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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 334 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"While Hanif Abdurraqib is an acclaimed author, a gifted poet, and one of our culture's most insightful music critics, he is most of all, at heart, an Ohioan. Growing up in Columbus in the '90s, Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of basketball, one in which legends like LeBron were forged, and countless others weren't. His lifelong love of the game leads Abdurraqib into a lyrical, historical, and emotionally rich exploration of what it means to make...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This big-hearted memoir by the most promising professional basketball player of his generation details his rise to NBA stardom, the terrible accident that ended his career and plunged him into a life-altering depression, and how he ultimately found his way out of the darkness,"--Amazon.com.
63) Boys among men: how the prep-to-pro generation redefined the NBA and sparked a basketball revolution
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Kevin Garnett shocked the world by announcing that he would not be attending college--as young basketball prodigies were expected to do--but instead enter the 1995 NBA draft directly from high school, he blazed a trail for a generation of teenage basketball players to head straight for the pros. That trend would continue until the NBA instituted an age limit in 2005, requiring all players to attend college or another developmental program for...
64) LeBron James
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
This title introduces readers to Russell Westbrook, providing exciting details about his life and going deep inside the key moments of his NBA career. The title also features informative "fast facts," a timeline, and a glossary. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
Publisher
Sports Illustrated Books, an imprint of Time Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
286 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm
Language
English
Description
"Who is the greatest center of all time? How about the most dominant point guard? What's the best game ever? SI's team of experts once and for all settles the questions pro basketball fans have been debating since the first net was hung"--Dust jacket.
66) The legends club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an epic college basketball rivalry
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Legends Club is a sports book that captures an era in American sport and culture, documenting the inside view of a decade of absolutely incredible competition. Feinstein pulls back the curtain on the recruiting wars, the intensely personal competition that wasn't always friendly, the enormous pressure and national stakes, and the battle for the very soul of college basketball allegiance in a hot-bed area. Getting to the roots of the NCAA goliath...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"They say records are made to be broken, but some marks of excellence are simply out of reach. Record Breakers tells the stories behind some of the most extraordinary feats in the sports world. Learn about the amazing athletes involved, how the record was made, and the record's historical context. From big games to glorious seasons, these books will have readers clamoring for more!,"--page [4] of cover.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The basketball coach for the University of Kentucky, known for recruiting some of the nation's best players, explains how his team-building methods can help business owners, teachers, and other leaders inspire talented people and unleash their true potential.
69) Play dead
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
550 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her husband, Boston Celtics' star player David Baskin, dies on their Australian honeymoon, fashion model-turned-entrepreneur Laura Ayars begins to suspect that David's death wasn't a simple accident and launches her own investigation.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An award-winning journalist's behind-the-scenes account from the epicenter of sports, social justice, and coronavirus, Can't Knock the Hustle is a lasting chronicle of the historic 2019-2020 NBA season, by way of the notorious Brooklyn Nets and basketball's renaissance as a cultural force beyond the game"--
In the 2019-2020 season, the Nets were already the most intriguing startup in the NBA: a team of influencers, entrepreneurs and activists, starring...
71) LeBron James
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title introduces readers to LeBron James, covering his early life, career, and life off the court. This title features informative sidebars, detailed infographics, vivid photos, and a glossary.
73) Shot clock
Author
Series
Shot clock volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the death of his friend, Tony must work to make the basketball team, but when he gets the chance to join the squad as statistician, he must grapple with honoring the memory of his basketball-loving friend while also trying to fit in on the team.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A provocative assessment of legendary UCLA coach John Wooden by the best-selling author of When March Went Mad draws on hundreds of interviews from all periods of his career to offer insight into his driving ambition, divided relationships and hard-won lessons.
77) Dwyane
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This photographic memoir from the NBA superstar looks at his upbringing on the South Side of Chicago, his college career at Marquette and his extraordinary rise to stardom with the Miami Heat.
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"An oral history of basketball"--
"Inspired by a landmark ESPN film series, this is an extraordinary oral history of basketball--its eye-opening untold history, its profound deeper meaning, its transformative influence on the world--as told through an unprecedented series of candid conversations with the game's greatest icons. This is the greatest love story never told. It has passion and heartbreak, triumph and betrayal. It is deeply intimate yet...
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