Roland Lazenby: 9 books

**"It's not every day that I'm blown away by a book about a sports figure. But MICHAEL JORDAN: THE LIFE, by Roland Lazenby, ranks up there with the very best: The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn, Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger, and Joe DiMaggio by Richard Ben Cramer. The depth of reporting,...

When in 1969 the NBA sought an emblem for the league, one man was chosen above all as the icon of his sport: Jerry West. Silhouetted in white against a red-and-blue backdrop, West’s signature gait and left-handed dribble are still the NBA logo, seen on merchandise around the world. In this...

The definitive portrait of Kobe Bryant, from the author of Michael Jordan. "Lazenby's detailed research and fantastic writing paint a complex, engaging picture of one of the NBA's greats." (Kurt Helin, Pro Basketball Talk, NBC Sports) Eighteen-time All-Star, scorer of 81 points...

MIND GAMES follows the journey of Phil Jackson to the top of basketball’s coaching hierarchy, a rise that took him from obscurity in the Continental Basketball Association to nine championship rings in the NBA. Along the way he turned multimillionaire players on to meditation, transformed the Michael...

L’OUVRAGE - Biographie Michael Jordan : The Life est la biographie définitive d’un basketteur qui possédait tout : le sens du spectacle, la maîtrise des airs et une technique parfaite. Rarement un sportif aura autant fait pour la popularité de sa discipline à l’échelle mondiale. Ce livre...

Nel marzo del 1982 un diciannovenne di Wilmington, North Carolina, segnò i due punti che regalarono il titolo nazionale ai Tar Heels. Inizia così la leggenda di Michael Jordan, destinato a trasformarsi di lì a poco in un'icona della cultura americana, capace di trascendere lo sport e abbattere...

“A must read!” —USA TODAYHow big was the pressure? How deep was the division? Those were the questions that would beg answering long after the Chicago Bulls had completed their strife-ridden 1997-98 season in the National Basketball Association. BLOOD ON THE HORNS details the infighting & conflict...

This is the hardest working team in the NBA — the Utah Jazz. Led by iron men Karl Malone, John Stockton and coach Jerry Sloan. Go behind the scenes to reveal the unparalleled competitiveness of a collection of over-achieving players and their demanding coach, whose never-say-die efforts have captured the hearts of the entire state of Utah and basketball fans throughout North America.

Quando il ?glio di Jellybean Bryant arrivò nella NBA, a diciott'anni, molti pensavano che fosse ancora immaturo, se non addirittura un blu?: un ragazzino viziato che voleva scimmiottare Jordan e usurparne lo scettro. Per qualcuno invece era l'erede designato. Nei playoff, nel momento più atteso,...