Boom, Baby!

My Basketball Life in Indiana

Bobby "Slick" Leonard, Lew Freedman (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2013
Triumph Books (Verlag)
978-1-60078-859-8 (ISBN)

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Bobby "Slick" Leonard has etched his name forever on the Mount Rushmore of Indiana basketball, and in Boom, Baby! he shares memories from his storied career. Leonard takes readers inside the Indiana locker room with legendary head coach Branch McCracken and onto the court when he hit the deciding free throws as the "Hurrying Hoosiers" topped Phog Allen's Kansas Jayhawks. He recalls the NBA's early years, including being drafted by a Baltimore Bullets team that folded soon after selecting him. He tells of his time as the winningest coach in the ABA's nine-year history, securing three championships in his first five seasons with the Indianapolis Pacers. In his final act, "Slick" endeared himself to new generations of Hoosier hoops fans as the longtime Pacers radio voice, with his trademark call "Boom, Baby!" for a successful three-point shot.

Lew Freedman is a veteran newspaper sportswriter and experienced author of more than seventy five books about sports and Alaska subjects. He spent seventeen years at the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska and has also worked for the Chicago Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer. He now resides in Columbus, IN.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.11.2013
Vorwort	Larry Bird
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Chicago
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	580 g
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
ISBN-10	1-60078-859-9 / 1600788599
ISBN-13	978-1-60078-859-8 / 9781600788598
Zustand	Neuware