John Christgau

Tricksters in the Madhouse (eBook, PDF)

Lakers vs. Globetrotters, 1948

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 incredible 103-game winning streak. Best known to white audiences for their clowning and comedy, the Globetrotters were not even thought to be in the same league with the mighty Lakers. So when these two powerhouses met for the first time-on February 19, 1948, before an audience of eighteen thousand in Chicago Stadium-basketball fans everywhere were in for an eye-opening performance. Tricksters in the Madhouse is the story of this pivotal meeting, a game that would encapsulate the growing racial tensions of the era, particularly the struggle of black Americans to gain legitimacy in the segregated world of sports. Play-by-play, John Christgau recreates the heart-stopping game that would shock white basketball fans raised to view black athletes in separate and unequal terms. Through in-depth interviews and extensive research, Christgau brings this critical match-up to life. By looking beyond the drama in the arena to the broader events of the day, he also puts the game in its sociological context, revealing how, even as it enacted the racial inequities of the time, this crucial game represented an important step toward equality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780803204430
• Artikelnr.: 55972333

Autorenporträt

John Christgau (1934–2018) was a lecturer at Saint Mary’s College of California and is the author of many books, including The Origins of the Jumpshot: Eight Men Who Shook the World of Basketball (Nebraska 1998).

Inhaltsangabe

I. First Quarter
1. The Race
2. Ma Piersall
3. The Kangaroo Kid
4. Babe
5. Goose
6. Ermer
7. The Fastest Runner on Sixty-first Street
II. Second Quarter
8. Blackie
9. The King of Basketball
10. The Crisco Kid
11. Olson's Terrible Swedes
12. Sambo
III. Halftime
13. Johnny and Abe
IV. Third Quarter
14. Bucky
15. Pop
16. Marques
V. Fourth Quarter
17. Ted
18. The Wee Ice Mon
19. David and Goliath
20. The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost
21. The Shot
22. Sweetwater
VI. Overtime
23. Shaq
24. Rigo
Notes
Sources and Acknowledgments