Bob Knight: The Unauthorized Biography
 
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From Publishers Weekly With all that's been written about controversial college basketball coach Knight, do we need another book about him? Sportswriters Delsohn and Heisler make it hard to say no. The authors make good use of the material already written about Knight, including information culled from Knight's 2002 autobiography and John Feinstein's seminal A Season on the Brink. But they also interview Knight's friends and enemies, as well as curious onlookers. They nicely dissect Knight's early years as a player at Ohio State and his first coaching job at West Point in 1965, letting his early successes and failures serve as a mirror for his future triumphs and embarrassments (Knight's courtside outrage is well known: in his worst moments he kicked his son during a game and choked an Indiana player). They shine when covering Knight's 29 years at Indiana University, where he led the Hoosiers to three national titles. Their evenhanded and in-depth reporting brings clarity and truth to a situation that's long been debated by Knight supporters and detractors. Knight is a character of Shakespearean proportions: noble, talented and charismatic, but cursed with a violent temper and surly attitude. It must be a hard life to live, but it's mesmerizing to read about. (Feb.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist If Bob Knight has a good record this year at Texas Tech, he may pass Dean Smith as the all-time winner among college basketball coaches. He is, hands down, the most controversial coach of all time. Basing their account on extensive research into the millions of words written about Knight and on interviews with Knight's associates, players, assistant coaches, friends, and critics, the authors, both veteran sportswriters, produce a portrait that is always fascinating, if somewhat vexing--the latter thanks to the nature of their subject. Knight is capable of tremendous kindness and stunning cruelty. He bullies, intimidates, and threatens to get his way yet can be gracious and deferential when praising those he considers his mentors. He inspires both intense loyalty and unforgiving bitterness among former players. There are at least a half-dozen books on Bob Knight (the best may be John Feinstein's Season on the Brink, 1986), and each succeeds in exposing some aspect of the man's mercurial personality. This is one of the better efforts since it draws on the work that preceded it. Can't-put-it-down reading for Knight followers, pro and con. Wes Lukowsky Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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09 Sep 2007

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Delsohn, Steve

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3.13 MB