Tales from the Tar Heel Locker Room [Paperback]

Ken Rappoport (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 20, 2005

Tales from the Tar Heel Locker Room: Second Edition is a compilation of the best notes, quotes and anecdotes from North Carolina lore. In these pages, you will meet a coach nicknamed "Bloody Neck", a player called "The Blind Bomber", and a team known as the "White Phantoms." Of course, there is also Bones McKinney, one of basketball's all-time funnymen. With Bones, the Heels laughed all the way to the 1946 NCAA finals. At the end, they cried after losing. Then there is Frank McGwire, whose "Underground Railroad" carried the Tar Heels to an undefeated season and a national title in 1957. The 2005 NCAA championship run is told! And, of course, there is Smith and the extraordinary Michael Jordan.

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About the Author

Ken Rappoport is the author of dozens of books for both the adult and young readers market. Ken has written about the NCAA basketball championship, minor league baseball, college football rivalries, team histories and player biographies. Three of Rappoport's books, Shaquille O'Neal, Bobby Bonilla, and Guts and Glory have been cited by the New York Public Library's annual Books for the Teenage, and Grant Hill made the 1996 Nonfiction Honor List of the Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA). A contributor to several magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, Rappoport also won the second-place award in a national contest by Writer's Digest in 1991. Among his most recent books are three co-authored with Barry Wilner, They Changed The Game, Girls Rule! and Villains. At The Associated Press, Rappoport covered every major sport out of New York for 30 years and was the AP's national hockey writer for 13 years. He covered the World Series, NCAA finals, Olympics and Stanley Cup playoffs, among other events.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Sports Publishing; 2nd edition (July 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596700068
• ISBN-13: 978-1596700062
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,906,238 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)