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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Christgau |
| ISBN: | 0803215266 9780803215269 |
| OCLC Number: | 54696442 |
| Description: | 219 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | The Race -- Ma Piersall -- The Kangaroo Kid -- Babe -- Goose -- Ermer -- The Fastest Runner on Sixty-first Street -- Blackie -- The King of Basketball -- The Crisco Kid -- Olson's Terrible Swedes -- Sambo -- Johnny and Abe -- Bucky -- Pop -- Marques -- Ted -- The Wee Ice Mon -- David and Goliath -- The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost -- The shot -- Sweetwater -- Over time -- Shaq -- Rigo. |
| Responsibility: | John Christgau. |
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Abstract:
In February 1948, the all-white Minneapolis Lakers, arguably the greatest basketball team in America met for the first time the Globetrotters. This book presents the story of this pivotal meeting, a game that would encapsulate the racial tensions of the era, particularly the struggle of black Americans to gain legitimacy in the world of sports.
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"[A fascinating look at a chapter of Chicago sports lore I am embarrassed to say was not familiar to me: an incredible game at the stadium between George Mikan's Minneapolis Lakers and the Goose Taum-Marques Haynes Globetrotters, deadly serious for once, for what might have been the unofficial world championship back in the days before pro basketball allowed black players in its ranks."--Ron Rapoport, "Chicago"" Tribune"--Ron Rapoport "Chicago Tribune " Read more...
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