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Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me: A Memoir (Signed Book)

ISBN-13: 9780385550284
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/09/2023
Edition description: Signed Edition
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 12,518
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780385550284
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 05/09/2023
  • Edition description: Signed Edition
  • Pages: 272
  • Sales rank: 12,518
  • Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)
  • A poignant, humorous, behind-the-scenes memoir from Kenny “The Jet” Smith—superstar basketball commentator, host of top-rated Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion. Smith reveals memorable inside stories of his playing and broadcasting careers, focusing on the star players, coaches, and mentors who inspired him along the way.   Kenny Smith was a star at the University of North Carolina before his storied NBA run, in which he won two championships with the Houston Rockets. His tremendous popularity skyrocketed when he joined TNT’s new show, Inside the NBA, which has thrived for twenty-four years and won multiple Emmy awards, receiving enormous acclaim for the insight, humor, social commentary, and unrivaled basketball coverage from Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Ernie Johnson, Jr. Kenny is known to fans for his laser-sharp analysis and eloquent observations of the basketball scene and culture.   In this honest and deep memoir, Kenny writes chapters about each of the extraordinary people who taught him invaluable life lessons. He illuminates the personalities, affections and quirks of friends such as Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and Kobe Bryant, among others, and what he learned from each of them. He writes about his legendary UNC coach, Dean Smith, and other indelible role models through his career. And he interweaves poignant material about his upbringing in Queens, NY, his parents, his children, and his marriage, explaining the rich knowledge he obtained from the important figures around him. Kenny is also a strong, intelligent voice on race, as his fans and TV viewers will know. Ultimately this is a revealing, humorous, powerful memoir, offering a candid glimpse inside the rarified world of elite sports and broadcasting, with inspiring takeaways.

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