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Tall men, short shorts : the 1969 NBA finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a very young sports reporter / Leigh Montville.
Van Pelt Library GV885.515.N37 M665 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montville, Leigh, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team).
- Boston Celtics (Basketball team).
- NBA Finals (Basketball) (1969).
- NBA Finals (Basketball).
- Boston Celtics (Basketball team)--History.
- Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team)--History.
- Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-1999.
- Chamberlain, Wilt.
- Russell, Bill, 1934-2022.
- Russell, Bill.
- Montville, Leigh.
- Sportswriters--United States--Biography.
- Sportswriters.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Sports writing.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- 1969 NBA finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a very young sports reporter
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Doubleday, [2021]
- Summary:
- "A lively and colorful account of the 1969 NBA Finals--one of the greatest upsets in basketball history--through the eyes of future sports writing legend Leigh Montville, who was covering the coast-to-coast event as a brand-new twenty-four-year-old reporter for The Boston Globe"-- Provided by publisher.
- 1969. Bill Russell and his juggernaut Boston Celtics, winners of ten of the previous twelve NBA championships, squeak through one more playoff run and land in the Finals again. Russell's opponent? The fearsome 7' 1" superstar, Wilt Chamberlain, recently traded to the LA Lakers to form the league's first dream team. The 1969 Lakers are unstoppable. Montville, a young reporter covering the epic series,is writing about his luminous heroes, the biggest of big men, in an era when newspaper journalism and the written word served as the crucial lifeline between sports and sports fans. -- adapted from jacket
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Flying
- 2. Practice
- 3. Russell
- 4. Wilt
- 5. Establishing Position
- 6. Time to Go
- 7. Game One
- 8. Off Day
- 9. Game Two
- 10. Off Day
- 11. Game Three
- 12. Off Day
- 13. Game Four
- 14. Off Day
- 15. Game Five
- 16. Off Day
- 17. Game Six
- 18. Off Day
- 19. Game Seven
- 20. A Small Parade
- 21. Next.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Montville, Leigh, Tall men, short shorts
- ISBN:
- 9780385545198
- 0385545193
- OCLC:
- 1235903737
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