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The Art of a Beautiful Game Review

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:01:53 +0000

Chris Ballard's The Art of a Beautiful Game is a beautiful NBA book.

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Talking About Practice: Episode 3

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:10:52 +0000

Chris Ballard, Sports Illustrated columnist and author of The Art of a Beautiful Game , was gracious enough to give me an hour of his time the other day for an interview. And since I’m such a smart guy, I decided to record the conversation. Thus, below, for your listening pleasure, is ...

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Reading…”The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan’s Tour of the NBA” by Chris Ballard

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:13:32 +0000

Chris Ballard’s The Art of a Beautiful Game represents the art of beautiful sportswriting. It’s one of the better basketball books I have ever read, and part of its allure is that it is broken down into compartmentalized, stand-alone chapters, each of which details a different ...

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Talking About Practice: Episode 3

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:53:12 +0000

Speaking of “The Art of a Beautiful Game” … Chris Ballard, the author of said book and a journalist for Sports Illustrated, was nice enough to join me for Episode 3 of my Talking About Practice podcast. I actually wasn’t even aware that Matt Moore would be taking such ...

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Discussing “The Art of a Beautiful Game” by Chris Ballard Part I

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:51:06 +0000

First, not that I don’t think you should read mine, but if you’re looking for a more restrained look at Chris Ballard’s “The Art of a Beautiful Game, I suggest you take a gander at the following reviews. Henry Abbott at TrueHoop Phoenix Stan at Brightside Tom ...

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Which NBA Writers Can Actually Play Basketball?

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:47:44 +0000

Last week at Chelsea Piers, Sports Illustrated 's Chris Ballard celebrated the release of his new NBA book, The Art of a Beautiful Game , with a pick-up game featuring a bunch of his basketball-writer buddies. Also, us! It was our first time hooping in front of a crowd of mildly ...

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Q&A with Chris Ballard of Sports Illustrated

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:05:08 +0000

This week’s interview subject is Sports Illustrated NBA writer Chris Ballard , an acclaimed author, athlete, and SI reporter. For his latest book, The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan’s Tour of the NBA , a few basketball scribes got together for some pick-up hoops, which ...

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'Art of a Beautiful Game' Explored By Sports Illustrated Scribe

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:33 +0000

by Tom Ziller Sports Illustrated 's Chris Ballard probably couldn't have happened into a worse time to release a book about the NBA. The economy is bad. ESPN's Bill Simmons released a tome on the league last month which reached the New York Times ' non-fiction best-seller list . The fawning ...

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