Basketball

Glowing Review of Cunningham’s American Hoops runs in the Journal of Sport History

Glowing Review of Cunningham’s American Hoops runs in the Journal of Sport History
CUNNINGHAM, CARSON. American Hoops: U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball from Berlin to Beijing.Lincoln:University of Nebraska Press, 2010. Pp. 528. During the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, 4.7 billion people, about 70 percent of the world’s population, tuned on their television sets to witness the spectacle. One of the highlights of the event was the U.S. Men’s Basketball “Redeem… read more →

HOOPSWORLD Gives Underbelly Hoops High Marks In Book Review

The “Crazy Basketball Association” – book review by HOOPSWORLD’s Jason Fleming Remember Carson Cunningham? You can be forgiven if you do not, especially if you aren’t a fan of the Purdue Boilermakers or the Oregon State Beavers. Cunningham has now written a book about his experience in his final year in the Continental Basketball Association called… read more →

Redeem Team Still Golden

Written by: Carson Cunningham - June 1, 2009The evidence is convincing. Consider that the top five vote-getters for this year’s regular season NBA MVP award were LeBron James, who won it, followed by Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, and Chris Paul – all members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team. In addition, Interbasket.net just put… read more →
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