King of the Court : Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution.

By:

Goudsouzian, Aram

Material type: Text

TextSeries: George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studiesPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (463 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520945760
052094576X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: King of the Court : Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution.DDC classification:

796.323092

LOC classification:

GV884.R86 G68 2010eb

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Contents:

King of the Court; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Russell Moves; 2. Big Man on Campus; 3. Russell Rules; 4. The Amateur; 5. Big League, Bush League; 6. The Man Who Must Be Different; 7. Goliath's Shadow; 8. The Mystique; 9. Family Man; 10. His Own Little Revolution; 11. Russellphobia; 12. The Hidden Fear; 13. Boston Is Dead; 14. The Lighthouse; 15. Grand Old Man; 16. Color Man; 17. Seattle's New Dictator; 18. Russell Redux; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: "King of the Court provides a highly nuanced and sophisticated analysis of the great African American basketball player from his earliest days up to the present time. With great skill and much insight, Goudsouzian makes clear that Russell was a very complicated man who was full of contradictions in his own private life and in relationship to his business associates, teammates, opponents, the media, and the larger sporting public."David K. Wiggins, George Mason University"Not only is King of the Court one of the most impressive and important sports biographies to come along in m.

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"King of the Court provides a highly nuanced and sophisticated analysis of the great African American basketball player from his earliest days up to the present time. With great skill and much insight, Goudsouzian makes clear that Russell was a very complicated man who was full of contradictions in his own private life and in relationship to his business associates, teammates, opponents, the media, and the larger sporting public."David K. Wiggins, George Mason University"Not only is King of the Court one of the most impressive and important sports biographies to come along in m.