Holy Grail of Hoops (eBook)

One Fan's Quest to Buy the Original Rules of Basketball

Josh Swade (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
304 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61321-465-7 (ISBN)

Infos

When Josh Swade found out that the original 13 rules of basketball, penned by Dr. James Naismiththe father of modern basketballwere up for auction, he knew that it was his duty as a lifelong Jayhawks fan to make sure that they ended up where they belonged.Penned in 1891, Naismiths original rules were auctioned off by Sothebys in New York City on December 10, 2010. Upon hearing the news that Naismiths grandson, Ian Naismith, had offered the rules for auction, Swade could not accept the notion that this sacred document could reside with just some stranger or in a random home or hall. He resolved to ensure that Naismiths rules be returned to his spiritual home of forty years, The University of Kansas. Swade had his raison d'etre. He had all the determination one could need. There was only one issue.He did not have 4.3 million dollars.Spanning the course of thirty-nine frantic days, Josh Swade embarked on a fanatical journey that would take him across the country. His nearly religious obsession brought him face-to-face with NBA players Paul Peirce and Steve Nash, NBA greats Jerry West and Larry Brown, and many others who knew the importance of this relic. With multiple hurdles ahead of him, will Josh be able to find the money and support to purchase the rules before its too late?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball
• Schlagworte: 1891 • America • Auction • auctioned • basketball history • baylor • books on auctions • books on basketball histories • books on baylor • books on chalks • books on coaches • books on college basketballs • books on documentaries • books on espn • books on fandoms • books on fiddlers • books on fieldhouses • books on hashanah • books on hoops • books on inventors • books on jayhawk • books on judaisms • books on kansas • books on lawrence • books on mitzvahs • books on monday • books on ncaas • books on november • books on preludes • books on sotheby • books on temples • books on tickets • books on torahs • books on vitale books on roshes • books on ymcas • Chalk • Coach • college basketball • coveted • displayed • Documentary • espn • Fandom • fervor • Fiddler • fieldhouse • hashanah • Hoops • imbued • Inventor • jayhawk • Judaism • Kansas • Lawrence • Micah • mitzvah • monday • NCAA • New York City • November • paused • prelude • rosh • Sotheby • Springfield • Temple • tevye • Tickets • Torah • United States • vitale • Washington • ymca
• ISBN-10: 1-61321-465-0 / 1613214650
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61321-465-7 / 9781613214657