Charley Rosen: 13 books
by Charley Rosen
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2008
"Charley Rosen has undertaken the challenge of documenting the latest and greatest history of the game professionally--and has done so to great success. . . . . When I finished the book it seemed as if I had gone through another season, injuries and all. . . . Rosen skillfully leads readers through...
The Wizard of Odds
How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
In The Wizard of Odds, renowned and best-selling basketball writer Charley Rosen brings us for the first time the full life story of Jack Molinas, one of the greatest basketball players of his era, a man whose gambling addiction and hubris caused his ultimate demise. Drawing on numerous, previously...
Bullpen Diaries
Mariano Rivera, Bronx Dreams, Pinstripe Legends, and the Future of the New York Yankees
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
"Delightful and insightful." —John Thorn, author of Total Baseball
Baseball is the only sport where the defense has the ball, and there is no lonelier in the world of sports than the pitcher’s mound. Which makes Yankee relievers among the most scrutinized and intriguing group...
by Charley Rosen
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Sammy Wong, All-American tells the tale of an Asian basketball player’s rise and stumble. American basketball may be among the most international of team sports, yet until recently Asians were unwelcome. On his high school, college, and professional teams, Sammy isn’t given much of a chance. Then...
Sugar
Micheal Ray Richardson, Eighties Excess, and the NBA
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
The 1980s were arguably the NBA’s best decade, giving rise to Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Michael Jordan. They were among the game’s greatest players who brought pro basketball out of its 1970s funk and made it faster, more fluid, and more exciting. Off the court the game was changing rapidly...
Perfectly Awful
The Philadelphia 76ers' Horrendous and Hilarious 1972-1973 Season
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
During the 1972–1973 basketball season, the Philadelphia 76ers were not just a bad team; they were fantastically awful. Doomed from the start after losing their leading scorer and rebounder, Billy Cunningham, as well as head coach Jack Ramsay, they lost twenty-one of their first twenty-three games....
No Blood, No Foul
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Jason Lewis is a star college basketball player just back from World War II. He’s a hero, missing two fingers on his shooting hand. He can’t play any longer, so he makes the ultimate ballplayer’s sacrifice: he becomes a referee. Set in postwar New York during the founding of what will eventually...
The House of Moses All-Stars
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
A New York Times Notable Book
Here is the story of an all-Jewish basketball team traveling in a hearse through Depression-era America in search of redemption and big money. A hilarious road novel, The House of Moses All-Stars is also a passionate portrayal of a young Jewish man struggling to...
by Phil Jackson, Charley Rosen
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
More than a Game is the odyssey of Jackson's journey—from New York Knick and world champion, to CBA coach, to six-time Chicago Bulls world champion, to this year's L.A. Lakers world champion—and the lessons in leadership he learned each step of the way. It is the tale of Rosen's journey as well,...
The Emerald Diamond
How the Irish Transformed America's Favorite Pastime
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
From "Casey at the Bat" to Connie Mack to the Irish Sports Hall of Fame, here is the first-ever full history of the Irish people’s impact on America’s favorite past time, from its earliest years to its most significant milestones today. New York Times bestselling sportswriter Charlie...
by Phil Jackson, Charley Rosen
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Le vite parallele del più grande allenatore delia NBA e del più letterario tra i giornalisti sportivi americani servono qui come punto di partenza per un viaggio attraverso le più vere e nascoste verità di una partita di basket. Il lettore è portato per mano a visitare forme diverse dello stesso...
by Charley Rosen
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2019
Elliot Hersch is given a basketball on his tenth birthday and cuts a deal with his disapproving father: if he makes straight As, he is allowed to play. Modeling his game on the basketball heroes of his time--Clyde Frazier, Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, and especially Larry Bird--Elliot becomes one...
The Chosen Game
A Jewish Basketball History
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
A few years after its invention by James Naismith, basketball became the primary sport in the crowded streets of the Jewish neighborhood on New York’s Lower East Side. Participating in the new game was a quick and enjoyable way to become Americanized. Jews not only dominated the sport for the next...