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Tales from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest Fighting Irish Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Former ESPN basketball commentator Digger Phelps is regarded as one of the most charismatic and opinionated analysts in the profession. And he was the same personality during his twenty years as the head coach at the University of Notre Dame. In this book, first published in 2004, Phelps teams up...
Grads Are Playing Tonight! (The)
The Story of the Edmonton Commercial Graduates Basketball Club
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Between 1915 and 1940 the amazing Edmonton Grads dominated women’s basketball in Canada. Coached by J. Percy Page, they played over 400 official games, losing only 20; they travelled more than 125,000 miles in Canada, the United States, and Europe; and they crossed the Atlantic three times to defend...
The Holy Grail of Hoops
One Fan's Quest to Buy the Original Rules of Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
When Josh Swade found out that the original 13 rules of basketball, penned by Dr. James Naismith—the father of modern basketball—were up for auction, he knew that it was his duty as a lifelong Jayhawks fan to make sure that they ended up where they belonged.
Penned in 1891, Naismith’s...
Glory Hounds
How a Small Northwest School Reshaped College Basketball.And Itself.
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Almost a generation ago, a small school from the Northwest made its first noise in college basketball. For the first time, the Gonzaga Bulldogs won games in the NCAA tournament of 1999, going all the way to the Elite Eight. Then they validated their arrival with Sweet 16 appearances the next two years.
Unlike...
by Ferrin Tres
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
In the 1940s, before March Madness, the frenzy of the NBA draft, and multi-million dollar professional contracts, college basketball players played simply because they loved the game. This is the story of a group of kids who loved to play basketball: the underdog 1943–44 University of Utah men’s...
How Sweet It Was
And How the Nba Can Return to Greatness
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
The National Basketball Association used to be a unifi ed league featuring high powered teams with great players who put on explosive shows night after night to the delight of their admiring fans. The league featured great stars like Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Elgin Baylor, and Jerry West who...
Game of My Life Virginia Tech Hokies
Memorable Stories of Hokie Football and Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Virginia Tech’s Shayne Graham trots onto the field at West Virginia on November 6, 1999, with two thoughts in his mind. One is a missed field goal that would have beaten Miami a year earlier. The other is the 44-yard field goal he is about to try against the Mountaineers, a kick he must make if...
Abe Saperstein and the American Basketball League, 1960-1963
The Upstarts Who Shot for Three and Lost to the NBA
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
This book examines the American Basketball League and its short history, beginning with its conception in 1959–60 and its two seasons of play, 1961–1963. The league was the first to use a trapezoidal, wider lane and a 30-second shot clock, as well as the 3–point shot. With a team in Hawaii,...
Swish
The Quest for Basketball's Perfect Shot
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
From three-pointers to slam dunks, Swish: The Quest for Basketball’s Perfect Shot goes beyond the record books and explores all aspects of making a basket. This book features amazing shots, player profiles, and tons of trivia. Authors Mark Stewart and Mike Kennedy cover basketball from the late...
Venus to the Hoop
A Gold Medal Year in Women's Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
In the spring of 1995, twelve extraordinary basketball players were chosen to represent the United States in the year-long march to the 1996 Olympics. For Rebecca Lobo, Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, and their teammates, winning the gold medal was only one of many goals. Around them swirled the dreams...
by Blogcat
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2012
Have you been longing for a book that provides deep analysis on the worst basketball team of all time? One whose author also likens his work to that of the great mid-century existentialist philosopher Albert Camus? Well, have I got a book for you!This book has it all. Meditations on a terrible...
Ally Loves Basketball
Ally Loves Sports, #4
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
There’s no time like the present for Ally Mayberry to show what she can do on the basketball court! She’s excited about the brand new three-point line and the trophy that goes to the best shooter. In this thrilling new book, Ally learns to deal with playing a lesser role on a team that’s bound for greatness!
Breaking Cardinal Rules
Basketball and the Escort Queen
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
An expose of sexual recruiting tactics from the journal pages of an escort queen. Breaking Cardinal Rules is an exposé by escort Katina Powell based on her experiences providing sexual services for the basketball program at the University of Louisville. It is written with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative...
by Gary Blair, Rusty Burson
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
“It’s still difficult to describe the scene after the final buzzer sounded, because the moment was just so damned surreal,” writes head coach Gary Blair following the conclusion of the title game of the 2011 NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament. “So many things happened that I will...