Under the Boards: The Cultural Revolution in Basketball

This book is a brilliant- yet very readable-exploration of race in this country; the relationship between music and basketball; and a foreshadowing of trends in the sport.This book can also be used to teach many across several disciplines.

Jeffrey Lane scores big with this riveting look at how the sport of basketball has evolved into something many of us do not recognize from it's heyday of the 1980's. It is a fascinating read that will enlighten even the non-basketball fan amongst us.