Coach Wooden and me : our 50-year friendship on and off the court /

Coach Wooden and me : our 50-year friendship on and off the court /

When future NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was still an 18-year-old high school basketball prospect from New York City named Lew Alcindor, he accepted a scholarship from UCLA largely on the strength of Coach John Wooden's reputation as a winner. It turned out to be the right choice, as Alcindor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, > 1947- > Friends and associates.
Wooden, John, > 1910-2010 > Friends and associates.
University of California, Los Angeles > Basketball > History.
Coach-athlete relationships > United States.
African American basketball players > United States > Biography.
Racism in sports > United States > History.
Basketball coaches > United States > Biography.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
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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