Basketball and Life
A Collection of Sing-Song Poetry Based On Growing Up In Brownsville, Brooklyn and a Six-Decades Career As Official Scorer In the ABA & NBA, Including Works On Such Players As Julius Dr. J Erving, Shaquille ONeal and Michael Jordan
Herb Turetzky
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Description
Utilizing the myriad of experiences and people he has met and worked with in a six-decades career as the Official Scorer for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA, Herb Turetzky has authored a collection of poems which will make the reader feel as if he/she is actually taking part in this wonderful life, going back to the beginning of the authors involvement with basketball in the blue-collar Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. Along the way, as the author makes his readers feel almost as if they, too, are sitting courtside working with some of the greatest athletes in the world, readers will get the feeling of winning team championships, being installed in numerous Halls of Fame, and forming relationships with such storied athletes as Shaquille ONeal, Michael Jordan and Julius "Dr. J" Erving.In short, for even the most casual fan of the game of basketball or almost any Brooklynite, you will find BASKETBALL and Life to be a MUST-READ book, one you will remember for years to come.
Customer Reviews
Review
A great book about brooklyn and basketball
Two of my favorite things in the world

- $9.99
- Category: Basketball
- Published: Nov 19, 2010
- Publisher: Xlibris
- Seller: Author Solutions, Inc.
- Print Length: 92 Pages
- Language: English
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