Asphalt Gods An Oral History of the Rucker Tournament

Name: Asphalt Gods An Oral History of the Rucker Tournament
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ISBN: 9780385520997

ISBN-10: 0385520999

ISBN-13: 9780385520997

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Authors: Vincent M. Mallozzi

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The real basketball deal–the inside story of Harlem’s legendary tournament and the pros and playground legends who have made it world famous. Earl “The Goat” Manigault. Herman “Helicopter” Knowings. Joe “The Destroyer” Hammond. Richard “Pee Wee” Kirkland. These and dozens of other colorfully nicknamed men are the “Asphalt Gods,” whose astounding exploits in the Rucker Tournament, often against multimillionaire NBA superstars, have made them playground divinity. First established in the 1950s by Holcombe Rucker, a New York City Parks Department employee, the tournament has grown to become a Harlem institution, an annual summer event of major proportions. On that fabled patch of concrete,…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/17/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Vincent M. Mallozzi has been a sports writer for the New York Times since graduating from college and has written on the subject for Reader's Digest, Sport, Time, Out New York and Source magazines. Mallozzi wrote Basketball: Legends of the Game, which pays tribute to 292 of the game's biggest stars and Hoop Drills: The Coaches Guide.