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Adobe DRM
Product Details
Pocket Books, May 2010
eBook, 384 pages
ISBN-10: 143911742X
ISBN-13: 9781439117422
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Chapter 1
Description
It was an era when the game was played for the love of it, and a fledgling NBA struggled for mainstream attention. Bob Cousy was at the heart of basketball's emergence as premier entertainment, a dynamo whose talent and ingenuity dazzled fans and players. The MVP of the 1957 season and veteran of six NBA championships with the Boston Celtics, his trademark behind-the-back dribble and no-look pass gave us basketball as no one had seen it before -- a one-man revolution that set the stage for Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Bill Russell, and others. Here is the fascinating, in-depth story of Cousy's life -- his tenement childhood, his drives and motivations, his little-known personal life, and his record-breaking career -- set against one of the most exciting generations in sports history.
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Chapter 1"An insightful biography...[and] a shining history of the early NBA."
-- Kirkus Reviews
-- Kirkus Reviews
"A sharp, well-written portrait of a Boston sports icon and his pivotal role in the growth of his team and his game."
-- Boston Herald
-- Boston Herald
"[An] astute, insightful biography."
-- Sports Illustrated
-- Sports Illustrated
