Under the Boards: The Cultural Revolution in Basketball

by Jeffrey Lane

Book Overview

The true story of basketball lives as much off the court as on the hardwood; it is about politics and race and cultural clashes as heated as a final-four buzzer-beater. This story unfolds in all its gritty and colorful detail in Under the Boards. From the birth of the Larry Bird legend to the ascendancy of a hip-hop-infused NBA to the backlash against bling and the contemporary American game, Jeffrey Lane traces the emergence of a new culture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080328053X
• ISBN13: 9780803280533
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

If you love basketball...

Buy this book! I'm not even a huge fan of the sport, but Jeff Lane manages to make it interesting. I might actually start watching the NBA!

a great young author

Jeffrey Lane scores big with this riveting look at how the sport of basketball has evolved into something many of us do not recognize from it's heyday of the 1980's. It is a fascinating read that will enlighten even the non-basketball fan amongst us.