Overview
The history of basketball has always belonged to champions like the Celtics, the Lakers, and the Bulls. Yet the game's history cuts much deeper than that. The bottom line, the record books and retired jerseys, can never fully do justice to this wild, chaotic, and energetic game. In between the championships, there's the sight of Earl Monroe, spinning and cajoling his way to every corner of the court; or Allen Iverson, driving headlong into players twice his size. The real history of the game is not its championships, which are indisputable, but the personalities of its heroes, which are, at least, undisputed. It's in the larger-than-life pathos of Wilt, the secret ties that bind Larry Bird to the flashy ABA, and Michael Jordan when he flew a little too high. From the prehistoric teachings of Dr. James Naismith to pioneering superstars such as LeBron James and Kevin Durant, you'll never see roundball the same way again.
Full Product Details
Author: Bethlehem Shoals ,
Jacob Weinstein ,
Dr. Lawyer IndianChief ,
Silverbird 5000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Bloomsbury Press
Dimensions:
Width: 18.30cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.805kg
ISBN: 9781608190836
ISBN 10: 1608190838
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 03 January 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
Fabulously eccentric and gloriously illustrated...phenomenal. New York Times Play Magazine Combines the trenchant wit of the site with some stunning artwork. Sports Illustrated I love these guys-and I love this book. Stefan Fatsis, NPR Brilliant...well thought out, vividly illustrated and disturbingly organized. Will Leitch, former editor of Deadspin.com and author of God Save the Fan
<p>Praise for The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac <p>“Phenomenal.” —New York Times Play Magazine <p>“Stunning.” —Sports Illustrated <p>“I love this book.” — Stefan Fatsis, NPR<p>“Elevates pro basketball’s pop to poetry.” — True Hoop, ESPN.com<p>Praise for The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History <p>“Baseball has its numbers and football has its hard hits, but basketball, more than those sports, has style. And no one has done more to try to capture that than the collection of bloggers known as Freedarko.”  —New York Times “A highly graphic look at both well-and lesser-known moments in the pro game’s past, written by the sport’s most entertaining bloggers. Get infotained with illustrated awesomeness.”  —Maxim
Author Information
Author Website: http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/details.aspx?tpid=14307
FreeDarko is a collective of like-minded writers and artists (Bethlehem Shoals, Jacob Weinstein, Dr. Lawyer IndianChief, Silverbird 5000, and Brown Recluse, Esq.,) who gather to celebrate (and take down) the National Basketball Association. For their new book, they will be joined by Tom Ziller, Eric Freeman, Joey Litman, J. Gabriel Boylan, author Pasha Malla and SLAM editor Lang Whitaker. Shoals, the chief operative of FreeDarko, has written for Slate, McSweeney's, the Nation, and SLAM. He is a regular contributor at AOL's NBA Fanhouse.
