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NEW! THE PUNCH: ONE NIGHT, TWO LIVES, AND THE FIGHT THAT By John Feinstein
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Paperback
- Publication Name
- Back Bay Books
- Era
- 2000s
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- Back Bay Book
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780316735636
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316735639
ISBN-13
9780316735636
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2494267
Product Key Features
Book Title
Punch : One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Popular Culture, Sociology of Sports, Basketball, History
Publication Year
2003
Features
Reprint
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-016210
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
796.323'64
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
With unerring insight into the deeper truths of professional sports, John Feinstein explores in riveting detail what happened one night in December 1977 when, as a fistfight broke out on the court between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers, Kermit Washington delivered a punch that nearly killed All-Star Rudy Tomjanovich. The punch -- now legendary in the annals of American sports -- radically changed the trajectory of both men's lives and reverberates throughout the National Basketball Association to this day. Feinstein's compelling investigation of this single cataclysmic incident and its aftermath casts a light on the NBA's darkest secrets, revealing the true price men pay when they choose a career in sports., When an on-court fight broke out between the Houston Rockets and the LA Lakers just before Christmas 1977, Rudy Tomjanovitch raced to break it up. He was met by Kermit Washington's fist. This is the story of how one punch changed two lives, the NBA and how we think about basketball, forever., 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.
LC Classification Number
GV706.7.F45 2002
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