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Bezig met laden... The Breaks of the Game (origineel 1981; editie 2009)door David Halberstam, Bill Simmons (Introductie)
Informatie over het werkThe Breaks of the Game door David Halberstam (1981)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is the second book I've read about the NBA. I read it because the Sports Guy, my favorite sports writer often talks about this book being the best sports book ever. I was missing the NBA in the offseason and went ahead and picked it up. The opening quote really struck me... "Fame," O.J. said, walking along, "is a vapor, popularity is an accident, and money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character." "Where'd you get that from?" Cowlings asked. "Heard it one night on TV in Buffalo," O.J. said. "I was watching a late hockey game on Canadian TV and all of a sudden a guy just said it. Brought me right up out of my chair. I never forgot it." -From an article by Paul Zimmerman, Sport Illustrated, November 26, 1979, on O.J. Simpson I wonder if Halberstam had this quote in his first edition which was way before Simpson's wife was murdered? I devoured this book. I have just recently gotten into the NBA, maybe the last 7 years or so, so this book really filled in some holes for me. I think the team building aspect of the NBA is fascinating. Teams are made up of talents and personalities. This book describes the various personalities and talents of the 77-78 Portland Trailblazers. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
A 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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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According to Breaks of the Game between 1970 and 1979 the Portland Trailblazers won 322 games and lost 416 and yet their fan attendance went from a paltry 1,095 to a cap of 11,500 by 1979. The One to Watch was Bill Walton, a first round draft choice. After he joined the team season ticket holders jumped from 2,971 to 6,218.
True to Halberstam form, Breaks of the Game looks at every angle of the sport of basketball from the coaches to the players, from the referees to the sponsors, from the owners to the fans and everyone in between. If you like basketball, this is the book for you. If you love the Portland Trailblazers no matter their record, this is a must read. ( )