Loose Balls

A classic history of the American Basketball Association traces its short existence as shared by such figures as Julius Erving, Larry Brown, and Bob Costas, in an illustrated volume that also features a new introduction by the author. Reprint.

Zusatztext "The best sports book of the year? Loose Balls ..." -- USA Today Informationen zum Autor Terry Pluto is an award-winning sportswriter who writes primarily for The Plain Dealer. He was a sportswriter for the Akron Beacon Journal from 1985-2007. He has twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and twice been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors as the nation's top sports columnist for medium-sized newspapers. He is an eight-time winner of the Ohio Sports Writer of the Year award and has received more than fifty state and local writing awards. He is the author of twenty-one books, including The Curse of Rocky Colavito, Unguarded, and Loose Balls. He lives in Akron, Ohio. Klappentext The American Basketball Association (1967-1976) gave birth to Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs, the Slam Dunk contest, flashy moves, and the three-point basket. During its nine seasons, the ABA generated scorn and laughter--and made a lasting impact on how the game is played. 24 pages of photographs. Zusammenfassung What do Julius Erving! Larry Brown! Moses Malone! Bob Costas! the Indiana Pacers! the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. What do Julius Erving! Larry Brown! Moses Malone! Bob Costas! the Indiana Pacers! the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. The NBA may have won the financial battle! but the ABA won the artistic war. With its stress on wide-open individual play! the adoption of the 3-point shot and pressing defense! and the encouragement of flashy moves and flying dunks! today's NBA is stilldecades later just the ABA without the red! white and blue ball. Loose Balls is! after all these years! the definitive and most widely respected history of the ABA. It's a wild ride through some of the wackiest! funniest! strangest times ever to hit pro sportstold entirely through the (often incredible) words of those who played! wrote and connived their way through the league's nine seasons. ...

Auteur

Terry Pluto is an award-winning sportswriter who writes primarily for The Plain Dealer. He was a sportswriter for the Akron Beacon Journal from 1985-2007. He has twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and twice been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors as the nation's top sports columnist for medium-sized newspapers. He is an eight-time winner of the Ohio Sports Writer of the Year award and has received more than fifty state and local writing awards. He is the author of twenty-one books, including The Curse of Rocky Colavito, Unguarded, and Loose Balls. He lives in Akron, Ohio.

Texte du rabat

The American Basketball Association (1967-1976) gave birth to Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs, the Slam Dunk contest, flashy moves, and the three-point basket. During its nine seasons, the ABA generated scorn and laughter--and made a lasting impact on how the game is played. 24 pages of photographs.

Résumé
"ABA veterans say 'you had to be there,' and now, thanks to this book, we are." -- Steve Gietschier, The Sporting News