Wartime Basketball tells the story of basketball's survival and development during World War II and how those years profoundly affected the game's growth after
Wartime Basketball tells the story of basketball’s survival and development during World War II and how those years profoundly affected the game’s growth af
Introduction: A new game -- America goes to war, 1941-1942 -- The color line falls, 1942-1943 -- Wartime basketball, 1943-1944 -- The big man cometh, 1944-1945
Winner of the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing The true story of the game that never should have happened--and of a nation on the brink of monume