BOOKS
Todd Boyd, YOUNG, BLACK, RICH, AND FAMOUS: THE RISE OF THE NBA, THE HIP HOP INVASION, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN CULTURE (New York: Doubleday, 2003).John Feinstein, THE PUNCH: ONE NIGHT, TWO LIVES, AND THE FIGHT THAT CHANGED BASKETBALL FOREVER (New York: Little, Brown, and Co., 2002).
Walt Frazier and Ira Berkow, ROCKIN' STEADY: A GUIDE TO BASKETBALL AND COOL (Chicago: Triumph Books, 2010).
Nelson George, BUPPIES, B-BOYS, BAPS, & BOHOS: NOTES ON POST-SOUL BLACK CULTURE (New York: Da Capo Press, 2001).
David Halberstam, THE BREAKS OF THE GAME (New York: Knopf, 1981).
David Halberstam, PLAYING FOR KEEPS: MICHAEL JORDAN AND THE WORLD HE MADE (New York: Broadway Books, 1999).
Leonard Koppett, SPORTS ILLUSION, SPORTS REALITY: A REPORTER’S VIEW OF SPORTS, JOURNALISM, AND SOCIETY (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981).
Jeffrey Lane, UNDER THE BOARDS: THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN BASKETBALL (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007).
Robert W. Peterson, CAGES TO JUMP SHOTS: PRO BASKETBALL'S EARLY YEARS (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990).
Terry Pluto, LOOSE BALLS: THE SHORT, WILD LIFE OF THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007).
William C. Rhoden, FORTY MILLION DOLLAR SLAVES: THE RISE, FALL, AND REDEMPTION OF THE BLACK ATHLETE (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2007).
David Shields, BLACK PLANET: FACING RACE DURING AN NBA SEASON (New York: Bison Books, 2006).
John Edgar Wideman, HOOP ROOTS: BASKETBALL, RACE, AND LOVE (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001).
Dave Zirin, WHAT’S MY NAME, FOOL? SPORTS AND RESISTANCE IN THE UNITED STATES (Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2005).
ARTICLES
Woody Allen, “A Fan’s Notes on Earl Monroe,” SPORT (November 1977).Todd Boyd, “They’re playing bas-ket-ball,” ESPN.com (August 9, 2004).
Dave Hickey, “The Heresy of Zone Defense,” AIR GUITAR: ESSAYS ON ART & DEMOCRACY (Art Issues Press, 1995).
Curry Kirkpatrick, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (April 1, 1991).
Wright Thompson, “Believeland,” ESPN.com
MOVIES
DRIVE, HE SAID (Jack Nicholson, 1970)MIXED COMPANY (Melville Shavelson, 1974)
THE FISH THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH (Gilbert Moses, 1979)
HOOSIERS (David Anspaugh, 1986)
SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT (Spike Lee, 1986)
DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee, 1989)
WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP (Ron Shelton, 1992)
BLUE CHIPS (William Friedkin, 1994)
ABOVE THE RIM (Jeff Pollack, 1994)
AMERICAN HISTORY X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
HE GOT GAME (Spike Lee, 1998)
THE WOOD (Rick Famuyiwa, 1999)
GLORY ROAD (James Gartner, 2006)
WEBSITES / BLOGS
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