nobel Laureats On The Fast Break?symphony Orchestra Conductors On The Alley-oop?astronauts On The Free Throw? bestselling new York Times Writer Ira Berkow Presents A Unique Look At America's Premier Sport—and Its Fans—thorugh Interviews With A Remarkable Cross Section Of Widly Known And Extraordinarily Accomplished Individuals In A Variety Of Fields, Who Explain What The Lure Of Basketball Is For Them. Berkow Talked With Chris Rock, Woody Allen, Tom Brokaw, Saul Bellow, Johnnie Cochran Jr., Walter Matthau, Nikki Giovanni, Donald Trump, Julia Child, Frank Stella, Erica Jong, Grover Washington Jr., Seiji Ozawa, And Sharon Stone, Among Others, To Uncover Fresh, Funny, Controversial, And Often Surprising Opinions About The Teams And Players Who Make The Game Intriguing. My Height Was Insufficient For A Serious Career. But To This Day, If I Play In A Game With Kids Eight Years Old And Under, I'm A Tremendously Effective Shot Blocker.—woody Allen A Basketball Game Is A Two-hour Version Of Life, And That's The Beauty Of It. You Have A Start, You Have A Middle, You Have A Finish. The Nice Part Is That You Don't Have To Go Eighty Years.—donald Trumpi Always Say That The Most Dangerous Play In Basketball Is The Open White Man. It's Because There Is Nothing More Surefire... . A White Guy Open Behind The Arc Is Frightening. —chris Rock the Interviews Also Offer Compelling Insight Not Only Into What Makes Basketball Transcendent, But These Luminaries View The World Of Basketball How Their Own Particular Expertise And Learn From It.
publishers Weekly true Basketball Lovers Will Use Any Opportunity To Expound On The Meaning Of The Game. In This Light-hearted Collection Of Interviews With Popular Personalities, Berkow, New York Times Sports Columnist And Author Of To The Hoop: The Seasons Of A Basketball Life, Revels In The Chance To Make As Many Connections As Possible Between The Life Of The Game And The Game Of Life. He Talks To An Amazing Array Of Cultural Forces, From Some Obvious Fans Of The Game, Like Woody Allen And Mario Cuomo, To Some Surprising Sources Of Hoops Wisdom, Such As Writer William Goldman And Conductor Seiji Ozawa. At Their Most Philosophical, The Conversations Reveal How Basketball Models Creativity And Can Mirror Society And Life. The Banter Hits The Zone When The Talk Turns To Players, Coaches And Opportunities Taken And Lost. Berkow Misses A Few Opportunities Of His Own Here. In Particular, His Conversations With Women (only Three Of 27 Subjects) Feel Perfunctory; His Focus On The Nba Cuts Out The Ripe Women's Game; And The Seemingly Verbatim And Repetitious Q&a Format Gets Tiresome And Doesn't Allow For Thematic Synthesis. He Turns To The Same Topics Too Often, Especially When He Repeatedly Brings Up Sprewell's Nasty Temper, Rodman's General Badness And Jordan's Perfection. Still, This Is An Entertaining Gathering Of Strong, Interesting Opinions--and Real Fans Of The Game Will Love The Give And Go. (may) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|

Berkow, Ira

Bison Books

United States, United States of America

October 1, 2004

New York, ©2000

Lincoln, c2004

US, 2004

Best-selling New York Times writer Ira Berkow presents a unique look at America's premier sportand its fansthrough interviews with a remarkable cross section of widely known and extraordinarily accomplished individuals in a variety of fields, who explain what the lure of basketball is for them. Berkow talked with Chris Rock, Woody Allen, Tom Brokaw, Saul Bellow, Johnnie Cochran Jr., Walter Matthau, Nikki Giovanni, Donald Trump, Julia Child, Frank Stella, Erica Jong, Grover Washington Jr., Seiji Ozawa, and Sharon Stone, among others, to uncover fresh, funny, controversial, and often surprising opinions about the teams and players who make the game intriguing.

"Ira Berkow presents a unique look at America's premier sport - and its fans - through interviews with a remarkable cross section of widely known and extraordinarily accomplished individuals in a variety of fields, who explain what the lure of basketball is for them. Berkow talked with Chris Rock, Woody Allen, Tom Brokaw, Saul Bellow, Johnnie Cochran, Jr., Walter Matthau, Nikki Giovanni, Donald Trump, Julia Child, Frank Stella, Erica Jong, Grover Washington, Jr., Seiji Ozawa, and Sharon Stone, among others, to uncover fresh, funny, controversial, and often surprising opinions about the teams and players who make the game intriguing."--Jacket

Looks at America's premier sport - and its fans - through interviews with a cross section of widely known and extraordinarily accomplished individuals in a variety of fields, who explain what the lure of basketball is for them. This book uncovers several opinions about the teams and players who make the game intriguing.

BORN Allen Stewart Konisberg on December 1, 1935, in New York City, Woody Allen has become one of America's most respected filmmakers.

xxx, 266 p. ; 23 cm

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