Horizon Information Portal

HSPLS site

eBooks/Audiobooks

Reading Program

Hoop lore : a history of the National Basketball Association / Connie Kirchberg ; foreword by Jim Barnett.

by Kirchberg, Connie, 1956-

View full image

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2007.

National Basketball Association -- History.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006036268.html

9780786426737 (softcover : alk. paper)

078642673X (softcover : alk. paper)

viii, 339 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Peach fuzz -- Play ball -- To pay or not to pay -- Color lines -- Around the bend -- Double trouble -- One for the money -- Tick tock -- Dynasty by committee -- Starlight, star bright -- Tremors -- The real deal -- Survival of the fittest -- A matter of style -- Last hurrah -- A fighting chance -- Saviors -- Glory days -- The greatest show on earth -- The good, the bad, and the global -- Intermission -- The greatest show on earth, II -- Promised land -- The dark age -- Staying alive -- The money tree -- The air apparents -- The young and the restless -- The global revolution -- A new foundation -- Renovation.

"This work covers 115 years of basketball, detailing how and why the NBA was able to overcome so many of the obstacles that crushed its predecessors to become the most successfully marketed league in all of professional sports"--Provided by publisher.

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884

Powered by Dynix

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal