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The first tip-off : the incredible story of the birth of the NBA / Charley Rosen.
Van Pelt Library GV885.515.N37 R67 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosen, Charles
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Basketball Association--History.
- National Basketball Association.
- Basketball--United States--History.
- Basketball.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [2009]
- Summary:
- Go back to a time when basketball players wore knee pads and itchy woolen jerseys. When even the team's leaders were grateful for dry towels, hot showers, and $60 paychecks. When winning was all that mattered.
- In this vividly rendered and meticulously researched book, endorsed with a Foreword by Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, sportswriter Charley Rosen takes you on a rollicking tour of the NBA's first season.
- Filled with rare archival photographs and exclusive interviews, The First Tip-Off brings to life a cast of unforgettable characters-including Chuck Connors, clown prince of the BAA, and Jumping Joe Fulks, a former marine turned basketball's first super-star-as Rosen deftly unfolds the dramatic events of that formative season. It's enough to make you believe once again in the spirit of the sport.
- Contents:
- 1 The First Basket and the First Basketeer 1
- 2 The First Game 5
- 3 Genesis 11
- 4 The Penguin, the Mogul, and the Constitution 21
- 5 The Boston Celtics and the Clown Prince of the BAA 37
- 6 The Providence Steamrollers Hit a Roadblock 65
- 7 Paul Birch Fires Up the Pittsburgh Ironmen 77
- 8 Of Money, Time, and Justice 97
- 9 There's No "D" in Chicago Stags 105
- 10 Big Ed Drives the Toronto Huskies to Ruin 117
- 11 The Evolution and Extinction of the Cleveland Rebels 129
- 12 The Professor and the St. Louis Bombers 141
- 13 The Short Flight of the Detroit Falcons 151
- 14 The Ethnic Knicks 163
- 15 Gotty, Jumping Joe, and the Philadelphia Warriors 179
- 16 The Washington Capitols and the Apprenticeship of Red Auerbach 195
- 17 The Playoffs 211
- 18 The First Champions 225
- 19 Barely Alive 231.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 237) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780071487856
- 0071487859
- OCLC:
- 192048085
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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