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Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s Tapa dura - 2014
de Jeff Pearlman
Resumen
The New York Times bestselling author of Sweetness delivers the first all-encompassing account of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of professional sports’ most-reveredand dominantdynasties.
The Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s personified the flamboyance and excess of the decade over which they reigned. Beginning with the arrival of Earvin Magic” Johnson as the number-one overall pick of the 1979 draft, the Lakers played basketball with gusto and pizzazz, unleashing their famed Showtime” run-and-gun style on a league unprepared for their speed and ferocityand became the most captivating show in sports and, arguably, in all-around American entertainment. The Lakers’ roster overflowed with exciting all-star-caliber players, including center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and they were led by the incomparable Pat Riley, known for his slicked-back hair, his Armani suits, and his arrogant strut. Hollywood’s biggest celebrities lined the court and gorgeous women flocked to the arena. Best of all, the team was a winner. Between 1980 and 1991, the Lakers played in an unmatched nine NBA championship series, capturing five of them.
Bestselling sportswriter Jeff Pearlman draws from almost three hundred interviews to take the first full measure of the Lakers’ epic Showtime era. A dazzling account of one of America’s greatest sports sagas, Showtime is packed with indelible characters, vicious rivalries, and jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes stories of the players’ decadent Hollywood lifestyles. From the Showtime era’s remarkable rise to its tragic endmarked by Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he had contracted HIVShowtime is a gripping narrative of sports, celebrity, and 1980s-style excess.
The Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s personified the flamboyance and excess of the decade over which they reigned. Beginning with the arrival of Earvin Magic” Johnson as the number-one overall pick of the 1979 draft, the Lakers played basketball with gusto and pizzazz, unleashing their famed Showtime” run-and-gun style on a league unprepared for their speed and ferocityand became the most captivating show in sports and, arguably, in all-around American entertainment. The Lakers’ roster overflowed with exciting all-star-caliber players, including center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and they were led by the incomparable Pat Riley, known for his slicked-back hair, his Armani suits, and his arrogant strut. Hollywood’s biggest celebrities lined the court and gorgeous women flocked to the arena. Best of all, the team was a winner. Between 1980 and 1991, the Lakers played in an unmatched nine NBA championship series, capturing five of them.
Bestselling sportswriter Jeff Pearlman draws from almost three hundred interviews to take the first full measure of the Lakers’ epic Showtime era. A dazzling account of one of America’s greatest sports sagas, Showtime is packed with indelible characters, vicious rivalries, and jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes stories of the players’ decadent Hollywood lifestyles. From the Showtime era’s remarkable rise to its tragic endmarked by Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he had contracted HIVShowtime is a gripping narrative of sports, celebrity, and 1980s-style excess.
Detalles
- Título Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
- Autor Jeff Pearlman
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición 1st
- Páginas 482
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Gotham Books, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación 2014-02-11
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9781592407552 / 1592407552
- Peso 1.59 libras (0.72 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.25 x 6.44 x 1.52 pulgadas (23.50 x 16.36 x 3.86 cm)
- Época de 18 a UP años
- Cursos 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team) -, SPORTS & RECREATION / General
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2013026263
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.323
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“Exceptional . . . a fascinating read about a fascinating man.”
—Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
“If you want to get the sense of a real life lived by a real person with real beauty within and real warts, start reading.”
—The Indianapolis Star
“Pearlman . . . [is] a skilled biographer.”
—The New York Times
“Exceptional . . . a fascinating read about a fascinating man.”
—Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
“If you want to get the sense of a real life lived by a real person with real beauty within and real warts, start reading.”
—The Indianapolis Star
“Pearlman . . . [is] a skilled biographer.”
—The New York Times
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