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Earl Manigault (September 7, 1944 – May 15, 1998) was an American street basketball player who was nicknamed "the Goat" or "the Lip". He is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players never to have played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1 lut 1999 · "The master prose stylist portrays parallel basketball worlds in New York City: Madison Square Garden, where the Knicks won the 1969-1970 championship, and the playgrounds of Harlem, where stars such as Earl (the Goat) Manigault burned brightly but too briefly."—
28 cze 2011 · It is an exploration of what basketball means to New York—not just to the stars who compete nightly in the garden, but to the young men who spend their nights and weekends perfecting their skills...
1 sty 2001 · The City Game: Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds has long been considered the definitive volume about New York City playground basketball and the anonymous legends of the asphalt blacktop.
28 cze 2011 · Those Knicks, who won again in 1973, became legends, and captivated a city that has basketball in its blood. But this book is more than a history of the championship Knicks. It is an exploration of what basketball means to New York—not just to the stars who compete nightly in the garden, but to the young men who spend their nights and ...
1 lip 1999 · Pete Axthelm follows the 1969-70 season of the New York Knicks and provides a parallel focus on basketball as it was then played in the black neighborhoods of New York City. Throughout, he writes clearly, intelligently, and passionately about the game, bringing alive the players' efforts, accomplishments, and failures.
28 lis 2016 · After getting into trouble and being kicked out of school, missing the chance to showcase his talents in the PSAL Championship against another great city talent known as Lew Alcindor, Manigault...
