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Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam (1981, Hardcover)
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Explores the world of professional basketball and one season with the Portland Trail Blazers, discussing the players, coaches, owners, competition, money, trades, drafts, media, audiences, joys, and sorrows of the sport
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100394513096
ISBN-139780394513096
eBay Product ID (ePID)1260707
Product Key Features
TopicBasketball
Publication Year1981
Book TitleBreaks of the Game
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-Classifiable, Sports & Recreation
AuthorDavid Halberstam
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight26.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN81-047487
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal796.323/640979549
SynopsisA New York Times bestseller, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions. More than six years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected journalists and revered authorities on American life and history in the years since WWII. A Pulitzer Prize-winner for his groundbreaking reporting on the Vietnam War, Halberstam wrote more than 20 books, almost all of them bestsellers. His work has stood the test of time and has become the standard by which all journalists measure themselves. The tactile authenticity of Halberstam's knowledge of the basketball world is unrivaled. Yet he is writing here about far more than just basketball. This is a story about a place in our society where power, money, and talent collide and sometimes corrupt, a place where both national obsessions and naked greed are exposed. It's about the influence of big media, the fans and the hype they subsist on, the clash of ethics, the terrible physical demands of modern sports (from drugs to body size), the unreal salaries, the conflicts of race and class, and the consequences of sport converted into mass entertainment and athletes transformed into superstars -- all presented in a way that puts the reader in the room and on the court, and The Breaks of the Game in a league of its own., "Among the best books ever written on professional basketball." The Philadelphia Inquirer David Halberstam, best-selling author of THE FIFTIES and THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, turns his keen reporter's eye on the sport of basketball -- the players and the coaches, the long road trips, what happens on court, in front of television cameras, and off-court, where no eyes have followed -- until now.
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- 24 Apr, 2020
What can happen in sports!
My ex-husband/date loved it! Great for sports lovers/coaches & players!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
