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This irresistible guide serves up sex scandals, crimes, drugs, and financial chicanery that have rocked the world of basketball, and also includes obscure and offbeat stats-based records for the hardcore fan. Wickedly humorous, the book includes candid commentary, amazing anecdotes, comic quotes, fascinating biographical sketches, and little-known trivia. From the star who credited LSD with improving his game to the player charged with sexual harassment during a game, this fun read covers the good, the bad, and the ugly in this mega-popular sport.
Price: $12.99
Pages: 240
Publisher: Greystone Books
Imprint: Greystone Books
Publication Date:
01 July 2009
ISBN: 9781926685519
Format: eBook
Kerry Banks is an award-winning magazine journalist and author. His published works include Pavel Bure: The Riddle of the Russian Rocket and records books on hockey, baseball, and basketball. He is also the author of the children’s Hockey Heroes series. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Chapter 1
Rim Rockers
Glass-rattling records
Chapter 2
Cash Money Millionaires
Breaking the Bank
Chapter 3
Names and Numbers
Famous monikers and digits
Chapter 4
Hardcourt Sex
Tabloid Fodder
Chapter 5
Nothing But Net
Fabulous scoring feats
Chapter 6
The Fans Go Wild
Action outside the lines
Chapter 7
Hang Time
Clock-connected records
Chapter 8
Just Visiting From Hell
The worst in bad behavior
Chapter 9
Flying the Colors
Franchise high and lows
Chapter 10
Quote Marks
Word play
Chapter 11
Branded
Endorsement gambits
Chapter 12
Men in Suits
The coaching ledger
Chapter 13
Media Madness
Covering the game
Chapter 14
The Winner’s Circle
Momentous playoff performances
Rim Rockers
Glass-rattling records
Chapter 2
Cash Money Millionaires
Breaking the Bank
Chapter 3
Names and Numbers
Famous monikers and digits
Chapter 4
Hardcourt Sex
Tabloid Fodder
Chapter 5
Nothing But Net
Fabulous scoring feats
Chapter 6
The Fans Go Wild
Action outside the lines
Chapter 7
Hang Time
Clock-connected records
Chapter 8
Just Visiting From Hell
The worst in bad behavior
Chapter 9
Flying the Colors
Franchise high and lows
Chapter 10
Quote Marks
Word play
Chapter 11
Branded
Endorsement gambits
Chapter 12
Men in Suits
The coaching ledger
Chapter 13
Media Madness
Covering the game
Chapter 14
The Winner’s Circle
Momentous playoff performances