IN the 1980s basketball went from being a small, almost secretive sport to the biggest, best and sexiest spectacle in Ireland. The whitest country in the world, in the midst of a crippling recession, was suddenly electrified and enthralled by the most spectacular athletes team sport in Ireland had ever known, the majority of whom were young black Americans straight out of big-time college basketball who had marginally missed out on the NBA.
Hanging from the Rafters details the magic and mayhem that was triggered when those two worlds – black America and small-town Ireland – collided. Some, like Mike Hancock from the famed Georgetown programme, couldn’t hack it and left; others like Lennie McMillian and Jerome Westbrooks stayed to become the first new Irish.
- Edition: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780956244321
- ISBN13: 9780956244321
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Donal O'Donovan
26 November 2009
Great book. Brought me straight back to the heady days of the 80s spent cheering the lads on in Neptune.
Some of the stories about the Americans were great and its nice to see that the Americans all over the country had as many stories to tell as the Cork lads.
It brought the old memories flooding back. The only question is why didn't someone think to write this book before now?
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Shane Maguire
26 November 2009
Just finished readin the book there. It's very funny. I play basketball in Cork now and it's a pity that we don't still have the kind of atmosphere that they were describing in the book. It must have been great to have that much craic playing ball. THe lads were like heroes in Cork while they were here. I don't read much but this was a good buy I must say.
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