Lazenby, Roland,   1952- <br/><br/>
Michael Jordan :  the life / 
Roland Lazenby. 
 - First Back Bay paperback edition 
 - New York, NY :  Back Bay Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company,   2015. 
 - x, 708 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (some color) ;   21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 679-691) and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. I. Cape Fear. Holly Shelter ; Bloody Wilmington<br/>pt. II. Early times. The influence ; The competitor ; The diamond<br/>pt. III. Emergence. The cut ; Number 23 ; The transformation ; The five-star ; The Michael<br/>pt. IV. True blue. The freshman ; Something new ; System failure<br/>pt. V. The rookie. Gold rush ; Black power ; The first look<br/>pt. VI. Flight school. The young prisoner ; The foot ; Attack!<br/>pt. VII. The cynic. That's entertainment ; Ruling Jordan ; Flying high and dry ; The drive-by wedding ; The transition ; The god of basketball<br/>pt. VIII. Something gained. Triangular ; The gamble ; All that glitters<br/>pt. IX. Far and away. The Lexus ; The diamond dream ; Come again ; Training camp<br/>pt. X. Fury. The carnival ; The reckoning ; Firing up the bus<br/>pt. XI. The afterlife. Limbo ; The wizard ; Carolina 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780316194761 031619476X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014932746 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Jordan, Michael, 1963- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Chicago Bulls (equipo de baloncesto) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Basketball players--United States--Biography.<br/>Jugadores de baloncesto--Estados Unidos --Biografías 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV 884  / J82L 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>796.323092