Dave Bing: Attacking the Rim: My Journey from NBA Legend to Business Leader to Big-City Mayor to Mentor - Couverture rigide

Bing, Dave

 
9781629378473: Dave Bing: Attacking the Rim: My Journey from NBA Legend to Business Leader to Big-City Mayor to Mentor
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ISBN 10 : 162937847X ISBN 13 : 9781629378473
Editeur : Triumph Books, 2020

Synopsis

A young black boy, legally blind in one eye, from a hard-working family in the poorest section of Washington, D.C., leaps to the pinnacle of his sport: the NBA Hall of Fame. A rookie bank teller rises to become one of the nation's most celebrated black business leaders. A once-reluctant political neophyte answers the call to become mayor of America's most troubled city, and he establishes a mentoring program for African-American boys that serves as a model for the nation. All of these stories belong to Dave Bing. In Attacking the Rim , Bing shares this multifaceted personal saga with rare combination of modesty, moxie and powerful self-belief. Reflecting on his playing days with the Detroit Pistons, Washington Bullets, and Boston Celtics, Bing takes readers inside the exciting world of pro basketball at the moment when sensational athletes were turning a low-budget game into a high-powered, multi-million dollar entertainment spectacle. From inside the Detroit mayor's office, he offers a first-hand look at the city's plight, including intractable debt and corruption, massive unemployment, woeful city services and infrastructure, and the daily choices between the lesser of evils. Told in Bing's own wise and candid words, this is a remarkable narrative of both chance and purpose. By turns entertaining, heartbreaking, and inspiring, Attacking the Rim touches all corners of society to tell the improbable tale of one man looking for something greater.

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À propos de l?auteur

Dave Bing played for the NBA's Detroit Pistons, Washington Bullets, and Boston Celtics, and was inducted into the elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990.

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Éditeur
Triumph Books
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
162937847X
ISBN 13 
9781629378473
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
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