Pacific Lutheran University, 338
Pan American Games, 152–53, 164–65
Parish, Robert, 190–91, 229, 253–54
Paris Review, xxiii, 434
Parker, Rodney, 87–94
Parker, Tony, 351
Patterson, Steve, 237
Paul, Chris, 354, 425
Paxson, Jim, 140–42
Payne, Craig, 382
Payton, Gary, 355
Pearl, Bruce, 377
Pearl High School, 65
Peekskill High School, 367
PEN/ESPN Award, 374
Peplowski, Mike, 336, 342
Perry, Tom, 326–27
Person, Chuck, 251
Pettit, Bob, 23
Philadelphia Daily News, 264, 291
Philadelphia Inquirer, 64
Philadelphia 76ers, 64–65, 127, 138–39, 172–73, 182, 185, 192, 197, 200–201, 203–4, 250, 367
Philadelphia Warriors, 21–22, 24, 64, 76
Phillip, Andy, 24
Phillips, Rowan Ricardo, xviii–xix, xxii–xxiii; “Days of Wine and Curry,” 434–37
Phoenix Suns, 352, 393, 425–26
Pierce, Charles P.: “The Brother from Another Planet,” 248–55
Pierce, Paul, 354, 430–33
Pippen, Scottie, 287, 290, 394–407
Pistono, Cheryl, 184
Pitino, Rick, 367
Pittsburgh, Pa., 313–19
Pittsburgh Pipers, 82–83
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, 64
Play, 389
Plimpton, George, xv, xx, xxiii
Plump, Bobby, 17–19
Pluto, Terry: Forty-Eight Minutes, 227–29
Podoloff, Maurice, 21, 23
Pollard, Jim, 22
Popovich, Greg, 427
Portland Trail Blazers, 129–30, 132, 139–40, 142–49, 398
Power Memorial Academy, 173, 176
Prairie City High School, 116–25
Presbyterian College, 321
Presley, Bob, 341
Princeton University, xvii, 40–42, 150, 168
Purdue University, 213, 238, 243, 252
Queen’s College, 6
Quick, Ronnie, 325–27
Ramsay, Jack, 129–30, 137, 140–48
Ramsey, Frank, 28
Rashad, Ahmad, 355
Raveling, George, 220
Reed, Val, 58
Reilly, Rick, xxi; “Last Call?” 283–92
Respert, Shawn, 336, 340, 347
Retton, Ron, 224
Rhode Island State College, 11–13
Rickey, Branch, 68
Riley, Pat, 177, 414–16, 425, 429
Rimer, Avery, 410
Ringer, xxii, 389
Rivers, Doc, 431
Riverside Press-Enterprise, 388
Roberts, Edith, 14–19
Robertson, Oscar, 22–23, 42, 181, 185, 223, 419
Robertson, Pablo, 55, 109, 111
Robinson, Clinton, 55
Robinson, David, 351, 394–407
Robinson, Jackie, 64, 68, 194
Robinson, Sugar Ray, 193
Rodman, Dennis, 253, 287, 290
Roman, Ed, 97
Rondo, Rajon, 429
Rose, Derrick, 394
Rucker League, 55, 57, 142, 202
Rupp, Adolph, xxi, 75, 155, 158, 174, 196, 213, 216–17, 222, 330
Rushin, Steve, xxi; “I Believe in B-ball,” 332–34
Russell, Bill, xxi, 22–23, 27–28, 37, 39, 150, 174, 177, 189–90, 194; Second Wind, 126–28
Ruth, George Herman “Babe,” 194, 284
Ryan, Bob, 64; Forty-Eight Minutes, 227–29
Ryan, Pat, 116
Sacramento Kings, 350
St. Catherine’s High School, 68
St. John’s University, 58, 218, 221
St. Louis Hawks, 23, 29, 33, 127
St. Paul Pioneer-Press, 374
St. Vincent–St. Mary High School, 415, 417, 419, 424
Sampson, Ralph, 185–86
Sampson, Sandy, 121–22
San Antonio Spurs, 349–52, 361, 363
Sanchez, Rich, 310
Sanders, Satch, 128
San Diego Clippers, 140, 144, 148, 425
San Francisco Warriors, 22, 34, 76, 127, 438–39, 441
San Jose Spartans, 141
San Jose State University, 175
Saperstein, Abe, 106–8, 111, 113
Sauk Centre, Minn., 47–48
Schayes, Dolph, 23
Scheer, Carl, 76, 79, 82–83, 85–86
Schrempf, Detlef, 248, 251
Schroder, Rog, 19
Scott, Charlie, 58
Scrimgoeur, J. D., xix
Seattle SuperSonics, 76–77, 139–40, 142
Self, Bill, 377
Shammgod, God, 333
Shan, Charley, 24
Share, Charlie, 24
Sharman, Bill, 26, 35
Shawn, William, xx, 40
Shed, Nevil “The Shadow,” 217
Sherrer, Chick, 113, 115
Shields, David: “Life Is Not a Playground,” 438–43
Shipp, Tchaka, 256–57
Shockley, William, 250
Shue, Gene, 140
Shunkwiler, Bill, 158, 160
Sichting, Jerry, 252
Simmons, Bill, xxii, 427–28, 430; The Book of Basketball, 404
Skinner, Roy, 66
Skorich, Pete, 399
Smith, Dean, 210, 221, 233
Smith, Eric, 218
Smith, Gary, xxi; “Eyes of the Storm,” 264–82
Smith, Gene, 74
Smith, J. R., 420
Smith, Nolan, 378
Smith, Pat, 60
Smith, Steve, 336
Smith, Tommie, 175–76
Smith, Walter W. “Red,” 129; “A Case of Malnutrition,” 11–13
Smithburg, Tom, 289
Snow, Eric, 336
South Bend Central High School, 238
Spanarkel, Jim, 136
Spengler, Amanda, 282
Spivey, Bob, 58
Spoelstra, Erik, 418–19
Sport, xx, 68
Sporting News, 230
SportsCenter (TV show), 423
Sports Illustrated, xx–xxiii, 20, 43, 53, 87, 116, 150, 164, 176–77, 204, 210, 233, 248, 254, 264, 283, 332, 339, 346, 374–75, 388–89, 393, 414, 427
Springfield, Mass., 1
Stacom, Kevin, 224
Stanford University, 212
Stavos, George, 37–38
Steele, Jerry, 78
Stengel, Casey, 68
Stephenson, Lance, 378, 381
Stern, David, 394–95
Stockton, Dick, 177
Stockton, John, 350, 394–407
Stone, George, 78, 82–85
Strand, Mark, 77
Strom, Earl, 228
Sullivan, John L., 24
Summitt, Pat, 264–82
Suwanee Sports Academy, 374
Syracuse Nationals, 23, 29, 33, 36–37
Tacoma News Tribune, 339
Talese, Gay, 129
Tatum, Goose, 105, 107–9
Tax, Jeremiah, xxi
Taylor, Buddy, 79
Taylor, Chuck, 334
Taylor, Dave, 374–81
Taylor, Fred, 157, 165, 168
Telander, Rick, xix–xx, 334; Heaven Is a Playground, 87–94
Temple University, 41
Texas Western College, xxi–xxii, 150, 213, 216
Thomas, Isiah, 160, 168, 253, 332
Thomas, Russell (Darryle Flicking), 256–62
Thompson, Hunter S., 53
Thompson, John, 219
Thompson, Mel, 320, 322–30
Thurmond, Nate, 441
Timmons, Harold “Hoop,” 123–24
Tinker, Wallace, 326
Tisch, Robert, 395
Toronto Raptors, 291
Tri-Cities Hawks, 24
True Hoop network, xxii
Turner, Cheryl, 226
Turner, John, 223
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University of Alabama, 67
University of California, Berkeley, 223, 245, 341
University of California, Los Angeles, 173–75, 178, 180, 183, 212–15, 217–20, 224, 233–34, 237–38, 240, 243–46, 251, 310, 335, 400
University of Cincinnati, 213, 246
University of Connecticut, 41, 278–79
University of Florida, 67
University of Georgia, 279
University of Houston, 175, 212, 219, 225–26
University of Iowa, 218, 223, 336, 342, 347–48
University of Kansas, 1, 213–14, 221, 366
University of Kentucky, xxi, 67, 213–14, 216–17, 219, 222, 226, 366–67
University of Louisville, 214, 217, 219, 223, 225, 246
University of Massachusetts, 196, 202
University of Michigan, 155, 353, 366
University of Minnesota, 45, 48, 374
University of Mississippi, 66–67, 135, 278
University of North Carolina, 212–13, 218–19, 221, 223, 366
University of Oklahoma, 216
University of Oregon, 214–15
University of Portland, 410
University of Providence, 224, 334
University of Rhode Island, 11–13
University of San Francisco, 245–46
University of Tennessee, 264–82
University of Utah, 216–18
University of Virginia, 226
University of Washington, 337
University of West Virginia, 224, 321–22
Uporsky, Mike, 139–42
Utah Stars, 81
Vaccaro, Sonny, 374, 378
Valvano, Jim, 218, 220
Van Breda Kolff, Bill “Butch,” 168, 174
Vanderbilt University, xviii, 64–67, 270
Vandervoort, Dick, 346–47
Van Steenbergen, Mona, 117, 123
Vaughn, David, 287
Vaughn, Jay, 55–56, 60–63
Venturi, Ken, 35
Verga, Bob, 78, 86
Villanova University, 41, 214, 218
Vilonia High School, 293
Virginia Military Institute, 41
Virginia Squires, 81, 197
Virginia Tech University, 321
Wade, Dwayne, 416, 420, 425, 429
Walker, Antoine, 431
Walker, Demetrius, 374–88
Walker, Solly, 221
Wallace, Perry, xviii, 64–67
Walton, Bill, 213, 215, 224, 237, 239
Wanzer, Bob, 34
Warlick, Holly, 271
Warren, Mike, 241
Washington Bullets, 190
Washington Post, 232
Washington State University, 335–39, 343, 348
Wassenaar, Joellen, 118
Waytz, Adam, 349–52
Webber, Chris, 355, 368–69, 432
Wennington, Bill, 287
Werner, Ted, 343
West, Jerry, 42, 127, 208, 223, 355
Westbrook, Russell, 414
Western Union College, 46
Westhead, Paul, xviii
Westphal, Paul, 142
West Point (U.S. Military Academy), 159, 163, 165, 170
Westwood High School, 238, 245
Wetzel, Dan, 366–67
Wheeler, Sam, 107–8, 112
Wheels for Education, 421–23
Whelan, Danny, 228
White, Gene, 18
White, Jo Jo, 148, 189
Whitworth, Mel, 227–29
Wicks, Sidney, 237
Wideman, Jamila, 313
Wideman, John Edgar, xv, xvii, 172; Hoop Roots, 313–19
Wilkens, Lenny, 89
Wilkes, Jamaal, xviii
Wilkins, Dominique, 194, 251, 255
Williams, Fly, 87
Williams, John “Hot Rod,” 227, 229
Wilson, Janet, 116–18, 123
Wilson High School, 337–38
Wind, Herbert Warren, xx, 40; “Farewell to Cousy,” 20–39
Wingo, Harthorne, 334
Wintermute, Urgel “Slim,” 215
Wofford College, 321
Wolfe, Tom, xxi
Wolff, Alexander, xv–xxiii; “The Coach and His Champion,” 233–47
Women’s National Basketball Association, 313
Wood, Marvin, 17–18
Wooden, John, 174–75, 180, 213–14, 219–20, 224, 233–47, 251, 266, 309–10
Wooden, Nell, 233–36, 241–46
Woods, Tiger, 285
Woolpert, Phil, 246
Woosley, Tiffany, 267–68, 272
Worcester, Mass., 35, 37–38
Worthy, James, 182–83
Wright, Joby, 154–55
Yagoda, Ben, 264
Yankee, 187
Yelverton, Charley, 59
YMCA Training School, 1
Zaslofsky, Max, 24
Zinsky, Bill, 322–23, 326–27, 329–30
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