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Received the wrong item when it was shipped. The item I received was the wrong color and a cheaper product than what I ordered.

Is a really nice cap, it fits great and the delivery time was less than I expected, I would definately purchase from port authority again, simply great.

This is exactly as shown and described. It is just what I was looking for. I was also surprised by the quality of the hat, i was expecting a cheaply made hat. It is very comfortable and of high quality.

Great product low price fast shiping. I went with the brown color and i bought patchs and made my own unique hat. i loved the cross stitching also as well as this companys other plain 1 color hats.

It was a challenge for me to find a hat that wasn't garishly decorated or advertising something, and yet didn't appear blank. This cap is exactly what I was looking for. The colors (I chose brown/stone), the contrasting stitching, the well-curved bill, and the low profile all make for a casual, classic style. The cap also arrived in a timely manner and was a great deal for the price.

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I feel the size was correct, unlike other reviews. My daughter has followed sizes exactly based on her age since she was born and these fit fine. I was hoping for a little more from the quality though. I haven't washed them yet so hopefully they won't get worse. They're just a normal t-shirt, like the one a man would wear under a dress shirt. I was hoping for something a little thicker that feels more like a stand alone shirt.

Be careful, this runs REALLY small. I got the 18-24 for my 14 month old, and it would fit better on an average 6 month old. Otherwise, it seems of nice quality.

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So glad I found these comfy, soft, 100% cotton tees for my son! They are very comfortable and look very cute on. It would also work well to pair one of these tees with pants by the same company for light summer pajamas.

These tees are great! It is very hard to find plain tees without paying too much. These tees are priced right and look great. I also ordered a jacket and sweat pants from the same company. The service was quick. I will order from them again.

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This book was both enjoying and informative. If your a basketball fan of the late sixties and seventies you will enjoy this book. I'm sure todays players would have a completely different lifestyle than their predecessors, but Bill gives you a picture of his day and insight into his cast of characters/teammates. I enjoyed this book.

FORMER NBA PLAYER BILL BRADLEY TAKES US THROUGH SOME OF THE 1973-74 KNICKS SEASON, AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF BRADLEY, EARL MONROE, WILLIS REED AND DAVE DEBUSSCHURE. MOST OF IT IS INTERESTING AND WELL WRITTEN. IT IS NOT A TELL ALL OR CONTROVERSIAL BOOK BUT PRETTY MUCH A FACTS ONLY BOOK. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE HOW THE PLAYERS SPEND THEIR DOWN TIME ON ROAD TRIPS, THE AVAILABILITY OF WOMEN WHO WILL SLEEP WITH JUST ABOUT ANY PLAYER, AND THE INNERPLAY OF THE KNICKS IN PRACTICE AND ON PLANES. I LIKED THIS BOOK BUT IT IS NOTHING GREAT AND IT IS BORING AT TIMES BUT STILL WORTH A PEEK.

He writes about being in the NBA but it's during the 70's when it was so different from now. Players didn't make mega millions then. I can't believe they would still have to do their own laundry and share a hotel room with someone on the team. But it's a nice glimpse into the 70's and professional basketball, I guess. The basketball writing is okay, I've read much better. His writing is pretty dead.

After reading John McPhee's account of Bill Bradley's years at Princeton, I put the book down and thought it was too good to be true. No NBA player I've ever seen is THAT smart. But after reading Bradley's own Life on the Run, I recant. Bradley IS that smart, and he's a hell of a writer to boot. This one can be spoken about with the same kind of respect due the classic sports profiles, including McPhee's own Levels of the Game. I'm glad I took a chance on this book. It was a real pleasure.

Bill Bradley's account of three weeks in the life of an NBA team in the '70's is as much a stunningly insightful social commentary as it is a nice, easily-rambling, "On the Road"-style ride. Beautiful.

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Particularly for political conservatives, it is easy enough to walk into this book expecting a partisan neo-leftist Democratic slant on everything in U.S. history, but this is a remarkably well-thought personal accent on the last seventy years' history of the United States, building upon the legacy of the past and seen through the eyes of one who lived through it all--and who was well-qualified to make an intelligent commentary on the meaning of it all. Is this a perfect book? By no means. Bradley's partisan biases do show through quite evidently, although it should come as no surprise that a sitting Democratic senator (as he was at the time) would be more critical of his Republican colleagues. There are, of course, instances when Bradley, while lamenting (though always in reserved and mature tones) the destruction sweeping over the country (he is too gentlemanly to use such terms, though it would not be altogether dishonest to do so), nevertheless apologises, perhaps unwittingly, for the forces behind them. For example, Bradley supports a monetary policy of devaluation as a solution to the hardships posed by "free trade," seemingly impervious to the fact that our trading partners do not want such a situation and are often willing to take drastic steps--up to and including currency--to prevent it. He also has a tendency to become rather Pollyanna and flighty when it comes to issues of race, multiculturalism or immigration, and seems evidently uncomfortable talking about his religious views--a former fervent born-again Evangelical out to change the world, he has since retreated into a silent non-critical post-Presbyterianism, practicing but not fully believing--something which is understandable but which underscores the stiff-necked Calvinist mentality that Bradley has a hard time overcoming. Still, given the author's curriculum vitæ as an ordinary American, an historian, a Rhodes scholar, a professional basketball player and a politician, it is difficult to argue that he does not deserve a voice about the current state of the country. I have many political disagreements with Bradley, but if there was ever a WASP Renaissance Man in the 20th century, it was he. I caution the reader not to accept all his more positive ideas at face value, but I recommend this book for those willing to take his criticisms and general cautions seriously and to explore the potential solutions for our country.

This is a very well- written and thoughtful book. Bill Bradley wrote it just as his third Senatorial term was coming to a close. Unfortunately close to that time he had to deal with a number of personal tragedies, including his wife's breast cancer, the severe illness of both of his parents. Bradley tells of his Chrystal City childhood, the only child of his arthritically disabled Presbyterian banker father, and his strongly Methodist mother. He does not revel in his own personal athletic feats and accomplishments. Rather he presents us with a picture of small- town life in that era, and the kind of world he grew up in. One of the strengths of the book is that it tells much about different regions and populations of America. As a Senator and Presidential candidate he visited eventually every state in the Union and he for instance in his chapter on his Scotch- Irish family background describes the economy and social world of the Appalachians. Bradley is eager to present to the reader his vision of what America should be. He speaks a lot about responsibility and discipline, and communal obligation. These are virtues he himself personally exemplifies, and one feels how strongly he is repelled by an America gone too soft and self- indulgent, too hedonistically obsessed with short- term pleasures. He tells of his work in bringing about the Tax Reform Bill of 1986 which eliminated many loopholes, and simplified the system so that it had only two tax brackets. He talks about other public initiatives of his related to helping the poor, the one - parent families. He gives a chapter of the book to considering the difficulties the great American middle- class has faced over recent years. One has the sense in reading the book of his being a thoroughly decent, hard- working and fair person. Bradley has an amusing little section in which he talks about his efforts at improving his own public speaking. Here of course was his major failing as a political figure, his lack of charisma. He was eclipsed almost instantaneously by the charismatic Clinton. Bradley is the work- horse of Orwell's fable. The solid honest good person who does the drudgery and certainly does not get a final good reward for it. This is not to say that Bradley complains . He doesn't. He does not in fact put great emphasis in the work on his own feelings. He does however show how much he cares for America, and is devoted to its well- being. This is an outstanding political autobiography not because it overwhelms emotionally but because it rationally clearly gives a 'picture' of what America is and might be. And it tells the story of a highly devoted public servant who did his best to make a better America.

EDIT of 19 August 2009 to downgrade to 4 stars. Bill Bradley, like Al Gore, sold out. He accepted the Wall Street lures and chose not to blow the whistle on the two-party tyranny that has betrayed the public trust and mis-spent the public monies for special interests. He is, though smart and good as a person, part of the problem. Shame on him, shame on all of them. Bill Bradley and John McCain may go down in history as the two smartest men who should have been President, but could not get elected. This is an extraordinarily thoughtful book, and it makes one almost cry out in despair. America has given up the idea of an informed democracy led by informed representatives of the people, and as the author concludes his book, given over all the power to two kinds of technocrats: political technocrats like Karl Rove who will do anything to get their man elected, including unethical misrepresentations against Republicans like John McCain, never mind Democrats; and corporate technocrats, who will kill off the middle class and increase the working poor in the name of corporate bottom lines that pass off the social and economic costs to the very taxpayers being disenfranchised. The current Congressional and Executive systems do not work as intended. Congress has become insular and corrupt, and the Executive--at the political level--has become ideological and corrupt. Bill Bradley's writing makes it clear that there are solutions, but men like Bill Bradley will not get elected--nor even heard--until sufficient catastrophe befalls America and the people rise up in desperation to reclaim their heritage. The index is helpful in looking up specific views of the author, e.g. on health care, national security, etcetera. The New American Story Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming

Bradley takes a thoughtful look at his life and many issues that face America. I liked reading of his Missouri youth and NBA days, plus his analysis of economic change, media sensationalism, and the corrosive influence of money on politics. Bradley's superb (if short) discourse on the inner workings of the U.S. Senate provides the type of useful information one never gets from our sound-bite media. Bradley even takes issues like water policy and shows why they matter. The Senator's blame-whites-only view of racial divisions was rather naive, but even here he makes some points. This book is more than a readable memoir; it's a compassionate, thought-inspiring look at America.

book with tremendous depth, dedication and ideas.. America is unfortunate to not to have man like Senator Bradley as President

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There's no better way to learn about basketball history than to hear directly from the players that created it. I learned a lot from this book and I hope that these pioneers are considered for future pension inclusion.

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i know it's not your fault but the t shirts i got were M but feel like a very large large.. I still like it but it might be that product runs big