"One of the excellent books I've ever read concerning American sports!" --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times
Available for the first time in years, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Strategy focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Portland Trail Blazers, a team this only three years before had been ...
A SUPER TEAM...A SUPERSTAR...A SUPER EGO
The much gifted athlete ever to have fun the strategy, Michael Jordan rose to heights no basketball player had ever reached before. What drove Michael Jordan? The pursuit of team success...or of his own personal glory? The pursuit of quality...or of his next multimillion-dollar endorsement? The ...
When Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics in 1957 as the nation′s first prominent black basketball star, he was not expecting much from coach Red Auerbach. Despite two national college championships and an Olympic gold medal, Russell′s previous coaches-all whites-had barely spoken to him. Russell′s style was unorthodox, redefining the meaning ...
"Not only is there extra to life than basketball, there’s a lot extra to basketball than basketball." --Phil Jackson
Eleven years ago, when Phil Jackson first wrote these words in ...