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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS NEW TITLE • WWW.MHSPRESS.ORG MINNESOTA HOOPS Basketball in the North Star State MARC HUGUNIN STEW THORNLEY From 1892 when students of basketball inventor Dr. James A. Naismith brought the game to Minnesota to the latest seasons of the Timberwolves, Lynx, and Golden Gophers, Minnesota Hoops is the definitive history of the state’s most-played sport. Sit courtside as center George Mikan leads the Minneapolis Lakers to win six league championships in seven years. Follow the stories of early barnstorming and YMCA teams, with players as passionate about the win as those with multimillion-dollar contracts are today. Watch in awe as Gopher women’s superstar Lindsay Whalen dominates the court with spirit and finesse. Discover friends and family in the season-by- season records of girls’ and boys’ state high school tournaments. Triumph with the Lynd high school state tournament finalists of ’46, hayloft hoopsters who practiced in a barn. Rise to the top with Kevin AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER Garnett as he signs with the Timberwolves at eighteen, then is named 1 3 CLOTH · 296 PAGES · 8 ⁄4 X 10 ⁄4 the NBA’s MVP at twenty-seven. 140 B&W PHOTOS, INDEX, BIBLIOGRAPHY $29.95 · ISBN 0-87351-574-9 Hugunin and Thornley present all the facts and bust longstanding (978-0-87351-574-0) myths to offer an unparalleled history of the sport that they love for BOOKSTORES & RESELLERS hardcore fans and novices alike. MHS Press books are available direct from the publisher or from wholesalers, including Ingram Marc Hugunin began at age seven clipping newspaper articles about Book Co. and Baker & Taylor. Call us for discount basketball, eventually earning a master’s in sports and society at schedule and terms (800-647-7827). Bowling Green University. Stew Thornley is a sports historian and ALSO OF INTEREST author of Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History (MHS Press). Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History Stew Thornley $29.95, cloth, 0-87351-551-X (978-0-87351-551-1) MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS CODE TITLE QUANTITY PRICE TOTAL c/o Chicago Distribution Center 574-9 Minnesota Hoops $29.95 $ 11030 South Langley Ave. Chicago, IL 60628-3830 551-X Baseball in Minnesota $29.95 $ phone: 800-621-2736; fax: 800-621-8476 Subtotal $________ Name Discount (MHS members 10%) $________ Address 6.5% Sales Tax (MN Residents) $________ City State Zip 7% Tax (St. Paul Residents) $________ Phone 9% Tax (IL Residents) $________ Check enclosed __ VISA __ Mastercard __ Shipping ($5.00 + $1.00 per additional book) $________ Credit Card # Exp. Date TOTAL ENCLOSED $________ Signature.

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