Comments on: Words on Pages: “The Punch” by John Feinstein http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/07/28/words-on-pages-the-punch-by-john-feinstein/ Unbiased opinions from extremely biased people Thu, 24 May 2012 08:26:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Phil http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/07/28/words-on-pages-the-punch-by-john-feinstein/comment-page-1/#comment-74589 Phil Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:31:51 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=7456#comment-74589 This is one of my favorite books. The point you made about eras overlapping and players impacting future eras is right on. You don't realize how these events have ripple effects for the rest of the NBA -- why do you think there is a third ref now? -- and the rest of sports. It is crazy how this one event changed the NBA. I think John Feinstein did a great job telling the stories of the two men involved. You really learn about the two and how the moment shaped them. And you come out realizing they were all just a victim of circumstance. This is one of my favorite books. The point you made about eras overlapping and players impacting future eras is right on. You don’t realize how these events have ripple effects for the rest of the NBA — why do you think there is a third ref now? — and the rest of sports. It is crazy how this one event changed the NBA.

I think John Feinstein did a great job telling the stories of the two men involved. You really learn about the two and how the moment shaped them. And you come out realizing they were all just a victim of circumstance.

]]> By: Zachariah Blott http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/07/28/words-on-pages-the-punch-by-john-feinstein/comment-page-1/#comment-71302 Zachariah Blott Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:12:17 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=7456#comment-71302 Sure the fighting was out of control by 1977, but it wasn't seen as a real problem. Here's the cover of SI at the start of the 1977-78 season, glorifying "The Enforcers." http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/edb/reader.html?magID=SI&issueDate=19771031&mode=reader_vault Here are two accompanying articles that make the fighters, sorry, Enforcers sound like action heroes. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1092960/index.htm http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1092961/index.htm Sure the fighting was out of control by 1977, but it wasn’t seen as a real problem. Here’s the cover of SI at the start of the 1977-78 season, glorifying “The Enforcers.”

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/edb/reader.html?magID=SI&issueDate=19771031&mode=reader_vault

Here are two accompanying articles that make the fighters, sorry, Enforcers sound like action heroes.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1092960/index.htm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1092961/index.htm

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