The breaks of the game is a 1981 sports book written by pulitzer prize winning reporter david halberstam about the portland trail blazers 1979 1980 season the trail blazers are a professional basketball team which plays in the national basketball association nba.

David halberstam books background. David halberstam born april 10 1934 new york new york u s died april 23 2007 menlo park california american journalist and author who received a pulitzer prize in 1964 for his penetrating coverage of the vietnam war as a staff reporter 1960 67 for the new york times. In this engaging biography halberstam traces the belichick family ancestry and chronicles the upbringing of young belichick under his revered father steve a lifetime coach and gifted scout. Pulitzer prize winning author david halberstam s eyewitness account provides a riveting narrative of how the united states created a major foreign policy disaster for itself in a faraway land it knew little about. It is both sports and history as well as a fascinating account of an electrifying baseball championship against the background of profound social change.

David halberstam s book details how the franchise s remarkable success rests largely in the hands of their coach bill belichick. In the introduction to this edition historian daniel j. Superior history superbly researched and wonderfully written. Aside from a recap of the blazers season the book attempts to give a detailed history of the nba the 1976 77 portland.

He went on to become the best selling author of more than 20 meticulously researched books. Singal supplies crucial background information that was unavailable in the mid 1960s when the book was written.

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