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Michael Jordan : the life / Roland Lazenby.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, NY : Back Bay Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, 2015.Edition: First Back Bay paperback editionDescription: x, 708 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780316194761
  • 031619476X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.323092
LOC classification:
  • GV 884 J82L 2015
Contents:
pt. I. Cape Fear. Holly Shelter ; Bloody Wilmington pt. II. Early times. The influence ; The competitor ; The diamond pt. III. Emergence. The cut ; Number 23 ; The transformation ; The five-star ; The Michael pt. IV. True blue. The freshman ; Something new ; System failure pt. V. The rookie. Gold rush ; Black power ; The first look pt. VI. Flight school. The young prisoner ; The foot ; Attack! pt. VII. The cynic. That's entertainment ; Ruling Jordan ; Flying high and dry ; The drive-by wedding ; The transition ; The god of basketball pt. VIII. Something gained. Triangular ; The gamble ; All that glitters pt. IX. Far and away. The Lexus ; The diamond dream ; Come again ; Training camp pt. X. Fury. The carnival ; The reckoning ; Firing up the bus pt. XI. The afterlife. Limbo ; The wizard ; Carolina
Summary: Traces the life of one of the most legendary basketball players in the history of the sport, drawing upon interviews with Jordan's friends, family, and teammates, and following his career from college to the NBA. When most people think of Michael Jordan, they think of the beautiful shots, his body totally in sync with the ball, hitting nothing but net. He is responsible for incredible moments so ingrained in basketball history that they have their own names: The Shrug, The Shot, The Flu Game. But for all his greatness, there's also a dark side to Jordan: a ruthless competitor, a gambler. There's never been a biography that balanced these personas - until now. Drawing on personal relationships with Jordan's coaches, countless interviews with friends, teammates, family members, and Jordan himself, and a career in the trenches covering Jordan in college and the pros, Roland Lazenby provides the first truly definitive study of Jordan: the player, the icon, and the man.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) GV 884 J82L 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000174417
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GV 884 J27s 2009 Shooting stars / GV 884 J66b 2016 Believing in Magic / GV 884 J82f 1998 For the love of the game : my story / GV 884 J82L 2015 Michael Jordan : the life / GV 884 L162m 1999 Michael Jordan and the new global capitalism / GV 884 M311K 2008 Pistol : the life of Pete Maravich / GV 884 R649b 2003 The Big O : my life, my times, my game /

Includes bibliographical references (pages 679-691) and index.

pt. I. Cape Fear. Holly Shelter ; Bloody Wilmington
pt. II. Early times. The influence ; The competitor ; The diamond
pt. III. Emergence. The cut ; Number 23 ; The transformation ; The five-star ; The Michael
pt. IV. True blue. The freshman ; Something new ; System failure
pt. V. The rookie. Gold rush ; Black power ; The first look
pt. VI. Flight school. The young prisoner ; The foot ; Attack!
pt. VII. The cynic. That's entertainment ; Ruling Jordan ; Flying high and dry ; The drive-by wedding ; The transition ; The god of basketball
pt. VIII. Something gained. Triangular ; The gamble ; All that glitters
pt. IX. Far and away. The Lexus ; The diamond dream ; Come again ; Training camp
pt. X. Fury. The carnival ; The reckoning ; Firing up the bus
pt. XI. The afterlife. Limbo ; The wizard ; Carolina

Traces the life of one of the most legendary basketball players in the history of the sport, drawing upon interviews with Jordan's friends, family, and teammates, and following his career from college to the NBA. When most people think of Michael Jordan, they think of the beautiful shots, his body totally in sync with the ball, hitting nothing but net. He is responsible for incredible moments so ingrained in basketball history that they have their own names: The Shrug, The Shot, The Flu Game. But for all his greatness, there's also a dark side to Jordan: a ruthless competitor, a gambler. There's never been a biography that balanced these personas - until now. Drawing on personal relationships with Jordan's coaches, countless interviews with friends, teammates, family members, and Jordan himself, and a career in the trenches covering Jordan in college and the pros, Roland Lazenby provides the first truly definitive study of Jordan: the player, the icon, and the man.

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