« Am I Black Enough for You? » Basket-Ball, Médias Et Culture Afro-Américaine Aux États-Unis (1950-2015)

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

« Am I Black Enough for You? » Basket-Ball, Médias Et Culture Afro-Américaine Aux États-Unis (1950-2015) UNIVERSITÉ SORBONNE NOUVELLE – PARIS 3 ED 514 – EDEAGE ÉTUDES ANGLOPHONES, GERMANOPHONES ET EUROPÉENNES EA 4399 – CREW CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD Thèse de doctorat Anglais (civilisation américaine) Yann DESCAMPS « Am I Black Enough for You? » Basket-ball, médias et culture afro-américaine aux États-Unis (1950-2015) VOLUME 2 : Annexes Thèse dirigée par Mme la Professeure Divina FRAU-MEIGS Soutenue publiquement le 4 décembre 2015 Jury : - M. Daniel DURBIN, Professeur, University of Southern California - Mme Divina FRAU-MEIGS, Professeur, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 - M. Jean-Paul GABILLIET, Université Bordeaux Montaigne - M. Olivier PÉGARD, Maître de Conférence, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - M. Georges VIGARELLO, Professeur émérite, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales 2 Annexe n°1 : Entretiens Entretien avec Tariq Abdul-Wahad Ancien joueur universitaire (Michigan State) et NBA (Sacramento, Orlando, Denver, Dallas). Entraîneur d’une équipe de lycée à San José. Propos recueillis le 24 février 2014 en marge d’une conférence à USC. « It was like you had black kids from New York in the 1960s being coached by white men from Mississippi. The cultural disconnect was that drastic. France, because of its colonies, half the team is black. There was a serious disconnect between the players and the staff. When I was a rookie, we had 3 meetings: one to manage your money, one for security matters, one to handle lovers. All this was meant to protect the NBA brand, the corporate brand. We’re athletes, but we’re more than athletes. I would love to see these corporations consider athletes as individuals, just as they consider themselves. The French media treat athletes the way the American media treated black athletes years ago. Black players are playing like a panther while the white players think and can shoot. You have a responsibility as an athlete, and there are still a lot of issues that need to be tackled. We can be trying to change the landscape of society. In France, rarely are athletes socially conscious. In France, there is an urgent need to talk about the Muslim community. You had guys who had social message and responsibility, like Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali. Journalists have a huge responsibility to tackle these grey areas. The American game is about military precision, proper language and approach, super- enthusiastic… but there’s also the NBA’s corporate side of sport. Everything’s not that pink. The sport aspect is great, but the media aspect and the corporate aspect still have to be infused with people with a better approach. Richard Sherman showed that it’s okay to function in Compton and in Stanford. » 3 Entretien avec Sébastien Audoux Journaliste sportif omnisport à Canal Plus. Propos recueillis le 18 décembre 2008 à Canal Plus. « J'ai découvert le basket sur Antenne 2, avec la Pro A, puis la NBA sur Canal Plus à la fin des années 1980. C'était l'époque des duels entre les Bulls et les Pistons. C'était aussi les années fastes de Jordan. Il développait un jeu ultra esthétique. Il était fluide comme dense. Les basketteurs NBA sont des athlètes hors-normes, au-dessus des autres. Ils sont à la fois grands et rapides. Kevin Garnett est un athlète inouï. Dans les années 1970, la NBA était considérée comme un repère de drogués. Les NBA Finals étaient retransmises en différé. C'est une ligue qui vient de nulle part. David Stern a su parfaitement surfer sur la vague du duel Magic/Bird, puis sur celle de l'émergence de Michael Jordan. Entre le duel Noir vs. Blanc, et le duel Los Angeles vs. Boston, la NBA tenait là un casting parfait. De plus, Jordan est arrivé à Chicago dans un autre gros marché. Le public est essentiellement composé de familles blanches aisées, à cause du prix des places. Elles sont également les cibles du marketing NBA, beaucoup plus que dans le baseball, qui est sur cet aspect plus populaire, avec des tarifs bas. La période Chamberlain/Russell appartient aux seuls fans, car la NBA était peu diffusée. La période 1967-1976, avant la fusion avec la ABA, est une période floue. Ensuite, il y a eu Magic/Bird. C'est le duel entre la vieille Amérique et la nouvelle Amérique, au niveau universitaire, puis en NBA. Le scénario est parfait jusqu'en 1984 et leur première rencontre en Finale. La question de la représentation est travaillée aux États-Unis, comme le lien entre les Pittsburgh Steelers et leur public. Les Pistons sont liés à l'Amérique besogneuse, et les Lakers à Hollywood. Les Celtics sont l'équipe des WASP, l'équipe blanche. Pourtant, Red Auerbach a participé à l'intégration des Noirs. Mais la présence de stars blanches, comme Cousy, ou Bird, colle parfaitement à la population. Quant à Magic, il ne pouvait pas jouer ailleurs qu'à Los Angeles... Michael Jordan est une idole pour tout le monde. Avec lui, on dépasse le cadre du basket. Il a eu un tel impact qu'il est devenu plus grand que le basket lui-même. Il a essayé de se donner une image lisse. L'histoire de Jordan est une véritable success story. La NBA joue là-dessus, sur le duel entre les bons et les méchants (Bad Boys...). La NBA, c'est du business. On ne s'intéresse pas à l'âme du jeu, on vend du basket. Si en France, il y a l'aspect fédéral et associatif à prendre en compte, aux États-Unis, c'est différent. Le sport est une entreprise commerciale, qui ne travaille pas pour la promotion du sport. La NCAA, c'est beaucoup plus que du business. Il y a des bourses accordées, on insiste sur l'intégration... La NCAA gagne de l'argent sur des joueurs non payés, ce qui entraîne des dérives logiques. En ce qui concerne He Got Game, je pense que l'histoire de base est bancale, mais dans l'ensemble, c'est bien vu, notamment lorsque le joueur visite la fac US. L'arrière-plan est très important. Lee critique le système dans son ensemble. La grande question est : est-ce qu'il exagère ? Je ne pense pas, car il y a bien pire que ce que vit Jesus Shuttlesworth. Il y a un lien entre le basket et les zones urbaines. Les joueurs sont des exemples de réussite, des modèles. C'est le cas de Magic Johnson. C'est terrible, mais pour les jeunes Noirs américains, Michael Jordan est devenu plus important que Malcolm X ou Martin Luther King Jr. Aujourd'hui, LeBron James est un modèle pour eux, bien plus qu'un PDG noir. Les États-Unis forment une société de l'image. La NBA vit par la télévision. Les matchs sont diffusés en direct sur les grandes chaînes nationales. Et les souvenirs du duel Magic/Bird ou des exploits de Jordan sont liés à la télévision. C'est très américain de rappeler les moments de l'histoire. On resitue sans cesse la performance dans un cadre historique plus large. C'est très important là-bas. La Dream Team et la Redeem Team sont le symbole de la puissance US. 4 Pour beaucoup de jeunes afro-américains, le rêve américain passe par le basket-ball. Le spectacle est très important dans la réussite du sport. On donne l'avantage à l'attaque et on adapte les règles dans ce sens. Malgré cela, les Pistons ont remporté le titre face aux Lakers en 2004. La grande question est la suivante : « est-ce que la NBA a dénaturé, fait du mal au basket ? N'ont- ils pas transformé le basket en jeu du cirque ? » 5 Entretien avec Todd Boyd Professeur de critical studies, School of Cinematic Arts, USC. Spécialiste de la question raciale et de la culture populaire. Propos recueillis le 16 novembre 2009 à USC. « I think basketball has played a part in the history of the African-American community. I think sports, for a long time, have played an important role in terms of African-Americans’ ability to move into mainstream American society. And many of the most important moments in Black history are tied to sporting events, going on right back to Jack Johnson in boxing and certainly Jackie Robinson in baseball, breaking the color line. And these were all events that took place before the Civil Rights Movement even started. So, I would say in the post-Civil Rights era, basketball has been a sport that has been the most connected to African-American culture – urban culture, particularly, beginning in the 70s and increasing in importance with each decade. Basketball became a way for young black men from generally urban environments, it’s an urban sport, even though players come from all background, basketball was a sport different than baseball, which was always more conservative and traditional, very much rooted in its own history. I think of baseball as a Republican sport, and football also, which is, I think, quite influenced by the military, very militaristic and a different sort of context. Basketball, I think, is an urban sport, to the extent that you have a large percentage of the African-American population moving from rural areas to urbanized areas, starting in the 1920s. Going forward, basketball, by the 70s, 80s, 90s, came to be the most predominant sport relative to those issues. Basketball, as I say, has a different history than baseball and football. Basketball was originally a sport in America. In the history of the game, it was really Jews and African-Americans, which is sort of the urban history of America in a same way.
Recommended publications
  • Newspaper Layout
    VOLUME 13-14 THE PENNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWSPAPER ISSUE 4 PENGUIN Did you know that you can follow PRESS what is happening at Pennell and By Author Name aroundGrammys’ the district fir oneworks Facebook and Pennell’s above theme this Twitter?Katy Perr Pleasey, Beach “Like” Boys, the Chris Pennell Brown, W W W.PDSD.ORG school year encourages andBruce PDSD Springsteen Facebook pages. students to maximize critical- thinking, problem-solving, and curiosity! KindergartenW W W.EX TR ANE W S PAP ERS. C O M By Alec Sarnocinski, Penguin Press Staff Inside This Issue I have interviewed the two kindergarten teachers and asked them some Kindergarten, cover page questions. The first question was: What are you teaching your kids? Dr. Huber said Math, Reading, and Writing. 1st Grade, cover page Mrs. Cage is teaching Math, Language Arts, and Science. The second question asked was: What college did you go to? Dr. Huber went to Millersville University for her bachelor’s degree, Wilmington University for her master’s 2nd Grade, page 2 degree, and Widener University for her doctorate. Mrs. Cage said she attended Millersville University and Cabrini College. The third question I asked was: What are some of your hobbies? Mrs. Cage said she likes gardening, rd 3 Grade, page 2 watching her kids play sports, and going to the beach with her family. Dr. Huber said her hobbies are reading, th going to the beach, and spending time with her family. The next question was: How many kids are in your class? 4 Grade, page 3 Dr. Huber has 25 kids in a.m.
    [Show full text]
  • Professional Letter
    CHELSEY SCALESE Public Relations Manager, Wells Fargo Center 3601 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148 [email protected] 215-275-1449 Wells Fargo Center Fact Sheet Capacity 21,000 Tenant Teams Philadelphia Flyers (NHL), Philadelphia 76ers (NBA) Opening Date August 31, 1996 Website www.WellsFargoCenterPhilly.com Major Events at Wells Fargo Center Year Event 1996 World Cup of Hockey 1997 Stanley Cup Final (Philadelphia Flyers vs. Detroit Red Wings) 1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships 1999 WWF Wrestlemania XV 1999 American Hockey League All Star Game 2000 Republican National Convention 2000 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four 2001 NBA Finals (Philadelphia 76ers vs. LA Lakers) 2001 X Games 2001 NCAA Men’s Basketball East Regionals 2002 X Games 2002 NBA All-Star Weekend 2006 NCAA Men’s First and Second Round Basketball games 2008 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials 2009 NCAA Men’s First and Second Round Basketball games 2010 Stanley Cup Final (Philadelphia Flyers vs. Chicago Blackhawks) 2011 NCAA Wrestling Championships 2013 NCAA Men’s Second and Third round Basketball games 2014 National Hockey League Entry Draft 2014 NCAA Frozen Four 2016 NCAA Men’s College Basketball East Regionals 2016 Democratic National Convention (Upcoming) Championships Won at Wells Fargo Center In the 20-year history of the Wells Fargo Center, here is a list of past champions crowned at the home of the Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia 76ers. 1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships Todd Eldredge / Men’s Michelle Kwan / Women’s 2000 NCAA
    [Show full text]
  • O Klahoma City
    MEDIA GUIDE O M A A H C L I K T Y O T R H U N D E 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 5 THUNDER.NBA.COM TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION ALL-TIME RECORDS General Information .....................................................................................4 Year-By-Year Record ..............................................................................116 All-Time Coaching Records .....................................................................117 THUNDER OWNERSHIP GROUP Opening Night ..........................................................................................118 Clayton I. Bennett ........................................................................................6 All-Time Opening-Night Starting Lineups ................................................119 2014-2015 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER SEASON SCHEDULE Board of Directors ........................................................................................7 High-Low Scoring Games/Win-Loss Streaks ..........................................120 All-Time Winning-Losing Streaks/Win-Loss Margins ...............................121 All times Central and subject to change. All home games at Chesapeake Energy Arena. PLAYERS Overtime Results .....................................................................................122 Photo Roster ..............................................................................................10 Team Records .........................................................................................124 Roster ........................................................................................................11
    [Show full text]
  • Chasing Talent KBS Explores the Surge of Companies Seeking to Locate Near the Best Talent Pools in the Country
    2020 ISSUE Chasing Talent KBS explores the surge of companies seeking to locate near the best talent pools in the country. PAGE 16 Power On! An exclusive interview with one of basketball’s greatest all-time scorers, Dirk Nowitzki and his wife Jessica. PAGE 20 What’s Inside: Importance of Branding What Gen Z Wants Stress Free Offices Tenant Profiles: MedtoMarket and FP1 Strategies Market Spotlight: Nashville GTLAW.COM Helping clients identify opportunity and manage risk. With over five decades of business- driven legal experience and more than 400 real estate attorneys from around the world, serving clients from key markets in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP | ATTORNEYS AT LAW | 2100 ATTORNEYS | 41 LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE° Bruce Fischer | Chair, West Coast Real Estate Practice WORLDWIDE LOCATIONS Co-Managing Shareholder, Orange County 18565 Jamboree Road | Suite 500 | Irvine, CA 92612 | | 949.732.6500 United States Greenberg Traurig, LLP GreenbergTraurig, LLP GT_Law GT_Law Europe Middle East The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements. Before you decide, ask us to send you free written information about our qualifications and our experience. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Asia Greenberg Traurig is a service mark and trade name of Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Greenberg Traurig, P.A. ©2018 Greenberg 2 Traurig, LLP. Attorneys at Law. All rights reserved. Attorney advertising. °These numbers are subject to fluctuation. Images in this PREMIER OFFICE MAGAZINE advertisement do not depict Greenberg Traurig attorneys, clients, staff or facilities. 33268 Latin America Letter from the CEO he year 2020 will close out the second decade of the T21st Century.
    [Show full text]
  • 65 Orlando Magic Magazine Photo Frames (Green Tagged and Numbered)
    65 Orlando Magic Magazine Photo Frames (Green Tagged and Numbered) 1. April 1990 “Stars Soar Into Orlando” 2. May 1990 “Ice Gets Hot” 3. May 1990 “The Rookies” 4. June 1990 Magic Dancers “Trying Tryouts” 5. October 1990 “Young Guns III” 6. December 1990 Greg Kite “BMOC” 7. January 1991 “Battle Plans” 8. February 1991 “Cat Man Do” 9. April 1991 “Final Exam” 10. May 1991 Dennis Scott “Free With The Press” 11. June 1991 Scott Skiles “A Star on the Rise” 12. October 1991 “Brian Williams: Renaissance Man” 13. December 1991 “Full Court Press” 14. January 1992 Scott Skiles “The Fitness Team” 15. February 1992 TV Media “On The Air” 16. All-Star Weekend 1992 “Orlando All Star” 17. March 1992 Magic Johnson “Magic Memories” 18. April 1992 “Star Search” 19. June 1992 Shaq “Shaq, Rattle and Roll” 20. October 1992 Shaq “It’s Shaq Time” (Autographed) 21. December 1992 Shaq “Reaching Out” 22. January 1993 Nick Anderson “Flying in Style” 23. May 1993 Shaq “A Season to Remember” 24. Summer 1993 Shaq “The Shaq Era” 25. November 1993 Shaq “Great Expectations” 26. December 1993 Scott Skiles “Leader of the Pack” 27. January 1994 Larry Krystkowiak “Big Guy From Big Sky” 28. February 1994 Anthony Bowie “The Energizer” 29. March 1994 Anthony Avant “Avant’s New Adventure” 30. June 1994 Shaq “Ouch” 31. July 1994 Dennis Scott “The Comeback Kid” 32. August 1994 Shaq “Shaq’s Dream World” 33. September 1994 “Universal Appeal” 34. October 1994 Horace Grant “Orlando’s Newest All-Star” 35. November 1994 “The New Fab Five” 36.
    [Show full text]
  • (Wtam, Fsn Oh) 7:00 Pm
    SUN., MAY 21, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 8:30 PM ET CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (51-31, 10-0) VS. BOSTON CELTICS (53-29, 8-7) (CAVS LEAD SERIES 2-0) 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES CONFERENCE FINALS GAME 3 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME # 11 HOME GAME # 5 PROBABLE STARTERS POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 16-17: 74 74 26.4 8.6 8.7 .548 37.8 PLAYOFFS: 10 10 34.3 8.5 7.1 .569 41.4 QUARTERFINALS F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 60 60 19.0 11.1 1.9 .427 31.4 # 2 Cleveland vs. # 7 Indiana PLAYOFFS: 10 10 16.3 9.7 1.4 .459 31.1 CAVS Won Series 4-0 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 78 78 8.1 9.2 1.0 .600 30.0 Game 1 at Cleveland; April 15 PLAYOFFS: 10 10 8.9 9.6 1.1 .593 32.1 CAVS 109, Pacers 108 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 16-17: 41 35 8.6 2.8 1.5 .346 29.0 Game 2 at Cleveland; April 17 PLAYOFFS: 10 10 6.2 2.4 0.8 .478 25.7 CAVS 117, Pacers 111 Game 3 at Indiana; April 20 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 16-17: 72 72 25.2 3.2 5.8 .473 35.1 PLAYOFFS: 10 10 22.4 2.4 5.5 .415 33.9 CAVS 119, Pacers 114 Game 4 at Indiana; April 23 CAVS 106, Pacers 102 CAVS QUICK FACTS The Cleveland Cavaliers will look to take a 3-0 series lead over the Boston Celtics after posting a 130-86 victory in Game 2 at TD Garden on Wednesday night.
    [Show full text]
  • Open Andrew Bryant SHC Thesis.Pdf
    THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHREYER HONORS COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS REVISITING THE SUPERSTAR EXTERNALITY: LEBRON’S ‘DECISION’ AND THE EFFECT OF HOME MARKET SIZE ON EXTERNAL VALUE ANDREW DAVID BRYANT SPRING 2013 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for baccalaureate degrees in Mathematics and Economics with honors in Economics Reviewed and approved* by the following: Edward Coulson Professor of Economics Thesis Supervisor David Shapiro Professor of Economics Honors Adviser * Signatures are on file in the Schreyer Honors College. i ABSTRACT The movement of superstar players in the National Basketball Association from small- market teams to big-market teams has become a prominent issue. This was evident during the recent lockout, which resulted in new league policies designed to hinder this flow of talent. The most notable example of this superstar migration was LeBron James’ move from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Miami Heat. There has been much discussion about the impact on the two franchises directly involved in this transaction. However, the indirect impact on the other 28 teams in the league has not been discussed much. This paper attempts to examine this impact by analyzing the effect that home market size has on the superstar externality that Hausman & Leonard discovered in their 1997 paper. A road attendance model is constructed for the 2008-09 to 2011-12 seasons to compare LeBron’s “superstar effect” in Cleveland versus his effect in Miami. An increase of almost 15 percent was discovered in the LeBron superstar variable, suggesting that the move to a bigger market positively affected LeBron’s fan appeal.
    [Show full text]
  • All the Flowers in Shanghai
    William Morrow An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Andy Dodds, (212) 207-7498 [email protected] Amy Jacobs, (212) 843-8077 [email protected] AA FFAATTHHEERR FFIIRRSSTT How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball By Dwyane Wade Publication Date: September 4, 2012 In A FATHER FIRST: How My Life Became Bigger than Basketball, Dwyane Wade, a current co-captain for the Miami HEAT and eight-time NBA All-Star, shares insights on his life both on and off the court with a large focus on fatherhood, a topic of deep personal significance. Wade reveals his thoughts on fatherhood, detailing his personal experiences as a parent, and tracing his transformation from being the child of a single parent to now serving as one himself. In the book, Wade opens up and reveals for the first time the intimate and traumatic details of his growing up and also the prolonged battle with his ex-wife for sole custody of his two sons, touching on: · His mother’s struggles as a drug addict, and his growing up in Chicago among gangs, drug dealers and police raids (including a gut-wrenching story of young Dwyane finding a dead body in a garbage can) · How he pulled himself up from such a life, thrived through basketball and maintained his devotion to his mother · He has never talked about the prolonged battle with his ex-wife over sole custody of his two sons and why doing so was the most important thing in his life; and how the constant media attention has affected him and his boys · His advocacy for fathers taking a strong
    [Show full text]
  • Graphical Model for Baskeball Match Simulation
    Graphical Model for Baskeball Match Simulation Min-hwan Oh, Suraj Keshri, Garud Iyengar Columbia University New York, NY, USA, 10027 [email protected], [email protected] [email protected] Abstract Conventional approaches to simulate matches have ignored that in basketball the dynamics of ball movement is very sensitive to the lineups on the court and unique identities of players on both offense and defense sides. In this paper, we propose the simulation infrastructure that can bridge the gap between player identity and team level network. We model the progression of a basketball match using a probabilistic graphical model. We model every touch and event in a game as a sequence of transitions between discrete states. We treat the progression of a match as a graph, where each node is a network structure of players on the court, their actions, events, etc., and edges denote possible moves in the game flow. Our results show that either changes in the team lineup or changes in the opponent team lineup significantly affects the dynamics of a match progression. Evaluation on the match data for the 2013-14 NBA season suggests that the graphical model approach is appropriate for modeling a basketball match. 1 Introduction Predicting the outcomes of professional sports events is one of the most popular practices in the sports media, fan communities and, of course, sport betting related industries. Predictions range from human prediction to statistical analysis of historical data. In recent years, basketball, specifically the NBA, has received much atten- tion as a domain of analytics with the advent of player tracking data.
    [Show full text]
  • Sport-Scan Daily Brief
    SPORT-SCAN DAILY BRIEF NHL 06/07/19 Arizona Coyotes Boston Bruins cont'd 1146137 Arizona Coyotes sign defenseman Robbie Russo to 1146177 Watch Bruins fans give injured Zdeno Chara huge ovation 1-year deal before Game 5 vs. Blues 1146138 It’s safe to say that some of us are a little nuts’: Chara’s 1146178 Watch Bobby Orr, Derek Sanderson serve as Bruins' decision may add to NHL’s playoff lore Stanley Cup Game 5 banner captains 1146179 Bruins' Zdeno Chara (jaw) medically cleared to play in Boston Bruins Game 5 1146139 Painful night all around for Zdeno Chara and Bruins 1146180 Bruins' awesome Stanley Cup Game 5 hype video 1146140 Late non-call stole the show in Bruins’ Game 5 loss features Tom Brady cameo 1146141 Tyler Bozak’s apparent slew foot of Noel Acciari in Game 1146181 Bruins vs. Blues live stream: Watch 2019 Stanley Cup 5 ‘was a missed call on the biggest stage of hockey’ Final Game 5 online 1146142 Series deficit about more than officials, but Game 5 was a 1146182 Who could Bruins banner captains be for Games 5 and 7 crime of the Stanley Cup Final? 1146143 Blues beat Bruins to take 3-2 lead in Stanley Cup Final 1146183 Bruins' scoreless second line has to 'have more of an 1146144 Non-call on third-period trip hard to ignore after 2-1 loss attack mentality' 1146145 Zdeno Chara joins a stellar list of those who played in pain 1146184 ‘It’s safe to say that some of us are a little nuts’: Chara’s 1146146 Bruins’ Matt Grzelcyk out for Game 5 of Stanley Cup Final decision may add to NHL’s playoff lore 1146147 NBC’s Patrick Sharp knows
    [Show full text]
  • Middle of the Pack Biggest Busts Too Soon to Tell Best
    ZSW [C M Y K]CC4 Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2015 ZSW [C M Y K] 4 Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2015 C4 • SPORTS • STAR TRIBUNE • TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2015 TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2015 • STAR TRIBUNE • SPORTS • C5 2015 NBA DRAFT HISTORY BEST OF THE REST OF FIRSTS The NBA has held 30 drafts since the lottery began in 1985. With the Wolves slated to pick first for the first time Thursday, staff writer Kent Yo ungblood looks at how well the past 30 N o. 1s fared. Yo u might be surprised how rarely the first player taken turned out to be the best player. MIDDLE OF THE PACK BEST OF ALL 1985 • KNICKS 1987 • SPURS 1992 • MAGIC 1993 • MAGIC 1986 • CAVALIERS 1988 • CLIPPERS 2003 • CAVALIERS Patrick Ewing David Robinson Shaquille O’Neal Chris Webber Brad Daugherty Danny Manning LeBron James Center • Georgetown Center • Navy Center • Louisiana State Forward • Michigan Center • North Carolina Forward • Kansas Forward • St. Vincent-St. Mary Career: Averaged 21.0 points and 9.8 Career: Spurs had to wait two years Career: Sixth all-time in scoring, O’Neal Career: ROY and a five-time All-Star, High School, Akron, Ohio Career: Averaged 19 points and 9 .5 Career: Averaged 14.0 pts and 5.2 rebounds over a 17-year Hall of Fame for Robinson, who came back from woN four titles, was ROY, a 15-time Webber averaged 20.7 points and 9.8 rebounds in eight seasons. A five- rebounds in a career hampered by Career: Rookie of the Year, an All- career. R OY.
    [Show full text]
  • Basketball and Philosophy, Edited by Jerry L
    BASKE TBALL AND PHILOSOPHY The Philosophy of Popular Culture The books published in the Philosophy of Popular Culture series will il- luminate and explore philosophical themes and ideas that occur in popu- lar culture. The goal of this series is to demonstrate how philosophical inquiry has been reinvigorated by increased scholarly interest in the inter- section of popular culture and philosophy, as well as to explore through philosophical analysis beloved modes of entertainment, such as movies, TV shows, and music. Philosophical concepts will be made accessible to the general reader through examples in popular culture. This series seeks to publish both established and emerging scholars who will engage a major area of popular culture for philosophical interpretation and exam- ine the philosophical underpinnings of its themes. Eschewing ephemeral trends of philosophical and cultural theory, authors will establish and elaborate on connections between traditional philosophical ideas from important thinkers and the ever-expanding world of popular culture. Series Editor Mark T. Conard, Marymount Manhattan College, NY Books in the Series The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick, edited by Jerold J. Abrams The Philosophy of Martin Scorsese, edited by Mark T. Conard The Philosophy of Neo-Noir, edited by Mark T. Conard Basketball and Philosophy, edited by Jerry L. Walls and Gregory Bassham BASKETBALL AND PHILOSOPHY THINKING OUTSIDE THE PAINT EDITED BY JERRY L. WALLS AND GREGORY BASSHAM WITH A FOREWORD BY DICK VITALE THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY Publication
    [Show full text]