Boston Celtics Basketball Vault

Author : Roland Lazenby
Publisher : Whitman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780794832964
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boston Celtics Basketball Vault written by Roland Lazenby and published by Whitman Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1946, Boston hardly seemed like a city where basketball's most successful franchise would take root and grow. It was a hockey town, and original Celtics owner Walter Brown knew almost nothing about basketball. Still, as head of the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation, he jumped at the chance to own part of the new club. The Boston Celtics Basketball Vault: The History of a Proud Franchise recounts that humble beginning and details how the team rose from mediocrity to become arguably America's most successful sports franchise. Author Roland Lazenby includes tales about such celebrated Hall of Famers as Bob Cousy, John Havlic, Tom Heinsohn, Bailey Howell, Dave Cowens, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish. Fans will also discover vintage photographs, artwork and memorabilia drawn from the Boston Celtics' archives, including rereproductions of old game programs, historic tickets, stickers and other amazing replicas tucked into dozens of pockets.

Author : Thomas J. Whalen
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781555536435
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dynasty's End written by Thomas J. Whalen and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following summer, Russell stunned the sports world by announcing his retirement, ending his and the Celtics' celebrated reign."

Author : Chris Ballard
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1637274203
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sports Illustrated The Basketball Vault written by Chris Ballard and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, has covered the NBA for the much of its existence, documenting its expansion from fledgeling league to global force. Curated by editor and bestselling author Chris Ballard, this anthology features the best hoops writing from the SI archives along with new postscripts from nationally renowned basketball journalists including Jackie McMullan, Jack McCallum, Jeff Pearlman, S.L. Price, Lee Jenkins, Frank Deford, and more.

Author : David Pietrusza
Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9780613834681
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boston Celtics Basketball Team written by David Pietrusza and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history of the Boston basketball franchise and their many NBA championships, as well as such key personalities as Bill Russell, Larry Bird, and Red Auerbach.

Author : Robert W. Cohen
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1608936260
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 40 Greatest Players in Boston Celtics Basketball History written by Robert W. Cohen and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots, both of which have been the subject of “50 Greatest” treatments by Bob Cohen, the Boston Celtics is one of the most iconic professional basketball teams, representing a multi-state region rather than just a city or state. Some of the sport’s greatest played for the Celtics: Bill Russell in the 1950s, John Havlicek in the 70s, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parrish in the 80s, and recently Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett. Sports historian Robert W. Cohen has chosen the best to ever wear the uniform, and he provides a short biographical profile, key stats, and details about each players exploits on the court.

Author : Nate LeBoutillier
Publisher : The Creative Company
ISBN 13 : 9781583414002
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Boston Celtics written by Nate LeBoutillier and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the history of the Boston Celtics.

Author : The Editors of Sports Illustrated
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1641257695
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sports Illustrated The Boston Celtics at 75 written by The Editors of Sports Illustrated and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the championship glory, Hall of Fame personalities, and passionate fans that make the Boston Celtics one of the most revered teams in basketball Sports Illustrated™ celebrates basketball greatness with The Boston Celtics at 75, an extraordinary collection of classic stories and photographs from the pages of SI. This commemorative book salutes hall of famers like Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Bob Cousy, Paul Pierce, and coach Red Auerbach. Fans will unearth countless gems from the Celtics' past on each page of this diamond celebration.

Author : Cedric Maxwell
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1641257210
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Celtics written by Cedric Maxwell and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind the scenes perspective on Boston Celtics history from two-time champion Cedric Maxwell Having won two NBA titles with the Celtics before joining the broadcasting team as a radio analyst, Cedric Maxwell knows what it means to live and breathe Celtics basketball. In If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Celtics, Maxwell opens up about his life and career and provides insight into the team's inner sanctum as only he can, from Larry Bird to the Big Three era and up to the current roster. Featuring conversations with players and coaches past and present as well as off-the-wall anecdotes only Maxwell can tell, this indispensable volume is your ticket to Celtics history.

Author : John Taylor
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588364968
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rivalry written by John Taylor and published by Random House. This book was released on 2005-10-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE NBA’S GLORY DAYS, AND THE RIVALRY THAT DOMINATED THE ERA In the mid-1950s, the NBA was a mere barnstorming circuit, with outposts in such cities as Rochester, New York, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Most of the best players were white; the set shot and layup were the sport’s chief offensive weapons. But by the 1970s, the league ruled America’s biggest media markets; contests attracted capacity crowds and national prime-time television audiences. The game was played “above the rim”–and the most marketable of its high-flying stars were black. The credit for this remarkable transformation largely goes to two giants: Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. In The Rivalry, award-winning journalist John Taylor projects the stories of Russell, Chamberlain, and other stars from the NBA’s golden age onto a backdrop of racial tensions and cultural change. Taylor’s electrifying account of two complex men–as well as of a game and a country at a crossroads–is an epic narrative of sports in America during the 1960s. It’s hard to imagine two characters better suited to leading roles in the NBA saga: Chamberlain was cast as the athletically gifted yet mercurial titan, while Russell played the role of the stalwart centerpiece of the Boston Celtics dynasty. Taylor delves beneath these stereotypes, detailing how the two opposed and complemented each other and how they revolutionized the way the game was played and perceived by fans. Competing with and against such heroes as Jerry West, Tom Heinsohn, Bob Cousy, John Havlicek, and Elgin Baylor, and playing for the two greatest coaches of the era, Alex Hannum and the fiery Red Auerbach, Chamberlain and Russell propelled the NBA into the spotlight. But their off-court visibility and success–to say nothing of their candor–also inflamed passions along America’s racial and generational fault lines. In many ways, Russell and Chamberlain helped make the NBA and, to some extent, America what they are today. Filled with dramatic conflicts and some of the great moments in sports history, and building to a thrilling climax–the 1969 final series, the last showdown between Russell and Chamberlain–The Rivalry has at its core a philosophical question: Can determination and a team ethos, embodied by the ultimate team player, Bill Russell, trump sheer talent, embodied by Wilt Chamberlain? Gripping, insightful, and utterly compelling, the story of Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain is the stuff of sporting legend. Written with a reporter’s unerring command of events and a storyteller’s flair, The Rivalry will take its place as one of the classic works of sports history.

Author : Roland Lazenby
Publisher : Whitman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780794832957
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Los Angeles Lakers Basketball Vault written by Roland Lazenby and published by Whitman Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history of the Los Angeles Lakers in a narrative a narrative about the names, games and special moments that have helped make the Lakers successful from Mikan to West and from Magic to Kobe.