Fight, Grin and Squarely Play the Game - The 1945 Loyola New Orleans Basketball Championship and Legacy

"In 1945, the Loyola New Orleans Wolf Pack became the first basketball team to earn a national championship. The Cinderella season was chronicled in the Times Picayune, the student newspaper The Maroon and letters from students and alums fighting overseas. The 1run to the championship was an amazing boon to thecommunity during trying times. The group of boyhood friends and rivals beat outprevious national champions and exhausted opponents. Take a courtside seat asjournalist Ramon A. Vargas chronicles the season, including heartfelt personalnarratives to tell the story of the championship and legacy of a team that ledLoyola to national prominence"--

About the author

Ramon Antonio Vargas is a native of the New Orleans area and staff writer for NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune and former editor and sports writer for The Maroon, Loyola University New Orleans' campus newspaper. His writing has been honored by the Louisiana Press Association, Press Club of New Orleans and Associated Press Media Editors.

Product details

• Authors: Ramon Antonio Vargas
• Publisher: The History Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2013
• EAN: 9781609499181
• ISBN: 978-1-60949-918-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Series: Sports History; SPORTS; Sports and History
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Basketball, Geschichte des Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball, Sports & Recreation, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)