Tricksters in the Madhouse : Lakers vs. Globetrotters, 1948 /

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"In February 1948 the brand-new, all-white Minneapolis Lakers were arguably the greatest basketball team in America, favored to win the World Professional Basketball Tournament later that year. Meanwhile the Harlem Globetrotters, at the center of black basketball, were riding their own incredib...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Christgau, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Minneapolis Lakers (Basketball team) > History.
Harlem Globetrotters > History.
Harlem Globetrotters
Minneapolis Lakers (Basketball team)
Sports rivalries > United States.
Rivalité sportive > États-Unis.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Basketball.
Sports rivalries
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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