Bibliograph

City game, basketball in New York, edited by William C. Rhoden ; foreword by Walt "Clyde" Frazier

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Label

City game, basketball in New York, edited by William C. Rhoden ; foreword by Walt "Clyde" Frazier

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188)

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

City game

Nature of contents

catalogsbibliography

Oclc number

1110434675

Responsibility statement

edited by William C. Rhoden ; foreword by Walt "Clyde" Frazier

Sub title

basketball in New York

Table Of Contents

The mecca of basketball -- Manhattan takes Brooklyn: NYC's first black fives matchup -- Mr. Basketball: Nat Holman invents the city game -- Boys from the city: New York's Jewish basketball stars -- The city game is born -- Black fives -- College rivalries -- The destroyer, the hawk & the pearl: Rucker's legends -- Rock, rubber, 45s: b-ball, kicks & beats -- Fields of asphalt: lost in the city game -- I got next: girls & streetball -- 1,800 courts, five boroughs, one city -- Trash talk -- New York City's legendary streetball courts -- Interviews with William C. Rhoden. Kenny Smith ; Tom Konchalski ; Chamique Holdsclaw ; Mark Jackson ; Kenny Atkinson -- Too big for just one: Knicks, Nets & Liberty -- Clyde cool -- Knicks win the championship 1970 & 1973 -- Knicks, Nets & Liberty -- Celebrity row -- Time line -- Urban heartbeat: conclusion

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Basketball in New York

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