Transition Game: How Hoops Went Hip-Hop
- ISBN 10: 0399152504
- ISBN 13: 9780399152504
- Author: L. Jon Wertheim
- Edition: Hardcover
- Release: 2005-03-03
- Format: Hardcover (256 pages)
- List Price: $23.95
- Tags: Sports, General, Baseball, General AAS, Basketball, Biographies
Featured Bookstore
-
Used
$0.75
New
$0.75
Book Description: The many facets of basketball in contemporary America-as seen through the game in Indiana, a cradle of the sport-from an award-winning Sports Illustrated writer. Jon Wertheim hadn't kept up with his high school team until a recent game brought back a tide of memories: the angry sound of the buzzer, the same chiropractor's-dream bleachers, and the sight of Coach McKinney-one of the most accomplished and lauded in the state. But there were differences, too: it was Jay-Z not Mellencamp that blared during warm-ups; the height of the players made them leviathans for a high school game; and flair, flavor, and pure athleticism seemed to be more appreciated than the fundamentals. Clearly, the forces that have transformed Indiana and America-technology, multiculturalism, commercialization, in a world that is growing smaller and more complex-have a parallel impact on basketball. "Indiana," as a local barber says, "is going hip-hop." How are these elements-the new players of foreign heritage; the emphasis on style at the expense of shooting; the growth of the women's game; the influence of big money everywhere-changing the sport? Wertheim looks for answers by pointing a wide-angle lens at the many sides of the sport-the high school game, the NBA, and everything in between-to find the state of basketball in the state of basketball. Like H. G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights, Darcy Frey's The Last Shot, and John Feinstein's books, Transition Game is a story of heart, hustle, and an enduring game.
| Summary of Lowest Prices | Sort By: Price Condition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seller | Condition | Price | Shipping | Details | Total |
||
|
New |
$0.75 | $3.49 | Details | $4.24 | View All New |
|
 |
International |
$2.85 | $3.99 | Details | $6.84 | View All International |
|
 |
Used |
$3.64 | Free | Details | $3.64 | View All Used |
|
| Used Books | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seller | Price | Shipping | Details | Availability | Total | |
| |
$3.64 | Free | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $3.64 |
|
| |
$3.97 | Free | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $3.97 |
|
 |
$0.01 | $3.97 | Details | Ships 3 Days or More | $3.98 |
|
 |
$3.98 | Free | Details | Ready to ship | $3.98 |
|
 |
$0.01 | $3.99 | Details | Ready to ship | $4.00 |
|
 |
$0.25 | $3.99 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $4.24 |
|
 |
$0.75 | $3.49 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $4.24 |
|
 |
$0.75 | $3.95 | Details | Ready to ship | $4.70 |
|
 |
$1.74 | $2.99 | Details | Ready to ship | $4.73 |
|
 |
$1.77 | $3.96 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $5.73 |
|
 |
$1.99 | $3.89 | Details | Ready to ship | $5.88 |
|
 |
$1.99 | $3.99 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $5.98 |
|
 |
$1.99 | $4.00 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $5.99 |
|
 |
$5.95 | $3.50 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $9.45 |
|
 |
$11.44 | $3.65 | Details | Ships 3 Days or More | $15.09 |
|
| See 5 More Used Titles >> | ||||||
| New Books | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seller | Price | Shipping | Details | Availability | Total | |
| |
$0.75 | $3.49 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $4.24 |
|
| |
$0.25 | $3.99 | Details | Ready to ship | $4.24 |
|
| |
$0.99 | $3.95 | Details | Ready to ship | $4.94 |
|
| |
$2.95 | $3.00 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $5.95 |
|
| |
$1.99 | $3.99 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $5.98 |
|
| |
$2.32 | $3.96 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $6.28 |
|
| |
$2.95 | $3.65 | Details | Ships 3 Days or More | $6.60 |
|
| |
$2.95 | $3.99 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $6.94 |
|
| |
$3.99 | $2.99 | Details | Ready to ship | $6.98 |
|
| |
$3.95 | $3.50 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $7.45 |
|
| |
$3.99 | $3.97 | Details | Ships 3 Days or More | $7.96 |
|
| See 1 More New Titles >> | ||||||
International Editions  |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seller | Price | Shipping | Details | Availability | Total | |
| |
$2.85 | $3.99 | Details | Ships 2-3 days | $6.84 |
|
| |
$12.98 | $2.99 | Details | Ready to ship | $15.97 |
|
Content Copyright © 1999-2009 Terms and Conditions of Use, Security and Privacy Policy | Resources: 1 2 3 | Site Map
