Jeff Pearlman

Three-Ring Circus (eBook, ePUB)

Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal combinedand collidedto help bring the Lakers three straight championships and restore the franchise as a powerhouseIn the history of modern sport, there have never been two high-level teammates who loathed eachother the way Shaquille O'Neal loathed Kobe Bryant, and Kobe Bryant loathed Shaquille O'Neal. From public sniping and sparring, to physical altercations and the repeatedthreats of trade, it was warfare.And yet, despiteeightyears of infighting and hostility, by turns mediated and encouraged by coach Phil Jackson, the Shaq-Kobeduo resulted in one of the greatest dynasties in NBA history.Together, the two led the Lakers to three straight championships andreturned glory and excitementto Los Angeles. In the tradition of Jeff Pearlman's bestsellers Showtime,Boys Will Be Boys,andThe Bad Guys Won,Three-Ring Circus is a rollicking deep dive into one of sports' most fraught yet successful pairings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781328530660
• Artikelnr.: 60311079

Autorenporträt

JEFF PEARLMAN is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books. His subjects include the '80s Los Angeles Lakers (Showtime), the 1986 New York Mets (The Bad Guys Won), the '90s Dallas Cowboys (Boys Will Be Boys), and NFL legends Walter Payton (Sweetness) and Brett Favre (Gunslinger). HBO adapted Showtime into the dramatic series Winning Time, produced and directed by Adam McKay. A former Sports Illustrated senior writer and ESPN.com columnist, Pearlman is the host of the Two Writers Slinging Yang podcast and blogs regularly at jeffpearlman.com.