Cousy: His Life, Career, and the Birth of Big-Time Basket [Paperback]

It was an era when the game was played for the love of it, and a fledgling NBA struggled for mainstream attention.Bob Cousy was at the heart of basketball's emergence as premier entertainment, a dynamo whose talent and ingenuity dazzled fans and players. The MVP of the 1957 season and veteran of six NBA championships with the Boston Celtics, his trademark behind-the-back dribble and no-look pass gave us basketball as no one had seen it before -- a one-man revolution that set the stage for Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Bill Russell, and others. Here is the fascinating, in-depth story of Cousy's life -- his tenement childhood, his drives and motivations, his little-known personal life, and his record-breaking career -- set against one of the most exciting generations in sports history.Bill Reynolds,coauthor ofSuccess Is a Choicewith Rick Pitino, has won numerous awards for his columns inThe Providence Journal.The author of several books, includingFall River DreamsandGlory Days,he lives in Providence, Rhode Island.