Tall men, short shorts : the 1969 NBA finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a very young sports reporter
(2021)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
796.32364/MONTVILLE,L

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 796.32364/MONTVILLE,L Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Doubleday, [2021]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780385545198, 0385545193 :, 0385545193, 9780385545198
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Introduction -- Flying -- Practice -- Russell -- Wilt -- Establishing position -- Time to go -- Game one -- Off day -- Game two -- Off day -- Game three -- Off day -- Game four -- Off day -- Game five -- Off day -- Game six -- Off day -- Game seven -- A small parade -- Next -- Coda

"A lively and colorful account of the 1969 NBA Finals--one of the greatest upsets in basketball history--through the eyes of future sports writing legend Leigh Montville, who was covering the coast-to-coast event as a brand-new twenty-four-year-old reporter for The Boston Globe"--