David A F Sweet

Three Seconds in Munich

The Controversial 1972 Olympic Basketball Final

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Produktbeschreibung

An investigation into the controversial 1972 Olympic gold-medal basketball game between the United States and the USSR.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 211mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780803299962
• ISBN-10: 0803299966
• Artikelnr.: 55538259

Autorenporträt

David A. F. Sweet is the author of Lamar Hunt: The Gentle Giant Who Revolutionized Professional Sports. He launched columns for WSJ.com and NBCSports.com and has written articles for the Chicago Sun-Times, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. He lives outside Chicago with his wife and three children. He can be followed on Twitter @davidafsweet.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations    
Acknowledgments    
Introduction    
Cast of Characters        
Chapter 1. The Guns of September    
Chapter 2. A Noble History    
Chapter 3. “The Games Must Go On”    
Chapter 4. Team Building    
Chapter 5. Going for Gold    
Chapter 6. Hornswoggled    
Chapter 7. “And This Time It Is Over”    
Chapter 8. Was the Fix In?     
Chapter 9. Taking a Stand    
Chapter 10. Picking Up the Pieces    
Chapter 11. Joyous Reunion    
Chapter 12. Searching for a Silver Lining    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index