Court Vision : Unexpected Views on the Lure of Basketball

by Berkow, Ira

• ISBN13: 9780803262294
• ISBN10: 0803262299
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Bison Books

Summary

Best-selling New York Times writer Ira Berkow presents a unique look at America's premier sport-and its fans-through interviews with a remarkable cross section of widely known and extraordinarily accomplished individuals in a variety of fields, who explain what the lure of basketball is for them. Berkow talked with Chris Rock, Woody Allen, Tom Brokaw, Saul Bellow, Johnnie Cochran Jr., Walter Matthau, Nikki Giovanni, Donald Trump, Julia Child, Frank Stella, Erica Jong, Grover Washington Jr., Seiji Ozawa, and Sharon Stone, among others, to uncover fresh, funny, controversial, and often surprising opinions about the teams and players who make the game intriguing. Ira Berkow is a sports columnist and feature writer for the New York Times and has won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting. He has written numerous books, including The Minority Quarterback, and Other Lives in Sports and most recently a memoir, To the Hoop: The Seasons of a Basketball Life.

Author Biography

Ira Berkow is a sports columnist and feature writer for the New York Times.

Table of Contents

Woody Allen : filmmaker	p. 1
William Cohen : United States Secretary of Defense	p. 19
Edward Villella : ballet dancer and choreographer	p. 31
Chris Rock : comedian	p. 43
Erica Jong : novelist	p. 55
Frank Stella : artist	p. 61
Kary Mullis : scientist	p. 71
Gene Siskel : film critic	p. 79
Tom Brokaw : newscaster	p. 89
Donald Trump : business executive	p. 99
Grover Washington, Jr. : jazz saxophonist	p. 109
Colonel Brian Duffy : astronaut	p. 117
Reverend Edward Aloysius Malloy : President, Notre Dame University	p. 129
Walter Matthau : actor	p. 143
William Goldman : screenwriter	p. 151
Julia Child : chef	p. 161
Mario Cuomo : former governor of New York	p. 167
Johnnie Cochran, Jr. : lawyer	p. 177
Nikki Giovanni : poet	p. 187
Richard Meier : architect	p. 199
Alan Dershowitz : law professor	p. 207
Christie Hefner : CEO, Playboy Enterprises	p. 217
Bill Marovitz : real estate developer	p. 217
Seiji Ozawa : conductor	p. 229
Dr. Isaac Steven Herschkopf : psychiatrist	p. 239
Sharon Stone : actress	p. 253
Saul Bellow : novelist	p. 259
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