First Tip-Off: the Incredible Story of the Birth of the NBA

Name: First Tip-Off: the Incredible Story of the Birth of the NBA
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ISBN: 9780071487856

ISBN-10: 0071487859

ISBN-13: 9780071487856

Edition: 2009

Authors: Charley Rosen

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The only book to tell the unbelievable true story of the NBA's tumultuous first season .InThe First Tip-Off, veteran basketball writer Charley Rosen brings readers back to the NBA's humble beginnings, when a colorful cast of characters laid the foundation for the empire that is today's NBA. Basketball pioneers, like Red Auerbach, Chuck Connors, Ed Sadowski, Joe Fulks, and Peter ?Press? Maravich-father of ?Pistol Pete?-all play a role in a league of hard fouls, shady refs, meager facilities, and old school basketball. Featuring a Foreword by Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson and exclusive interviews with the surviving players of that first season, Rosen weaves a fascinating and…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 10/3/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.30" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English

Charley Rosen is the author of 11 books, including "More Than a Game" with Phil Jackson, "Scandals of '51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball" & the novels "Barney Polan's Game", "The Cockroach Basketball League" & "The House of Moses All-Stars". He lives in Accord, N.Y., with his wife, Daia Gerson.



Foreword Phil Jackson


Preface



The First Basket and the First Basketeer



The First Game



Genesis



The Penguin, the Mogul and the Constitution



The Boston Celtics and the Clown-Prince of the BAA



The Providence Steamrollers Hit a Road Block



Paul Birch Fires up the Pittsburgh Ironmen



Of Money, Time, and Justice



There’s No “D” in Chicago Stags



Big Ed Drives the Toronto Huskies to Ruin



The Evolution and Extinction of the Cleveland Rebels



The Professor and the St. Louis Bombers



The Short Flight of the Detroit Falcolns



The Ethnic Knicks



Gotty, Jumping Joe, and the Philadelphia Warriors



The Washington Capitols and The Apprenticeship of Red Auerbach



The Playoffs



The First Champions



Barely Alive Sources


Acknowledgments