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- catalog abstract ""Earl "The Goat" Manigault. Herman "Helicopter" Knowings. Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond. Richard "Pee Wee" Kirkland. These and dozens of other colorfully nicknamed men are the "Asphalt Gods," whose astounding exploits in the Rucker Tournament, often against multimillionaire NBA superstars, have made them playground divinity. First established in the 1950s by Holcombe Rucker, a New York City Parks Department employee, the tournament has grown to become a Harlem institution, an annual summer event of major proportions. On that fabled patch of concrete, unknown players have been lighting it up for decades as they express basketball as a freestyle art among their peers and against such pro immortals as Julius Erving and Wilt Chamberlain. X's and O's are exchanged for oohs and aahs in one of the great examples of street theater to be found in urban America."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12930411.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Earl "The Goat" Manigault. Herman "Helicopter" Knowings. Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond. Richard "Pee Wee" Kirkland. These and dozens of other colorfully nicknamed men are the "Asphalt Gods," whose astounding exploits in the Rucker Tournament, often against multimillionaire NBA superstars, have made them playground divinity. First established in the 1950s by Holcombe Rucker, a New York City Parks Department employee, the tournament has grown to become a Harlem institution, an annual summer event of major proportions.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. The Pied Piper -- Ch. 2. The Pros Come to Harlem -- Ch. 3. The Hawk and Company Swoop In -- Ch. 4. Dr. J. and the Rucker Heyday -- Ch. 5. Under the Lights -- Ch. 6. Return of the Goat -- Ch. 7. A "Business" is Born -- Ch. 8. A New Century Dawns.".
- catalog description "On that fabled patch of concrete, unknown players have been lighting it up for decades as they express basketball as a freestyle art among their peers and against such pro immortals as Julius Erving and Wilt Chamberlain. X's and O's are exchanged for oohs and aahs in one of the great examples of street theater to be found in urban America."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "255 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Asphalt gods.".
- catalog identifier "0385506759".
- catalog isFormatOf "Asphalt gods.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Doubleday,".
- catalog relation "Asphalt gods.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) Harlem (New York)".
- catalog subject "796.323/6 21".
- catalog subject "Basketball Tournaments New York (State) Harlem (New York) History.".
- catalog subject "GV885.49.R83 M35 2003".
- catalog subject "Rucker Tournament (Basketball) History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. The Pied Piper -- Ch. 2. The Pros Come to Harlem -- Ch. 3. The Hawk and Company Swoop In -- Ch. 4. Dr. J. and the Rucker Heyday -- Ch. 5. Under the Lights -- Ch. 6. Return of the Goat -- Ch. 7. A "Business" is Born -- Ch. 8. A New Century Dawns.".
- catalog title "Asphalt gods : an oral history of the Rucker Tournament / Vincent M. Mallozzi.".
- catalog type "text".