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Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s Hardcover - 2014
by Jeff Pearlman
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The New York Times bestselling author of Sweetness delivers the first all-encompassing account of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of professional sports’ most-reveredand dominantdynasties.
The Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s personified the flamboyance and excess of the decade over which they reigned. Beginning with the arrival of Earvin Magic” Johnson as the number-one overall pick of the 1979 draft, the Lakers played basketball with gusto and pizzazz, unleashing their famed Showtime” run-and-gun style on a league unprepared for their speed and ferocityand became the most captivating show in sports and, arguably, in all-around American entertainment. The Lakers’ roster overflowed with exciting all-star-caliber players, including center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and they were led by the incomparable Pat Riley, known for his slicked-back hair, his Armani suits, and his arrogant strut. Hollywood’s biggest celebrities lined the court and gorgeous women flocked to the arena. Best of all, the team was a winner. Between 1980 and 1991, the Lakers played in an unmatched nine NBA championship series, capturing five of them.
Bestselling sportswriter Jeff Pearlman draws from almost three hundred interviews to take the first full measure of the Lakers’ epic Showtime era. A dazzling account of one of America’s greatest sports sagas, Showtime is packed with indelible characters, vicious rivalries, and jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes stories of the players’ decadent Hollywood lifestyles. From the Showtime era’s remarkable rise to its tragic endmarked by Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he had contracted HIVShowtime is a gripping narrative of sports, celebrity, and 1980s-style excess.
The Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s personified the flamboyance and excess of the decade over which they reigned. Beginning with the arrival of Earvin Magic” Johnson as the number-one overall pick of the 1979 draft, the Lakers played basketball with gusto and pizzazz, unleashing their famed Showtime” run-and-gun style on a league unprepared for their speed and ferocityand became the most captivating show in sports and, arguably, in all-around American entertainment. The Lakers’ roster overflowed with exciting all-star-caliber players, including center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and they were led by the incomparable Pat Riley, known for his slicked-back hair, his Armani suits, and his arrogant strut. Hollywood’s biggest celebrities lined the court and gorgeous women flocked to the arena. Best of all, the team was a winner. Between 1980 and 1991, the Lakers played in an unmatched nine NBA championship series, capturing five of them.
Bestselling sportswriter Jeff Pearlman draws from almost three hundred interviews to take the first full measure of the Lakers’ epic Showtime era. A dazzling account of one of America’s greatest sports sagas, Showtime is packed with indelible characters, vicious rivalries, and jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes stories of the players’ decadent Hollywood lifestyles. From the Showtime era’s remarkable rise to its tragic endmarked by Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he had contracted HIVShowtime is a gripping narrative of sports, celebrity, and 1980s-style excess.
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- Title Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
- Author Jeff Pearlman
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st
- Pages 482
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Gotham Books, U.S.A.
- Date 2014-02-11
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781592407552 / 1592407552
- Weight 1.59 lbs (0.72 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.44 x 1.52 in (23.50 x 16.36 x 3.86 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team) -, SPORTS & RECREATION / General
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013026263
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.323
Media reviews
Praise for Jeff Pearlman’s Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton
“Exceptional . . . a fascinating read about a fascinating man.”
—Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
“If you want to get the sense of a real life lived by a real person with real beauty within and real warts, start reading.”
—The Indianapolis Star
“Pearlman . . . [is] a skilled biographer.”
—The New York Times
“Exceptional . . . a fascinating read about a fascinating man.”
—Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
“If you want to get the sense of a real life lived by a real person with real beauty within and real warts, start reading.”
—The Indianapolis Star
“Pearlman . . . [is] a skilled biographer.”
—The New York Times
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