Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen

Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson

Shortlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing

â€œA searingly honest and intimate portrait of a captivating icon.â€ â€”Baxter Holmes, ESPN NBA reporter

Through extensive research and interviews with those closest to Iverson, acclaimed Washington Post sportswriter Kent Babb gets behind the familiar, sanitized, and heroic version of the hard-changing, hard-partying athlete who played every game as if it were his last.

Former NBA superstar Allen Iverson was once one of Americaâ€™s most famous athletes: a trendsetter who transcended race, celebrity, and pop culture, and emerged from a troubled past to become one of the most successful and highly compensated athletes in the world. Now, his life and career come vividly to light in this â€œsearingly honestâ€ (Baxter Holmes) biography.

Babb brings to life a private, loyal, and often generous Allen Iverson who rarely made the headlines, revealing the back story behind some of Iversonâ€™s most memorable moments, such as his infamous â€œPracticeâ€ rant, delving even deeper to discover where Iversonâ€™s demons lurked. He drank too much, stayed out too late, spent more money than most people could spend in a dozen lifetimesâ€”blowing more than $150 million of his NBA earnings alone.

His then wife Tawanna, seen often as the mild-mannered woman who tamed the bad boy, tried to keep her husband and family on the rails. But, as so many others learned on basketball courts, she was no match for the force of nature that was Iverson. Jealousy, meanness, and relentless eventually wore down even his biggest fans, teammates, and, eventually, even his most formidable opponent.
Country USA
Brand Atria Books
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781476778976
ReleaseDate 2016-06-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476778976

Country	USA
Brand	Atria Books
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781476778976
ReleaseDate	2016-06-21
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476778976

Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson

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