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When the Boston Celtics were running-and-gunning their way to 16 world championships, New England fans displayed their approval of the team's effort and heart by rooting especially hard for the bench players. It didn't matter whether a particular favorite was the sixth man or the twelfth. As long as the "chosen" player possessed determination, guts, emotion and, above all, hustle, the Celtics faithful would reward that player with cascades of applause and chants. Fringe players-don't call them scrubs-became cult heroes. Yes, the Garden crowds were in absolute heaven when subs such as "High Henry" Finkel, Greg Kite, Eric Fernsten, Terry Duerod, Kevin "Oscar" Gamble, Wayne Kreklow, and Charles Bradley shed their warm-ups and scampered down to the scorer's table to enter a game. Seldom did these players spend more than a couple of years in green-and-white uniforms before they were either waived or nabbed in an expansion draft. Still, to this day, their names and contributions have not been forgotten. Likewise, fans have not forgotten the dark days when Marvin "Bad News" Barnes, Sidney Wicks, Curtis Rowe, Bob McAdoo, Shammond Williams and Acie Earl aimlessly roamed on the parquet floor as the Celtics embarrassed themselves in defeat after defeat. Some players achieved star status in the face of long odds thanks to the results of one game in particular. What long-time Boston fan can ever forget Glenn McDonald's crucial string of clutch jumpers in the third overtime of Boston's 1976 playoff victory over the Phoenix Suns? Boston Celtics: Where Have You Gone? catches up with these long-remembered players and relives their impact (good or bad) on their Celtic teams. No longer will you have to wonder, "Whatever happened to...?"

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1146733 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-01
• Released on: 2005-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

About the Author
The co-author of High Above Courtside: The Lost Memoirs of Johnny Most and Voice of the Celtics, Mike Carey began his newspaper career as an assistant city editor for The Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Massachusetts. At age 26, he accepted a position as news editor and metro editor at the Boston Herald American. Three years later, he was named sports editor. From 1981 through 1986, Carey covered the Boston Celtics for the Boston Herald American, as well as writing monthly articles for the annual NBA draft preview for The Sporting News. For the past 16 years, he has represented professional basketball players in the NBA, minor leagues, and overseas. Additionally, he scouts U.S. colleges for GHP Bamberg, one of Germany's top professional basketball teams. A journalism graduate of Boston University, Carey resides in Framingham, Massachusetts. Michael D. McClellan is the author of two suspense novels and is the founder/editor-in-chief of Celtic-Nation.com, the premiere fan site of the Boston Celtics. Celtic-Nation.com boasts membership in all 50 states and 39 countries worldwide. A graduate of West Virginia Institute of Technology, Mr. McClellan designs, implements and supports the network infrastructure at Triana Energy, LLC, Charleston, WV-based energy concern. He lives with his wife, Melanie, and their son, Graham.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful interviews!
Interview sessions that take you out of the box....a must have for true Celtic fans.

Bleeding Green
As with the rest of the books in the publisher's series, the Celtics version of Where Have You Gone? is a walk down memory lane for sports fans. Sports move so fluidly and unendingly forward that stars and bit players alike are left by the wayside when their effectiveness wanes. The greatest of all time receive post-career accolades, but millions of athletes are not even afforded the opportunity to announce retirement. Their careers fizzle, and then they are gone.

The authors bring the Celtics of old back for an encore, whether they played a full twenty-year career, or had, in the case of Glenn McDonald, "two minutes of fame."

A MUST FOR ALL CELTIC FANS
THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS WITH MANY FORMER CELTIC STARS AND SOME NOT A STAR AT ALL. SOME OF THE PEOPLE INTERVIEWED ARE NATE ARCHIBALD, BILL SHARMAN, HANK FINKEL AND PAUL WESTPHAL. THE INTERVIEWS ARE ONLY 5 PAGES OR LESS AND INCLUDE A PHOTO. I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK, FOR IT BROUGHT BACK SOME GREAT NOSTALGIA. GLAD THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING TODAY AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEING A CELTIC. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS MARVIN BARNES WHO SPEAKS FREELY ABOUT HIS ADDICTION AND HIS RECOVERY. SOME GREAT STUFF. VERY RECOMMENDED.