Oscar Robertson

The Big O

My Life, My Times, My Game

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Every time I get on a basketball court, I'm chasing Oscar Robertson's legend. He set the standard for guys like me. I can only hope, when I'm done playing, that I've come close to what he's accomplished."--JASON KIDD "Oscar Robertson is an incomparable superstar. He is also a thoughtful man and a man of vision. If you want insight into what formed Oscar in the crucial years of his youth, look here. It's a great book."--KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR "Oscar was one of basketball's great leaders, and his life is one of basketball's great stories. He was unafraid, unabashed, and unmatched in everything he did. There will never be another like him."--BILL RUSSELL "Oscar Robertson was never a rookie. He was the measuring stick for how a player should play. It is an honor to know him and to have competed against him. He is a man for the ages."--JERRY WEST

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 159mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781579547646
• ISBN-10: 1579547648
• Artikelnr.: 22193674

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter One: The Crossroads of America 1938-1951
Chapter Two: Li'l Flap 1951-1954
Chapter Three: "They Don't Want Us" 1954-1955
Chapter Four: "Talk Is Cheap" 1955-1956
Chapter Five: Collegiate Life 1956-1958
Chapter Six: "What They Eat Don't Make Me Fat" 1958-1959
Chapter Seven: Gold 1959-1960
Chapter Eight: Rookie Stardom 1960-1961
Chapter Nine: The Triple-Double 1961-1963
Chapter Ten: Union President, NBA Royalty 1963-1968 (Part One)
Chapter Eleven: The Sixties Continued 1963-1968 (Part Two)
Chapter Twelve: Moving On 1969-1970
Chapter Thirteen: Milwaukee, Lew Alcindor, and the Championship 1970-1971
Chapter Fourteen: Do Not Go Gently 1971-1974
Chapter Fifteen: Endings 1974-1976
Epilogue
Credits
Index