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 NBA Hall of Famer Bernard King is one of the most dynamic scorers
in basketball history. King was notoriously private as a player,
and rarely spoke to the press-not about his career and never about
his personal life. And even beyond his prolific scoring, King will
forever be remembered for the gruesome knee injury he suffered in
1985. Doctors who told him he'd never play again were shocked when
he not only became the first player to return to the NBA from a
torn ACL, but returned at an All Star level. In Game Face, King
finally opens up about his life on and off the court. In his book,
King's basketball I.Q. is on full display as he breaks down
defenses using his own unique system for taking shots from
predetermined spots on the floor. King talks about matching up
against some of the all-time NBA greats, from Michael Jordan,
Julius Erving and Charles Barkley to Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing and
many others. He also tackles issues of race and family off the
court, as well as breaking a personal cycle of negativity and
self-destructiveness with the help of his family. Engaging,
shocking, revelatory, yet always positive and upbeat, Bernard
King's memoir appeals to multiple generations of basketball fans.
			
		 
	
	
	
		
			
				
			
	
 An unvarnished look at the economic and political choices that
reshaped contemporary Chicago-arguably for the worse. The 1990s
were a glorious time for the Chicago Bulls, an age of historic
championships and all-time basketball greats like Scottie Pippen
and Michael Jordan. It seemed only fitting that city, county, and
state officials would assist the team owners in constructing a
sparkling new venue to house this incredible team that was
identified worldwide with Chicago. That arena, the United Center,
is the focus of Bulls Markets, an unvarnished look at the economic
and political choices that forever reshaped one of America's
largest cities-arguably for the worse. Sean Dinces shows how the
construction of the United Center reveals the fundamental problems
with neoliberal urban development. The pitch for building the arena
was fueled by promises of private funding and equitable
revitalization in a long-blighted neighborhood. However, the effort
was funded in large part by municipal tax breaks that few ordinary
Chicagoans knew about, and that wound up exacerbating the rising
problems of gentrification and wealth stratification. In this
portrait of the construction of the United Center and the urban
life that developed around it, Dinces starkly depicts a pattern of
inequity that has become emblematic of contemporary American
cities: governments and sports franchises collude to provide
amenities for the wealthy at the expense of poorer citizens,
diminishing their experiences as fans and-far worse-creating an
urban environment that is regulated and surveilled for the comfort
and protection of that same moneyed elite.
			
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