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Bleeding Orange
Fifty Years of Blind Referees, Screaming Fans, Beasts of the East, and Syracuse Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
In six decades as a player, assistant coach, and the head man on the bench for Syracuse University's basketball program, Jim Boeheim is synonymous with the blood and thunder of East Coast hoops. In Bleeding Orange, Boeheim recounts for the first time all the pleasures and perils of a career spent...
Chuck Taylor, All Star
The True Story of the Man behind the Most Famous Athletic Shoe in History
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2006
The true story of a man, a company, a sport, and a nation.
In 1921, Converse hired 20-year-old Chuck Taylor as a salesman, sparking a nearly 50-year career that defined the Converse All Star basketball shoe. Although his name is on the label of the legendary All Stars, which have been worn...
by Tom Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
The Kentucky Wildcats are the winningest program in the history of college basketball, and this newly revised edition of the University of Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive book ever assembled on the history of this extraordinary team. Written in a unique, easy-to-read style...
Courting Success
Muffet McGraw's Formula for Winning--in Sports and in Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2003
In the shadows of the nation's most storied football program, Muffet McGraw has quietly built the Notre Dame women's basketball program into a national power. Arguably, women's basketball has been the university's most consistently successful varsity sport. Over the past 15 years, Irish women's basketball...
The Last Amateurs
Playing for Glory and Honor in Division I College Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2008
Like millions who love college basketball, John Feinstein was first drawn to the game because of its intensity, speed and intelligence. Like many others, he felt that the vast sums of money involved in NCAA basketball had turned the sport into a division of the NBA, rather than the beloved amateur...
Light Blue Reign
How a City Slicker, a Quiet Kansan, and a Mountain Man Built College Basketball's Longest-Lasting Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
The 09'–10' NCAA college basketball season marks the 100th anniversary of North Carolina basketball. The Tar Heels have earned top-five rankings in preseason polls four of the last five years, twice at #1. But they weren't always seen as a power - house team. Their strength has been decades in the...
The City Game
Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
“The master prose stylist portrays parallel basketball worlds in New York City: Madison Square Garden . . . and the playgrounds of Harlem” (Sports Illustrated).
The New York Knickerbockers, one of the NBA’s charter franchises, played professionally for twenty-four years before winning...
Doc
The Rise and Rise of Julius Erving
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
The definitive biography of basketball genius Julius Erving--the icon who transcended his sport and defined an era
Julius Erving, aka Dr. J, was a wizard with the basketball, performing feats the world had never seen before: midair spins and whirls punctuated by powerful slam dunks, which he...
Facing Michael Jordan
Players Recall the Greatest Basketball Player Who Ever Lived
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Relive the magic of the greatest player to ever step on the court.
Air Jordan,” His Airness,” MJ.”
Whatever you call him, Michael Jeffrey Jordan can be considered one of the greatest basketball players of all-time. During his career, Jordan won six NBA championships and was...
James Naismith
The Man Who Invented Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2009
It seems unlikely that James Naismith, who grew up playing “Duck on the Rock” in the rural community of Almonte, Canada, would invent one of America’s most popular sports. But Rob Rains and Hellen Carpenter’s fascinating, in-depth biography James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball shows...
by Dave Ungrady
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Legends of Maryland Basketball is a feature on the basketball players and coaches who brought glory and pride to their university, as well as the men and women who played significant roles in developing the team to reach new heights. This book is a memorable return journey to the lives of those who influenced the history of basketball at the University of Maryland.
Good Enough to Be Great
The Inside Story of Maryland Basketball's National Championship Season
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
The 2001-02 season was a magical one for the Maryland basketball team, culminating in the school's first-ever NCAA title. But as Washington Post sportswriter Josh Barr reveals here, it was never an easy road. Barr, who has spent four years on the Maryland beat, had unrivalled access to Terrapin coaches...
The Mozart of Basketball
The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Dra?en Petrovic
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Dražen Petrovic was born on October 22, 1964, in Šibenik, Croatia. Learning basketball at an early age from his older brother, Aleksandar, Dražen was a natural. He began his professional career at the age of fifteen, playing for the national team, where he began his rise through the European circuit....
by Kevin Sivils
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Give Your Basketball Practices a Shot in the Arm!
Use one of the 50 drills in Coaching Basketball to:
- Increase practice intensity!
- Build great basketball habits in your players!
- Emphasize the little details of the game!
- Never have a stale, boring practice!
- Teach your players to have...