“charley rosen”

Return to basketball's salad days, when the boys were green and the money didn't matter.. . On November 1, 1946, in the NBA's (then called the BAA) first game ever, as the visiting New York Knickerbockers defeated the Toronto Huskies, the first point in the history of the NBA was scored by the Knick... More

The seven members of an all-Jewish basketball team, barnstorming in Depression-era America, confront the prejudices of the nation, as well as their own souls, in a wry and ardent road novel. "A tale of much more than sport. Rosen gives us a sometimes agonizing, often hilarious journey through Americ... More

Now in paperback, "The Wizard of Odds" chronicles the rise and fall of Jack Molinas, the outstanding NBA All-Star who fixed games, cavorted with the Mafia, produced pornographic films, and was eventually murdered.Jack Molinas had everything: good looks, charm, brains, and a talent for basketball tha... More

" Charley] Rosen works from inside the heads of each of his characters, who bring to life such darker elements of the time as McCarthyism, the Korean War and racial tension. No special knowledge of the game is required to appreciate this very engaging novel. . . . Even readers who are not basketball... More

"Players and Pretenders" tells the story of the flip side of basketball's "March Madness," where the game is played by average players for love, not for money. At the end of the 1970s at Bard College, where there was no pretense of institutional support, Charley Rosen gathered his hoops hopefuls and... More

Throughout the 1999P2000 season, Phil Jackson and Charley Rosen got together to tape conversations about Jackson's latest challenge: teaching the rigorous Rpower triangleS to an undisciplined Lakers team. The result is "More Than a Game, " an insider's account of the bumpy ride of the Lakers' champi... More

Dawkins, the first player to go directly from high school to the NBA, received instant fame when he became the first player to smash a backboard. His tell-all account of life in the NBA during the 1970s and '80s is full of spicy anecdotes, ribald humor, sex, drugs, and racism.Chocolate Thunder is a ... More

World Resources 2000-2001, People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life focuses on the critical link between ecosystems and people and provides an overview of current global environmental and economic trends using hundreds of indicators in more than 150 countries. Until now there has not been a co... More