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Title:
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THE PUNCH
THE FIGHT THAT CHANGED BASKETBALL FOREVER |
By: |
John Feinstein |
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Paperback |
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£18.99 |
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£13.86 |
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ISBN 10: |
0316735639 |
ISBN 13: |
9780316735636 |
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Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY |
Pub. date: |
5 February, 2004 |
Pages: |
384 |
Description: |
John Feinstein tells the amazing story of one moment of aggression that changed two lives, the NBA and how we think about basketball forever. |
Synopsis: |
When a fight broke out between the Houston Rockets & the LA Lakers in 1977, All-star Rudy Tomjanovitch raced to break it up. He met Kermit Washington's fist, which delivered 1 of the most ferocious punches ever seen in sport. It deslodged his skull & he required years of surgery & therapy to get him back to normal but he was never the same. Washington was an average player, 6' 8 & one of only 6 athletes to be both an Academic all-American & a basketball all-American. By all accounts he was an exemplary man but the split-second in which he threw his fist devastated his reputation. No team in the NBA would employ him in any coaching capacity. Tomjanovitch, on the other hand, is a star: head coach of the 2-time world championship Rockets & coach of the 2000 Glympic Gold winning team. With his unique insight, style & bone-deep knowledge of basketball, John Feinstein finally reveals the truth of that night & how it changed basketball forever. Through this one cataclysmicevent he casts light on the NBA's darkest secrets, exploring race, violence & how 1 mistake has haunted 2 good men for 25 years. |
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Section: 8, b/w |
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US |
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Little, Brown & Company |
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