The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316735636)

With unerring insight into the deeper truths of professional sports, John Feinstein explores in riveting detail what happened one night in December 1977 when, as a fistfight broke out on the court between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers, Kermit Washington delivered a punch that nearly killed All-Star Rudy Tomjanovich. The punch -- now legendary in the annals of American sports -- radically changed the trajectory of both men's lives and reverberates throughout the National Basketball Association to this day. Feinstein's compelling investigation of this single cataclysmic incident and its aftermath casts a light on the NBA's darkest secrets, revealing the true price men pay when they choose a career in sports.

Author: John Feinstein
ISBN-10: 0316735639
ISBN-13: 9780316735636
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 11/04/2003
Pages: 366
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.56w x 1.02d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.7
Point Value: 20
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 76716 / Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever

About the Author
John Feinstein is the author of many widely acclaimed and bestselling books on sports, including One on One, Moment of Glory, Are You Kidding Me?, Living on the Black, Tales from Q School, Last Dance, Next Man Up, Let Me Tell You a Story (with Red Auerbach), Caddy for Life, Open, The Punch, The Last Amateurs, The Majors, A Good Walk Spoiled, A Civil War, A Season on the Brink, Play Ball, and Hard Courts. He is also the author of five sports mystery novels for young readers. He writes for the Washington Post, Washingtonpost.com, and Golf Digest, and is a regular commentator on The Golf Channel.