguished journalist and historian of American politics. He was also a sports writer. Everything They Had brings together for the first time his articles from newspapers and magazines, a wide-ranging collection edited by Glenn Stout, selected over the full scope of Halberstam's five decades as one of America's most honored journalists. These are dazzling portraits of some of the most compelling sports figures of our era, the superstars of popular sports like basketball, football, and baseball, but also fishing, soccer, and rowing, and the amateur athletes who play for the love of the game. In "My Dinner with Theodore," Halberstam recounts his long anticipated--and unforgettable--meeting with Red Sox legend Ted Williams. Against the backdrop of 1960s Nashville, he beautifully recounts a lifelong love of football in "How I Fell in Love with the NFL." And "Men Without Women," set on a fishing expedition in Patagonia, is more than a hunt for giant brown trout--it is a story of fishing, friendship, and fellowship. These and many more stories exemplify the breadth and depth of David Halberstam's devotion to diverse sports and his respect and fascination for the men and women who play them so well. The result is an intimate and personal collection that reveals the issues and the ideals David Halberstam cared about--racial equality, friendship, loyalty, and character--and creates a vivid and unforgettable portrait of the author himself. Everything They Had takes its rightful place alongside Halberstam's bestselling sports titles, which include The Breaks of the Game, The Amateurs, Summer of '49, and The Education of a Coach.

Author : Micalea Smeltzer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1533661146

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The Game That Breaks Us by Micalea Smeltzer Pdf

Hockey's bad boy needs to clean up his reputation...Bennett James has built his career at being the best, on and off the ice, and now it's come back to bite him. The media has turned against him, and with a near career-ending injury, he needs to clean up his act and prove that he's serious about the game. For Bennett, working with his old coach at his alma mater feels like a step back, but it might be just what he needs....and she's going to help him do it.Grace Wentworth has always been the good girl, and she's tired of that stigma. She wants to prove that she can get down and dirty with the best of them. The problem? She doesn't know how. Bennett will teach the good girl how to be bad, if she pretends to be his goody two-shoes girlfriend in front of the media.But what happens when the game becomes real?

Author : David Halberstam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : United States
ISBN : OCLC:864836199

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The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam Pdf

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13T22:59:00Z
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798822533530

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Summary of David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In the fall of 1979, the Portland Trail Blazers were a team of rookies and free agents. The veterans, who had made the team before, had guaranteed money in their contracts. The rookies and free agents were at the brink of their dreams, which was to play under contract in the NBA. #2 Greg Bunch, a black player, had the same psychological tests done on him as Steve Hayes did, but he had to do them a second time because of a mistake. He was terrified of what they might reveal about him. #3 The coaches and the scouts were anxious about the new season. The rookies and free agents looked on the coaches as secure and powerful, but the coaches knew that their jobs were never secure. The only players who seemed powerful were the marginal players over whom they could exert little authority. #4 The conversations between coaches and players these days tended to be a bit melancholy. Basketball had become too commercialized, and the mood inevitably affected the players, who arrived at Inman’s door complete with agents and lawyers.

Author : Michael Shaara
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1997-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345408921

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For Love of the Game by Michael Shaara Pdf

“Moving, beautiful . . . If Hemingway had written a baseball novel, he might have written For Love of the Game.”—Los Angeles Times Billy Chapel is a baseball legend, after seventeen season a sure Hall of Famer. He is a man who has retained the endearing qualities of youth, a man who has devoted his life to the game he loves and plays so well. But, because of his unsurpassed skill and innocent faith, he has been betrayed. It's the final game of the season, and Billy's got one last chance to prove who he is and what he can do, a chance to prove what really matters in this life. A taut, compelling story of one man's coming of age, For Love of the Game is Michael Shaara's final novel, the classic finish to a brilliantly distinguished literary career. Praise for For Love of the Game “A delightful and lyrical story about a great athlete's momentous last game . . . A fairy tale for adults about love and loneliness and finally growing up.”—USA Today “An endearing, timeless novel that can be enjoyed by both serious readers and baseball lovers for generations to come.”—The Orlando Sentinel