Michael Jordan : the life / Roland Lazenby.

By:

Lazenby, Roland, 1952-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: 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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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	GV 884 J82L 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000174417

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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