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The Rivalry: Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Golden Age of Basketball
By : John Taylor
DESCRIPTION : A BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE NBA?S GLORY DAYS, AND THE RIVALRY THAT DOMINATED THE ERAIn the mid-1950s, the NBA was a mere barnstorming circuit, with outposts in such cities as Rochester, New York, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Most of the best players were white; the set shot and layup were the sport?s chief offensive weapons. But by the 1970s, the league ruled America?s biggest media markets; contests attracted capacity crowds and national prime-time television audiences. The game was played ?above the rim??and the most marketable of its high-flying stars were black. The credit for this remarkable transformation largely goes to two giants: Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. In The Rivalry, award-winning journalist John Taylor projects the stories of Russell, Chamberlain, and other stars from the NBA?s golden age onto a backdrop of racial tensions and cultural change. Taylor?s electrifying account of two complex men?as well as of a game and a country at a crossroads?is an epic