Former Sydney Kings' captain and triple Olympian Damian Keogh dissects one of Australia's first privately owned sporting organizations to offer an insight into a world where business and sport are entwined. From his position as a 16-year old veteran of the National Basketball League, promotional whizz-kid and media commentator, Damiam Keogh delves into the contrasting motivations and covert games played out behind the scenes of modern Australian sport. This book is set against the backdrop of eight years of underachievement, controversy and profitability following the Sydney Kings' formation in 1988. The reader witnesses the fragile bond between coaches and teammates in a world of increasingly higher stakes, surveys the manipulation and collusion that goes on between clubs and the media, and scrutinizes the link between clubs and their sponsors, the reak "kings" of contemporary sport.
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Höhe: 215 mm
Breite: 140 mm
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978-1-86448-235-5 (9781864482355)
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Over the past 15 years Ian Cockerill has established hinself as one of the premier sports writers in the country, picking up awards for his coverage of basketball, cricket and Australian Rules football. Formerly with The Sydney Morning
Herald, he has spent most of the '90s working as a freelance writer, contributing regularly to Inside Sport magazine and various national publications.
Damian Keogh retired at the end of the 1995 season having played more than 400 National Basketball League games in 16 seasons and representing Australia in more than 200 international games, including three Olympic Games and three World Championships.
