The Bullets, the Wizards, and Washington, DC, Basketball by Brett L. Abrams,Raphael Mazzone
By Brett L. Abrams,Raphael Mazzone
In
The Bullets, the Wizards, and Washington, DC, Basketball, Brett L. Abrams and Raphael Mazzone chronicle the area’s historical past basketball, from the sport’s origins as a nearby online game up in the course of the modern-day as a multi-billion greenback enterprise. This ebook captures the highs and lows of the Bullets, the Wizards, and all of the different basketball groups in Washington’s background. The authors meticulously researched newspaper and journal articles, in addition to archival fabric from the Basketball corridor of popularity, to offer an entire and accomplished heritage of the DC groups. Their findings light up the proprietors, gamers, and rivalries, and likewise offer perception into the occasions, trades, and most important video games that happened through the background basketball within the DC area.A attention-grabbing examine the heritage basketball in our nation’s capital,
The Bullets, the Wizards, and Washington, DC, Basketball will entice all lovers of the sport.
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