false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223647736m/75406.jpg 75406 3 <i>The Breaks of the Game</i> is sports reporting at its finest--basketball's equivalent to Roger Kahn's <i>The Boys of Summer</i>. Join David Halberstam on his yearlong journey with the 1979 Portland Trail Blazers and witness professional basketball from the inside, where front-office egos, big-money contracts, and the colorful personalities of coaches and players collide, and winners and losers emerge. This insightful account is evidence of how much basketball has--and hasn't--changed since 1979, before the money <i>really</i> started rolling in. 72942 1981 Breaks of the Game total:198|5:5|4:9|3:1|2:1|1:0| 198 840 328 42 5 1 false false Mon Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Sat Jan 17 07:52:14 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 07:53:53 -0800 2009
The Breaks of The Game, the book that resulted, remains one of the best sports books I have ever read and a work that has easily stood the te...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 11 15:22:23 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 15:22:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 12 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 13:32:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 13:39:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 10:20:07 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 12:53:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 09 12:27:03 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 12:31:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 10:52:38 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 11:35:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 13:38:13 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 16:13:07 -0700 2009
Great one here, totally appropriate to the subject matter, delightfully dated. OJ Simpson -- that great American philosopher -- is quoted saying "Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 11 16:20:56 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 12:07:36 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon May 21 17:38:51 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 18:32:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 21:53:24 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 21:55:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 00:24:26 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 00:24:38 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 12:33:17 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 16:32:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 17:03:45 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:04:52 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 12:29:34 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 12:31:46 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 09:32:36 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 09:35:37 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jul 17 08:03:45 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 08:06:45 -0700 2007 And though a hundred years ago there were still a bunch of Jewish athletes, this title covers one season in the Portland Trailblazers organization, which is mostly gentile. But ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 11:40:35 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 11:41:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 14:53:59 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 14:56:29 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 09 19:11:03 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 11 14:06:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 20:00:14 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 08:40:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=75406