The Punch
The Fight that Changed Basketball Forever
Seiten
2004
Little, Brown & Company (Verlag)
978-0-316-73563-6 (ISBN)
Little, Brown & Company (Verlag)
978-0-316-73563-6 (ISBN)
* John Feinstein tells the amazing story of one moment of aggression that 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.
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.
John Feinstein is the author of several acclaimed and bestselling sports books, including the now legendary A GOOD WALK SPOILED. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland and Shelter Island, New York.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.2.2004 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Section: 8, b/w |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 366 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Basketball |
| ISBN-10 | 0-316-73563-9 / 0316735639 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-316-73563-6 / 9780316735636 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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