Read Asphalt Gods: An Oral History Of The Rucker Tournament

Asphalt Gods: An Oral History Of The Rucker Tournament

Vincent M. Mallozzi

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Description:The real basketball deal-the inside story of Harlem's legendary tournament and the pros and playground legends who have made it world famous. Earl"The Goat" Manigault. Herman "Helicopter" Knowings. Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond. Richard "Pee Wee" Kirkland. These and dozens of othercolorfully nicknamed men are the "Asphalt Gods," whose astounding exploits in the Rucker Tournament, often against multimillionaire NBA superstars, have made them playground divinity. First establishedin the 1950s by Holcombe Rucker, a New York City Parks Department employee, the tournament has grown to become a Harlem institution, an annual summer event of major proportions. On that fabled patch of concrete, unknownplayers have been lighting it up for decades as they express basketball as a freestyle art among their peers and against such pro immortals as Julius Erving and Wilt Chamberlain. X's and O's areexchanged for oohs and aahs in one of the great examples of street theater to be found in urban America. "Asphalt Gods" is a streetwise, supremely entertaining oral history of atournament that has influenced everything from NBA playing style to hip-hop culture. Now, legends transmitted by word of mouth find a home and the achievements of basketball's greatest unknowns a permanent placein the game's record. "From the Hardcover edition."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Asphalt Gods: An Oral History Of The Rucker Tournament. To get started finding Asphalt Gods: An Oral History Of The Rucker Tournament, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The real basketball deal-the inside story of Harlem's legendary tournament and the pros and playground legends who have made it world famous. Earl"The Goat" Manigault. Herman "Helicopter" Knowings. Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond. Richard "Pee Wee" Kirkland. These and dozens of othercolorfully nicknamed men are the "Asphalt Gods," whose astounding exploits in the Rucker Tournament, often against multimillionaire NBA superstars, have made them playground divinity. First establishedin the 1950s by Holcombe Rucker, a New York City Parks Department employee, the tournament has grown to become a Harlem institution, an annual summer event of major proportions. On that fabled patch of concrete, unknownplayers have been lighting it up for decades as they express basketball as a freestyle art among their peers and against such pro immortals as Julius Erving and Wilt Chamberlain. X's and O's areexchanged for oohs and aahs in one of the great examples of street theater to be found in urban America. "Asphalt Gods" is a streetwise, supremely entertaining oral history of atournament that has influenced everything from NBA playing style to hip-hop culture. Now, legends transmitted by word of mouth find a home and the achievements of basketball's greatest unknowns a permanent placein the game's record. "From the Hardcover edition."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Asphalt Gods: An Oral History Of The Rucker Tournament. To get started finding Asphalt Gods: An Oral History Of The Rucker Tournament, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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