What is the name of the book based on the life of Kermit Washington's life after he ended Rudy Tomjanovich's playing career?
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The Breaks of the Game The Breaks of the Game is a 1981 sports book written by Pulitzer Prize winning reporter David Halberstam about the Portland Trail Blazers' 1979–1980 season. The Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team which plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Aside from a recap of the Blazers' season, the book attempts to give a detailed history of the NBA, the 1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers championship team, the injuries faced by departed star Bill Walton, and the life of Kermit Washington after his two-month suspension for punching Rudy Tomjanovich. The book also puts basketball into a social context and contains extensive discussion on race in the NBA.
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Kermit Washington Kermit Alan Washington (born September 17, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player. Washington is best remembered for punching opposing player Rudy Tomjanovich during an on-court fight in 1977. His punch nearly killed Tomjanovich, and resulted in severe medical problems that ultimately ended Tomjanovich's playing career.
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Dear Bruce Springsteen Dear Bruce Springsteen is a juvenile fiction novel published in 1987 by Kevin Major. It consists of the letters of 14-year-old Terry Blanchard to his idol, Bruce Springsteen, in which he talks about his problems as a youth.
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A Secret Life (book) A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland is a 2011 historical book by American author Charles Lachman that reveals the untold story of President Grover Cleveland's 1884 presidential campaign and allegations that a decade earlier he fathered an illegitimate son and had the child's mother committed to a mental asylum.
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If You Don't Buy This Book, We'll Kill This Dog! If You Don't Buy This Book, We'll Kill This Dog: Life Laughs, Love and Death at National Lampoon is an American book that was published in 1994. It is a history based on the author Matty Simmons' involvement with the "National Lampoon" magazine and its various spin-offs including the film "Animal House".
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Bound for Glory (book) Bound for Glory is the partially fictionalized autobiography of folk singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie. The book describes Guthrie's childhood, his travels across the United States as a hobo on the railroad, and towards the end his beginning to get recognition as a singer. Some of the experiences of fruit picking and a hobo camp are similar to those described in "The Grapes of Wrath".
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The Bronx Zoo (book) The Bronx Zoo: The Astonishing Inside Story of the 1978 World Champion New York Yankees is a nonfiction book written by former Major League Baseball pitcher Sparky Lyle and Peter Golenbock. A memoir of Lyle's tenure with the New York Yankees, the book documents the 1978 New York Yankees season, including the 1978 World Series and conflicts between players. The book was published by Crown Publishers in 1979.
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Cameron Colvin Cameron Colvin (born March 5, 1986) is a former American football player, having played for the De La Salle Spartans, Oregon Ducks, and San Francisco 49ers. He was recently portrayed by Ser'Darius William Blain in the 2014 film "When the Game Stands Tall", about his high school football team, the De La Salle Spartans. Now Chairman of a multimillion dollar International real estate development company " Rise Above Enterprises " Now author of Never Stop " 12 Principles of Success. Cameron has been featured in numerous global media outlets from Forbes, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, New York Post and more. His commitment to his sports career, business endeavors, and philanthropy has set Cameron on a path to influence many around the world! Colvin's net worth has been estimated around 38 million to $42,000,000.00 from numerous holding in business, real estate and ventures across the world.
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George Washington (miniseries) George Washington is a 1984 television miniseries directed by Buzz Kulik. The miniseries, released in three parts, chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from age 11 to age 51. "George Washington" is based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
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The Bronx Is Burning The Bronx Is Burning is a television drama that debuted on ESPN on July 10, 2007, after the 2007 MLB Home Run Derby. It is an eight-episode mini-series adapted from Jonathan Mahler's best-selling book, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning". The book focuses on baseball's triumph over the turmoil and hysteria of 1977 New York City and how the New York Yankees came to embody the hopes and fears of an unforgettable summer with Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson's warfare under George Steinbrenner's leadership.
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Andrew Kirtzman Andrew Kirtzman (born c. 1961) is a journalist and author who served as political reporter and anchor for six years at WCBS-TV (CBS 2) in New York City until April 2008. He is the author of "Betrayal: The Life and Lies of Bernie Madoff" about Bernard Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme and "Rudy Giuliani: Emperor of the City," a book about the former mayor's tumultuous reign at City Hall. Kirtzman was with Giuliani on the morning of September 11, 2001 and chronicled his experience with the mayor in the paperback version of his book.
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A Dangerous Path A Dangerous Path is a children's fantasy novel, the fifth book in the "Warriors" series, written by Cherith Baldry and Kate Cary under the pseudonym of Erin Hunter. This individual book was written by Cherith Baldry. The series is about four Clans of wild cats, and their adventures in the forest in which they reside. The story follows a plan set up by Tigerstar, leader of ShadowClan, who wishes to destroy ThunderClan by using dogs to hunt them down. At the end of the book, Bluestar, leader of ThunderClan, dies after risking her life to kill the dogs, making Fireheart, now Firestar, the new leader of ThunderClan. Near the end of the book, Fireheart's friend Graystripe also returns to ThunderClan from RiverClan, knowing that no one will respect him in RiverClan.
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Rudy Washington Rudy Washington is an American politician who served as deputy mayor under New York City former mayor Rudy Giuliani.
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Football Against the Enemy Football Against the Enemy is a book by Simon Kuper. It won the 1994 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.
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Private Parts (book) Private Parts is the first book written by American radio personality Howard Stern. Released on October 7, 1993 by Simon & Schuster, it is the fastest-selling book in the company's history. It was later adapted into a film in 1997 starring Stern and his radio show staff as themselves. The early chapters are autobiographical, covering Stern's upbringing and early career, while later chapters are more in the style of a memoir, covering recurring themes from his radio show such as sex, flatulence, and celebrities.
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Exposure (Peet novel) Exposure is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2008. Inspired by William Shakespeare's Othello, the story follows Otello, a black association football player and his high-profile relationship with Desmerelda, a white celebrity. It also has a parallel plot about three street kids trying to live life in abject poverty.
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Free Baseball Free Baseball is a children's novel by Sue Corbett, first published in 2006.
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Travel Team Travel Team is a young adult novel by columnist Mike Lupica about a boy named Danny Walker who is cut from his travel basketball team because of his short stature, so his father Richie responds by forming a new travel team made up of players who were cut or did not try out. The novel was a children's chapter book New York Times best seller for 3 months, and was based in part on Lupica's experience when his son was cut from a basketball team.
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For Love of the Game For Love of the Game is a novel by American author Michael Shaara, published posthumously in 1991. The book tells the story of fictional baseball great Billy Chapel, thirty-seven years old and nearing the end of his career.
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1994–95 Washington Bullets season The 1994–95 NBA season was the Bullets' 34th season in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Bullets acquired Scott Skiles from the Orlando Magic and hired Jim Lynam as head coach. After drafting Juwan Howard with the fifth pick in the 1994 NBA draft, the Bullets traded Tom Gugliotta to the Golden State Warriors for Howard's former "Fab Five" teammate at Michigan Chris Webber. However, after a 4–1 start to the season, the Bullets struggled as they lost 25 of their next 28 games. At midseason, things got worse as Kevin Duckworth was suspended indefinitely after 40 games for not staying in physical condition, where he weighed over 310lbs. The Bullets posted a 13-game losing streak near the end of the season, and finished last place in the Atlantic Division with a 21–61 record. Webber averaged 20.1 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game.
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What Happened (Clinton book) What Happened is a 2017 book by Hillary Rodham Clinton about her experiences as the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election. Published on September 12, 2017, it is her seventh book with her publisher, Simon & Schuster.
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Brent Jordan Brent Kenton Jordan (born August 15, 1963 in Santa Ana Heights, California) is an American author, best known for writing a book about his 20 years working as a bouncer at such clubs as Cheetah's Topless Club in Las Vegas.