Outside the Limelight

Basketball in the Ivy League

Kathy Orton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2018 | First Paperback Edition
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-9426-2 (ISBN)

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Outside the Limelight pulls back the curtain on Ivy League basketball. At a time when college sports have become a multimillion dollar industry, Kathy Orton reminds us of why some young men chase hoop dreams—not for an NBA contract, but for the love of the game.

“Not many people are aware of the drama of Ivy League basketball. Outside the Limelight is a wonderful tribute to one of the most undervalued conferences in college basketball. I know. I've got the tuition bills.” —Tony Kornheiser, ESPN

“Growing up, I was very impressed with Bill Bradley, Jim McMillian, and Heyward Dotson. They fueled my interest in going to an Ivy League school. I hoped we as a team could duplicate the success they had at their schools. Kathy Orton introduces college basketball fans to the Ivy League beyond the well-known names and tells the story of the joys and sorrows of a season.” —James Brown, CBS Sports and Showtime studio host

“In my book, there is no such thing as an Ivy League player. There is such a thing as a basketball player who happens to play in the Ivy League. As Outside the Limelight reveals, when they come out of the locker room and step across the white line, they are basketball players, period.” —Pete Carril, former Princeton coach and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member

KATHY ORTON covered college basketball for the Washington Post for more than a decade. She was also the newspaper's beat writer on the NFL's Baltimore Ravens for two seasons, including their Super Bowl season in 2000.

Foreword

Preface

1 Origins of a League

Part I Great Expectations

2 A Mom-and-Pop Store

3 Great Scott

4 Multicultural Quakers

5 Getting Under Way

6 Roll Crimson Pride

7 Backdoor Cuts

8 A Tradition Tarnished

9 Bright Lights, Big Stages

Part II The Heart of the Season

10 Harvardization

11 Conference Calls

12 We Interrupt This Season . . .

13 The Road Is the Thing

14 Everyone Onto the Court

15 Brothers in Arms

16 A Rivalry Like No Other

17 Topsy-Turvy Weekend

18 Dreams Deferred

19 And the Winner Is . . .

Part III Tournament Hoopiness

20 The Wait of Expectations

Epilogue

Erscheinungsdatum	07.01.2018
Vorwort	John Feinstein
Zusatzinfo	15 illustrations
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	318 g
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8135-9426-X / 081359426X
ISBN-13	978-0-8135-9426-2 / 9780813594262
Zustand	Neuware