Historical Dictionary of Basketball

John Grasso (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

532 Seiten

2010
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-6763-5 (ISBN)

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In less than 120 years an activity invented by one man to alleviate winter boredom for a college gym class has evolved into a worldwide multi-billion dollar enterprise. It is impossible for Dr. James Naismith, basketball's inventor, to have envisioned the extent to which his simple game would reach. Without major changes to his original 13 rules, basketball is now played in more than 200 countries by people of all ages. Thanks to basketball, players like Michael Jordan, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Larry Bird, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Shaquille O'Neal have become some of the most famous people in the world. The Historical Dictionary of Basketball is a comprehensive account of all forms of basketball—amateur, professional, men's, women's, Olympic, domestic, and international—from its invention in 1891 through the present day. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on the people, places, teams, and terminology of the game.

John Grasso is an Olympic historian and Treasurer of the International Society of Olympic Historians.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.1.2011
Reihe/Serie	Historical Dictionaries of Sports
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 228 mm
Gewicht	814 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Basketball
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10	0-8108-6763-X / 081086763X
ISBN-13	978-0-8108-6763-5 / 9780810867635
Zustand	Neuware