This study of a game between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers provides an in-depth look at the plays, the players, the strategies--and the business concerns behind them all--in the world of professional basketball

Forty-Eight Minutes: A Night in the Life of the NBA

Sports & Outdoors

Pluto, Terry

Ryan, Bob

Basketball

Collier Books

Five well-known sportswriters followed five teams during the 1984-85 off-season to report on contract negotiations, the pursuit of free agents, trade talks at the Winter Meetings, and how individual players and teams prepare for a new season

A Baseball Winter: The Off-Season Life of the Summer Game

Baseball

Macmillan Pub. Co.

Forty-Eight Minutes: A Night in the Life of the N.B.A.

Veteran coach Jerry Tarkanian, who is under fire for his recruiting practices, discusses his recruitment philosophy, his impoverished childhood, his happy marriage, and the impressive history of winning players for which he is responsible

Tark: College Basketball's Winningest Coach

Biographies & Memoirs

Tarkanian, Jerry

Regional U.S.

McGraw=Hill

The Greatest Summer: The Remarkable Story of Jim Bouton's Comeback to Major League Baseball

PRENTICE/HALL

Capturing the legendary days of the American Basketball Association in the words of players, officials, commentators, owners, and coaches, this oral history weaves memories of the red, white, and blue ball, fortunes lost, and stars discovered

Loose Balls: Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Simon&Schuster

A sports columnist and the former shortstop for the 1961 Yankees present a nostalgic look at the Yankee's legendary 1961 season, Roger Maris's record-breaking sixty-one home runs, and the lives of the players since 1961

Sixty-One: The Team, the Record, the Men

Kubek, Tony

Fireside

The definitive oral history of the NBA traces the history of the organization, from its earliest days through its emergence as a major professional sports league. By the author of Loose Balls. 20,000 first printing.

Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA, in the Words of the Men Who Played, Coached, and Built Pro Basketball

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.

Loose Balls

Presents a humorous faintly bittersweet, behind-the-scenes look at the troubled history of the star-crossed Cleveland Indians, who, since trading away Rocky Colavito three decades ago, have only finished among baseball's top three one time

Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump

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