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Long shot : the triumphs and struggles of an NBA freedom fighter / Craig Hodges with Rory Fanning ; foreword by Dave Zirin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hodges, Craig, author.
- Fanning, Rory, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Basketball players--United States--Biography.
- Basketball players.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2017.
- Summary:
- Black-balled NBA champion explores the challenges and rewards of using a celebrity platform to stand up against racism and exploitation.
- Contents:
- Intro
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- PROLOGUE
- 1. CHICAGO HEIGHTS
- 2. SHOWING UP
- 3. PLAYING THE LOTTO
- 4. NEW HORIZONS
- 5. HEADING WEST
- 6. REPRESENTING
- 7. CARLITA
- 8. MILWAUKEE
- 9. A DIFFERENT KIND OF BUSINESS
- 10. BLINDSIDED
- 11. COMING HOME
- 12. THE PISTONS
- 13. THREE-POINT CHAMP
- 14. WORKING TOGETHER
- 15. IN SEARCH OF A DYNASTY
- 16. PLAYING THE GAME
- 17. CUT
- 18. BUZZER BEATER
- NOTES
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 18, 2017).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 971365078
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