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Contents List of Illustrations | ix Foreword, Mayor Dave Bing | xi Preface: Earl Lloyd and Syracuse, Sean Kirst | xvii A Note to Readers, Sean Kirst | xxxi Acknowledgments | xxxv Prologue: Lloyd on Obama, Part One | 1 1. Jackie | 7 2. Lemonade! | 13 3. Bootstraps, Anyone? | 21 4. A Neighborhood Could Play with One Ball | 41 5. Cocoon and Butterfly | 47 6. The Beginning | 59 7. Decisions | 68 8. Timing | 74 9. The Ice Bucket | 87 10. Jazz | 96 11. Exclamation | 101 Epilogue: Lloyd on Obama, Part Two | 109 Appendix A. Sean Kirst on Earl Lloyd and the Fifteenth Ward | 115 Appendix B. Earl Lloyd’s Career, Playoff, and Coaching Statistics (NBA) | 135 Index | 137 ...

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