Punch : One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever by John Feinstein (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316735639
ISBN-139780316735636
eBay Product ID (ePID)2494267
Product Key Features
Book TitlePunch : One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPopular Culture, Sociology of Sports, Basketball, History
Publication Year2003
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Social Science
AuthorJohn Feinstein
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-016210
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal796.323'64
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisWith 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 NumberGV706.7.F45 2002
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