Jack mccallum, the author of seven seconds or less another mustread. If there was a mount rushmore of pro basketball writers, jack mccallum s countenance would certainly be there, etched into granite. In golden days, acclaimed sports journalist jack mccallum uses these two teams the jerry westwilt chamberlainelgin baylor lakers and the stephen currykevin durantdraymond green warriors to trace the dynamic history of the national basketball association, which for much of the last half century has marched memorably through the state of. He has written books about the greatest dream team and most important. Wests lakers, stephs warriors, and the california dreamers who reinvented basketball. To the warriors, westbrook isnt a very difficult player to guard. His work has appeared in the best american sports writing anthology, and in 2004 he won the basketball hall of fames curt gowdy media award for outstanding writing. Lakers of the early 1970sto trace the dynamic history of the national basketball association, which for much of the last halfcentury has marched memorably through the state of california. In dream team, hall of fame basketball writer jack mccallum, who covered the squad from the first practice to the goldmedal triumph in barcelona and even contributed to its immortal name, delivers the full story of the olympic mens basketball team that captivated the. In the recent episode of the lowe post podcast ht sporting news, zach lowe of espn revealed the conversation he had with ryen russillo regarding jack mccallum s new book titled golden days. With an update on jerry wests new gig in golden days, acclaimed sports journalist jack mccallum uses two teamstodays.
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Zach and legendary sports illustrated writer jack mccallum discuss his new book on the warriors, the 1972 lakers, jerry west, wilt chamberlain, elgin baylor and. Dream team how m ichael, magic, larry, charles, and the greatest team of all time conquered the world and changed the game of basketball. Works by or about jack mccallum in libraries worldcat catalog mccallum, jack september 9, 2005. Oct 24, 2017 in golden days, acclaimed sports journalist jack mccallum uses two teamstodays golden state warriors and the l. Praise jack mccallum holds legitimate claim for being the greatest nba writer of all timehe wrote for sports illustrated for several decades, and his dream team is a chronicle of the souls of every basketball player youve ever cared aboutand this book, typically, is full of juicy anecdotes and wagging fun. How russs style of play is so easy for them to defend, its like cake to them, lowe said. Pat riley, president, miami heat only one writer i know could pull all this together. Jack mccallum has been at sports illustrated since 1981 and the chief nba writer since 1985. Oct 10, 2017 the warriors reportedly think russell westbrook plays a style thats easy to guard. On and off the court with the 199091 boston celtics and coauthor of foul lines. Its about the jerry westwilt chamberlain lakers who won 33 straight games and the modern golden state warriors, the standard for contemporary excellence. Golden days by jack mccallum penguin books australia. Golden days by jack mccallum, the best american sports writing 2017 and.
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