City/Game - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook City/Game write by William C. Rhoden. This book was released on 2020-02-11. City/Game available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The players, people, flavor, and contributions New York has given the game. From the playgrounds to the NBA, New York has invented a way of playing basketball, and City/Game is not only about the three renowned NBA teams--the Knicks, the Nets, and the Liberty--and their predecessors, but also the many high-school and college basketball teams with legendary rivalries. Through art and testimonials from the fans, coaches, and players, we learn about Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Kenny Anderson, and Chris Mullin, all birthed on the city blacktop and who took their skills to the NBA hardwood. Explore the famous street-ball courts on a map of the five boroughs, including Rucker Park and the Cage on West 4th Street, home to Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kyrie Irving; read about New York's style of play--like the infamous one-handed jump shot--and glossary of NYC-style trash talk and slang; see "celebrity row" photographs courtside at the Garden and Barclay's Center; revel in the images, headlines, and objects related to the 1970 and 1973 championship Knicks. Packed with new and archival images, this book brings the energy of the sport through original essays by noted writers and highlights from players, fans, and rising stars of the New York scene and features interviews with NBA greats including Queens-born Kenny Smith and Bronx-born former Knick Rod Strickland. A great book for any basketball fan to relive old memories and learn new details.
The New York Times Bridge Book
The New York Times Bridge Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The New York Times Bridge Book write by Alan Truscott. This book was released on 2004-08. The New York Times Bridge Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A guide to the popular card game includes anecdotes about great players, major tournaments, scandals, and strategies that make bridge so legendary.
Baseball the New York Game
Baseball the New York Game - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Baseball the New York Game write by Tony Morante. This book was released on 2021. Baseball the New York Game available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Seven Games: A Human History
Seven Games: A Human History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Seven Games: A Human History write by Oliver Roeder. This book was released on 2022-01-25. Seven Games: A Human History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why—and how—we play them. Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers; Shusai, the Master, the last Go champion of imperial Japan, defending tradition against “modern rationalism”; and an IBM engineer who created a backgammon program so capable at self-learning that NASA used it on the space shuttle. He delves into the history and lore of each game: backgammon boards in ancient Egypt, the Indian origins of chess, how certain shells from a particular beach in Japan make the finest white Go stones. Beyond the cultural and personal stories, Roeder explores why games, seemingly trivial pastimes, speak so deeply to the human soul. He introduces an early philosopher of games, the aptly named Bernard Suits, and visits an Oxford cosmologist who has perfected a computer that can effectively play bridge, a game as complicated as human language itself. Throughout, Roeder tells the compelling story of how humans, pursuing scientific glory and competitive advantage, have invented AI programs better than any human player, and what that means for the games—and for us. Funny, fascinating, and profound, Seven Games is a story of obsession, psychology, history, and how play makes us human.
The Old Ball Game
The Old Ball Game - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Old Ball Game write by Frank Deford. This book was released on 2006-03-02. The Old Ball Game available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Focusing on the unusual friendship between John McGraw and Christy Mathewson, "The Old Ball Game" is a masterful chronicle of the early days of baseball from America's most beloved sportswriter. Illustrations throughout.
