Coach Wooden and me, our 50-year friendship on and off the court, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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- Biographies
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Basketball coaches -- United States -- Biography
- Biography
- Basketball coaches
- Friendship
- History
- Coach-athlete relationships
- Wooden, John, 1910-2010
- African American basketball players
- Basketball
- Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- -- Friends and associates
- Large type books
- United States
- University of California, Los Angeles -- Basketball -- History
- African American basketball players -- United States -- Biography
- Wooden, John, 1910-2010 -- Friends and associates
- Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-
- Coach-athlete relationships -- United States
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Coach Wooden and me, our 50-year friendship on and off the court, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Language
eng
resource.biographical
collective biography
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illustrations
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Coach Wooden and me
Oclc number
987002226
Responsibility statement
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sub title
our 50-year friendship on and off the court
Summary
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history
Table of contents
Prologue: Why it took fifty years to write this book -- When worlds collide: midwestern hick meets Harlem hoopster -- The game is afoot: It's never about winning and other courtside lessons -- Color bind: the unbearable darkness of being black -- What would Wooden do: religion, politics, and keeping the faith -- We've got trouble, right here in Pauley Pavilion: getting lost on Wooden Way -- "Time can bend your knees": the hours of friendship in the days of grief -- Our long day's journey into night
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