The World of Basketball Books
I already briefly mentioned “When the Game was Ours” in the post on Drive by Larry Bird. Former ESPN journalist Jackie McMullan wrote this book in 2009 along with NBA legends Larry Bird and Earvin “Magic” Johnson. And, of course, the book about those two. Bird and Magic remain intrinsically linked to each other to … Read more
After 7 Seconds or Less, Dream Team is the second book by journalist Jack McCallum that I’m featuring on this blog. It’s probably not particularly hard to guess what a basketball book called Dream Team is about. The term Dream Team is used in the world of sports at times – and sometimes outside of … Read more
Larry Bird – with the help noted Boston journalist and author Bob Ryan – wrote Drive: The Story of my Life while he was still active. Since Bird missed most of the 1988-89 season due to injury, he had time to try out his literary skills. Although Bird added a few chapters to his career … Read more