The Capital of Basketball

A History of DC Area High School Hoops

John McNamara (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2021
Georgetown University Press (Verlag)
978-1-64712-147-1 (ISBN)

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The celebration of Washington D.C. basketball is long overdue. The D.C. metro area stands second to none in its contributions to the game. Countless figures who have had a significant impact on the sport over the years have roots in the region, including E.B. Henderson, the first African-American certified to teach public school physical education, and Earl Lloyd, the first African-American to take the court in an actual NBA game. The city's Spingarn High School produced two players – Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing – recognized among the NBA’s 50 greatest at the League’s 50th anniversary celebration. No other high school in the country can make that claim.
These figures and many others are chronicled in this book, the first-ever comprehensive look at the great high school players, teams and coaches in the D.C. metropolitan area.

Based on more than 150 interviews, The Capital of Basketball is first and foremost a book about basketball. But in discussing the trends and evolution of the game, McNamara also uncovers the turmoil in the lives of the players and area residents as they dealt with prejudice, educational inequities, politics, and the ways the area has changed through the years.

John McNamara (@CapitalofBBall) was a staff writer for the Annapolis Capital newspaper. He earned a degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland and spent over 30 years covering local, college, and professional sports. He won several awards from the Maryland-DC-Delaware Press Association for his writing. McNamara was one of five employees of the Annapolis Capital who were gunned down in a mass shooting at the newspaper on June 28, 2018. He was 56 years old. The University's Philip Merrill College of Journalism established an Award and a Scholarship in his name for sports journalism. He was inducted into the Maryland High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame; the Press Area at the City of Bowie is named in his honor; his name is included on the Newseum's Journalists Wall; and he was among Time Magazine's Persons of the Year for 2018.

Foreword by Gary Williams

Preface

One: The Pioneers: 1900-1950

Two: The Fifties

Three: The Sixties

Four: The Seventies

Five: The Eighties

Six: The Nineties

Afterword by Andrea Chamblee

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: Map

Appendix B: All-High, All-Catholic, All-Met, and All-Prep Compilation

Photo Credits

Index

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	02.12.2021
Co-Autor	Andrea Chamblee, David Elfin
Nachwort	Andrea Chamblee
Vorwort	Gary Williams
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Verlagsort	Washington, DC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	635 g
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
ISBN-10	1-64712-147-7 / 1647121477
ISBN-13	978-1-64712-147-1 / 9781647121471
Zustand	Neuware