That Championship Season (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Amdur, Neil, “That Championship Season,” in Sporting News, February 28, 1983, pp. 26-27, 29.

  This article describes a championship basketball team from the same era and place (Scranton, Pennsylvania) featured in That Championship Season. The team may have inspired the play, or at least it shares many parallels with the fictional team.

• “On the Set,” in The New Yorker, May 20, 1972, pp. 32-33.

  This article provides biographical information about Miller and background on the inspiration for and original productions of That Championship Season.

• Peck, Ira, “From Unemployment Insurance to Championship,” in The New York Times, May 21, 1972, section 2, pp. 1, 10.

  This piece discusses Miller’s background and describes the inspiration for That Championship Season.

• Warren, William E., Coaching and Winning, Parker, 1988.

  This book is a guide for coaches on how to motivate athletic teams to win.