The life and teams of Johnny F. Bassett: maverick entrepreneur of North American sports

Abstract

Young Bassett and the show business of sports -- Show business leads to sports business -- Battle for the hockey heart and soul of Toronto -- No defense, no discipline, no more Toronto -- No, Canada : the WFL Northmen and Canadian Anti-Americanism -- Bassett becomes a political football -- The best of a bad league -- Too good for the WFL, not enough for the NFL -- Selling hockey in Alabama -- Emancipation of the Canadian juniors -- Tennis, the USFL and the bandits -- Bandit-ball -- The model USFL franchise -- The death of the USFL and Bassett.