Rosen, Charles
Overview
| Works: | 35 works in 119 publications in 1 language and 8,992 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Biography Drama History Action and adventure films Fiction Basketball stories Animal films Biographies Documentary films Juvenile works |
| Roles: | Author, prs, Conductor |
| Classifications: | PN1997, 791.4372 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Charles Rosen
- Crazy basketball : a life in and out of bounds by Charles Rosen( )
Most widely held works by
Charles Rosen
Scout's honor : a novel by
Charles Rosen(
)
8 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,093 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,093 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
More than a game by
Phil Jackson(
Book
)
6 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 936 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the great coaches of the NBA reveals how he turned the Lakers around, teaching discipline to a seemingly undisciplined team
6 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 936 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the great coaches of the NBA reveals how he turned the Lakers around, teaching discipline to a seemingly undisciplined team
The first tip-off : the incredible story of the birth of the NBA by
Charles Rosen(
Book
)
5 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 763 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Foreword / by Phil Jackson -- Preface -- 1. The first basket and the first basketeer -- 2. The first game -- 3. Genesis -- 4. The penguin, the mogul and the constitution -- 5. The Boston Celtics and the clown-prince of the BAA -- 6. The Providence Steamrollers hit a road block -- 7. Paul Birch fires up the Pittsburgh Ironmen -- 8. Of money, time, and justice -- 9. There's no "D" in Chicago Stags -- 10. Big Ed drives the Toronto Huskies to ruin -- 11. The evolution and extinction of the Cleveland Rebels -- 12. The professor and the St. Louis Bombers -- 13. The short flight of the Detroit Falcons -- 14. The ethnic Knicks -- 15. Gotty, Jumping Joe, and the Philadelphia Warriors -- 16. The Washington Capitols and the apprenticeship of Red Auerbach -- 17. The playoffs -- 18. The first champions -- 19. Barely alive -- Sources -- Index
5 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 763 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Foreword / by Phil Jackson -- Preface -- 1. The first basket and the first basketeer -- 2. The first game -- 3. Genesis -- 4. The penguin, the mogul and the constitution -- 5. The Boston Celtics and the clown-prince of the BAA -- 6. The Providence Steamrollers hit a road block -- 7. Paul Birch fires up the Pittsburgh Ironmen -- 8. Of money, time, and justice -- 9. There's no "D" in Chicago Stags -- 10. Big Ed drives the Toronto Huskies to ruin -- 11. The evolution and extinction of the Cleveland Rebels -- 12. The professor and the St. Louis Bombers -- 13. The short flight of the Detroit Falcons -- 14. The ethnic Knicks -- 15. Gotty, Jumping Joe, and the Philadelphia Warriors -- 16. The Washington Capitols and the apprenticeship of Red Auerbach -- 17. The playoffs -- 18. The first champions -- 19. Barely alive -- Sources -- Index
Free Willy by
Todd Strasser(
Visual
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2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 729 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A story about the friendship that develops between a 12-year-old boy who knows what it's like to be without a family, and a whale confined in a too-small tank at an aquatic park
2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 729 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A story about the friendship that develops between a 12-year-old boy who knows what it's like to be without a family, and a whale confined in a too-small tank at an aquatic park
Perfectly awful : the Philadelphia 76ers' horrendous and hilarious 1972-1973 season by
Charles Rosen(
)
3 editions published in 2014 in English and held by 349 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"During the 1972-73 season, the Philadelphia 76ers were not just a bad team; they were fantastically awful. Doomed from the start after losing their leading scorer and rebounder, Billy Cunningham, as well as head coach Jack Ramsay, they lost twenty-one of their first twenty-three games. A Philadelphia newspaper began calling them the Seventy Sickers, and they duly lost their last thirteen games on their way to a not-yet-broken record of nine wins and seventy-three losses. Charley Rosen recaptures the futility of that season through the firsthand accounts of players, participants, and observers. Although the team was uniformly bad, there were still many memorable moments, and the lore surrounding the team is legendary. Once, when head coach Lou Rubin tried to substitute John Q. Trapp out of a game, Trapp refused and told Rubin to look behind the team's bench, whereby one of Trapp's friends supposedly opened his jacket to show his handgun. With only four wins at the All-Star break, Rubin was fired and replaced by player-coach Kevin Loughery. In addition to chronicling the 76ers' woes, Perfectly Awful also captures the drama, culture, and attitude of the NBA in an era when many white fans believed that the league had too many black players, most of whom were overtly political and/or using recreational drugs."--
3 editions published in 2014 in English and held by 349 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"During the 1972-73 season, the Philadelphia 76ers were not just a bad team; they were fantastically awful. Doomed from the start after losing their leading scorer and rebounder, Billy Cunningham, as well as head coach Jack Ramsay, they lost twenty-one of their first twenty-three games. A Philadelphia newspaper began calling them the Seventy Sickers, and they duly lost their last thirteen games on their way to a not-yet-broken record of nine wins and seventy-three losses. Charley Rosen recaptures the futility of that season through the firsthand accounts of players, participants, and observers. Although the team was uniformly bad, there were still many memorable moments, and the lore surrounding the team is legendary. Once, when head coach Lou Rubin tried to substitute John Q. Trapp out of a game, Trapp refused and told Rubin to look behind the team's bench, whereby one of Trapp's friends supposedly opened his jacket to show his handgun. With only four wins at the All-Star break, Rubin was fired and replaced by player-coach Kevin Loughery. In addition to chronicling the 76ers' woes, Perfectly Awful also captures the drama, culture, and attitude of the NBA in an era when many white fans believed that the league had too many black players, most of whom were overtly political and/or using recreational drugs."--
Barney Polan's game : a novel of the 1951 college basketball scandals by
Charles Rosen(
Book
)
7 editions published between 1998 and 1999 in English and held by 327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The basketball scandals of 1951 when the best of the college basketball players took money and sex from gangsters in return for affecting the outcome of games. Featuring many protagonists and told from various points of view, the novel is based on the author's non-fiction book, Scandals of 51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball
7 editions published between 1998 and 1999 in English and held by 327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The basketball scandals of 1951 when the best of the college basketball players took money and sex from gangsters in return for affecting the outcome of games. Featuring many protagonists and told from various points of view, the novel is based on the author's non-fiction book, Scandals of 51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball
Scandals of '51 : how the gamblers almost killed college basketball by
Charles Rosen(
Book
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4 editions published between 1978 and 1999 in English and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1978 and 1999 in English and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The emerald diamond : how the Irish transformed America's greatest pastime by
Charles Rosen(
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5 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and held by 276 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chronicles the Irish and their impact on baseball, citing influential Irish figures on and off the diamond, exploring their many contributions and interweaving interviews with modern-day Irish players, managers, and executives
5 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and held by 276 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chronicles the Irish and their impact on baseball, citing influential Irish figures on and off the diamond, exploring their many contributions and interweaving interviews with modern-day Irish players, managers, and executives
The House of Moses all-stars : a novel by
Charles Rosen(
Book
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11 editions published between 1996 and 2014 in English and held by 275 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The antics of an all-Jewish basketball team on a road tour in the 1930s. They are a mixed lot that includes a bank robber, a Zionist, a Communist and an Irishman posing as a Jew. A look at the times through the eyes of odd-balls. By the author of The Cockroach Basketball League
11 editions published between 1996 and 2014 in English and held by 275 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The antics of an all-Jewish basketball team on a road tour in the 1930s. They are a mixed lot that includes a bank robber, a Zionist, a Communist and an Irishman posing as a Jew. A look at the times through the eyes of odd-balls. By the author of The Cockroach Basketball League
Bullpen diaries : Mariano Rivera, Bronx dreams, pinstripe legends and the future of the New York Yankees by
Charles Rosen(
Book
)
2 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Baseball is also the only American sport where the defense has the ball. So begins an inside look at baseball's most scrutinized group of players - relief pitchers -- and life in the most intriguing bullpen of all, that of the New York Yankees"--
2 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Baseball is also the only American sport where the defense has the ball. So begins an inside look at baseball's most scrutinized group of players - relief pitchers -- and life in the most intriguing bullpen of all, that of the New York Yankees"--
The wizard of odds : how Jack Molinas almost destroyed the game of basketball by
Charles Rosen(
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5 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Biography of the collegiate and professional basketball player who understood the weaknesses of organized basketball and tried to manipulate them to his advantage
5 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Biography of the collegiate and professional basketball player who understood the weaknesses of organized basketball and tried to manipulate them to his advantage
Chocolate Thunder : the uncensored life and times of the NBA's original showman by
Darryl Dawkins(
Book
)
2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The former NBA star, celebrated for outrageous acts on and off the basketball court, writes about his life in the NBA and about the people and places visited along the way
2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The former NBA star, celebrated for outrageous acts on and off the basketball court, writes about his life in the NBA and about the people and places visited along the way
No blood, no foul : a novel by
Charles Rosen(
Book
)
2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 202 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Foxsports.com pundit Rosen hits the hardwood in this entertaining sports novel. Pearl Harbor makes Jason Lewis, a promising senior guard for New York's Metro University, into an army enlistee. When he comes back from the Pacific missing several fingers, Jason is reduced to selling insurance for his father-in-law. Although he considers referees a necessary evil (rogue cops with whistles), he jumps at a chance to officiate high school games
2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 202 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Foxsports.com pundit Rosen hits the hardwood in this entertaining sports novel. Pearl Harbor makes Jason Lewis, a promising senior guard for New York's Metro University, into an army enlistee. When he comes back from the Pacific missing several fingers, Jason is reduced to selling insurance for his father-in-law. Although he considers referees a necessary evil (rogue cops with whistles), he jumps at a chance to officiate high school games
The cockroach basketball league by
Charles Rosen(
Book
)
3 editions published between 1992 and 1998 in English and held by 184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Cockroach Basketball League follows the tribulations of hard-driving coach Bob Lassner of the Savannah Stars, a team in the Commercial Basketball League--a fiction drawn from Rosen's own nine years experience coaching in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association. Lassner is an aging hippie and divorcé who hails from a Bronx tenement. His obsession with the game of basketball animates this kinetic, gritty ramble through the sport's minor leagues. Lassner is either red with rage or soft with compassion as he struggles to deal with his wayward players. His top scorer is selfish and arrogant; another player faces a grand jury for a point-shaving scheme; still others are drinking and taking drugs. Lassner also faces a meddlesome team owner, racial tension and the threat of losing his job if he doesn't produce victories. With The Cockroach Basketball League, Rosen provides a poignant portrait of men--both players and coaches--who may not ever make it to the NBA. Through this look at life in the minors, Rosen offers a unique perspective on college and pro basketball, media hype, and the psychology of dreams deferred." -- Publisher's description
3 editions published between 1992 and 1998 in English and held by 184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Cockroach Basketball League follows the tribulations of hard-driving coach Bob Lassner of the Savannah Stars, a team in the Commercial Basketball League--a fiction drawn from Rosen's own nine years experience coaching in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association. Lassner is an aging hippie and divorcé who hails from a Bronx tenement. His obsession with the game of basketball animates this kinetic, gritty ramble through the sport's minor leagues. Lassner is either red with rage or soft with compassion as he struggles to deal with his wayward players. His top scorer is selfish and arrogant; another player faces a grand jury for a point-shaving scheme; still others are drinking and taking drugs. Lassner also faces a meddlesome team owner, racial tension and the threat of losing his job if he doesn't produce victories. With The Cockroach Basketball League, Rosen provides a poignant portrait of men--both players and coaches--who may not ever make it to the NBA. Through this look at life in the minors, Rosen offers a unique perspective on college and pro basketball, media hype, and the psychology of dreams deferred." -- Publisher's description
God, man, and basketball Jones : the thinking fan's guide to professional basketball by
Charles Rosen(
Book
)
1 edition published in 1979 in English and held by 179 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1979 in English and held by 179 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sugar : Micheal Ray Richardson, eighties excess, and the NBA by
Charles Rosen(
Book
)
5 editions published in 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 171 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Sugar considers aspects of the league's dysfunction in light of basketball's rapidly increasing popularity during the 1970s and 1980s"--
5 editions published in 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 171 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Sugar considers aspects of the league's dysfunction in light of basketball's rapidly increasing popularity during the 1970s and 1980s"--
Doing it : five performing arts by
Tom Stoppard(
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)
2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 169 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Does an opera producer do anything besides tell the singers where to stand? Can a single note be played more or less beautifully on the piano? Is film art? And why have people started listening to Burt Bacharach again? In these essays, all originally published in The New York Review of Books, five of our most accomplished contemporary critics and artists explore questions of technique and interpretation in the performing arts."--Jacket
2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 169 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Does an opera producer do anything besides tell the singers where to stand? Can a single note be played more or less beautifully on the piano? Is film art? And why have people started listening to Burt Bacharach again? In these essays, all originally published in The New York Review of Books, five of our most accomplished contemporary critics and artists explore questions of technique and interpretation in the performing arts."--Jacket
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2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 148 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive documentary about the mingling of cultural and social influences that have made basketball what it is today. Appropriate credit goes to the game's official inventor, Dr. James Naismith. Also explores the YMCA's early role as a "pipeline for spreading basketball over the world". Pays tribute to the old Knickerbockers and Philadelphia Warriors legends, among others, who comprise today's basketball fraternity. It also digs deep into the impact of Harlem's early precision players on the game's vitality and international popularity
2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 148 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive documentary about the mingling of cultural and social influences that have made basketball what it is today. Appropriate credit goes to the game's official inventor, Dr. James Naismith. Also explores the YMCA's early role as a "pipeline for spreading basketball over the world". Pays tribute to the old Knickerbockers and Philadelphia Warriors legends, among others, who comprise today's basketball fraternity. It also digs deep into the impact of Harlem's early precision players on the game's vitality and international popularity
The pivotal season : how the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers changed the NBA by
Charles Rosen(
Book
)
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Photographs and action-packed narrative portray the pivotal 1971-72 season in this memorable book of sports history, which includes a special foreword by Phil Jackson. Basketball fans will be able to relive this amazing story of despair turned to triumph, when the Los Angeles Lakers won a record thirty-three consecutive games, persevered and defeated their archrival, the New York Knicks, won the championship - and in so doing changed the sport of basketball forever."--Jacket
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Photographs and action-packed narrative portray the pivotal 1971-72 season in this memorable book of sports history, which includes a special foreword by Phil Jackson. Basketball fans will be able to relive this amazing story of despair turned to triumph, when the Los Angeles Lakers won a record thirty-three consecutive games, persevered and defeated their archrival, the New York Knicks, won the championship - and in so doing changed the sport of basketball forever."--Jacket
The chosen game : a Jewish basketball history by
Charles Rosen(
Book
)
5 editions published in 2017 in English and held by 130 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 2017 in English and held by 130 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- National Basketball Association
- Continental Basketball Association
- Jackson, Phil Author
- Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team)
- Walker, Keith A. 1935-1996 Author of screenplay
- Blechman, Corey Author of screenplay
- Poledouris, Basil Composer
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Schellenberg, August Actor
- Warner Bros
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Animal welfare Baseball Basketball Basketball--Betting Basketball coaches Basketball--Corrupt practices Basketball--Moral and ethical aspects Basketball players Basketball referees Basketball stories Basketball teams Bribery Christianity Christian women College sports Contemporary Christian music Continental Basketball Association Dawkins, Darryl Drama Egypt Fathers and sons Film adaptations Friendship Georgia--Savannah Human-animal relationships Ireland Irish American baseball players Jackson, Phil Jamaica Jewish basketball players Jews Killer whale Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team) Man-woman relationships Molinas, Jack, Music National Basketball Association New York (State)--New York New York Yankees (Baseball team) Performing arts Philadelphia 76ers (Basketball team) Problem youth Rastafarians Relief pitchers (Baseball) Rosen, Charles Sports--Corrupt practices Street children Teenage boys United States Whales
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Charley Rosen American basketball player
Charley Rosen Amerikaans basketbalcoach
Rosen, Charles 1941-
Rosen, Charles Elliott
Rosen, Charles Elliott 1941-
Rosen, Charley
Rosen, Charley 1941-
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