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The LeBron James Ripple Effect. How LeBron changed the NBA forever. How did LeBron change the NBA? Love him or hate him he is an extraordinary basketball player. No one else has changed the NBA like LeBron James. So why is LeBron James the most controversial figure in NBA history?This has been...

This New York Times bestseller offers “slam-dunk lessons in teamwork and character” from the NBA hall of famer and former US senator (People).   Bill Bradley, whose varied career highlights include a gold-medal win in the Olympics, two world championship victories with the New York Knicks, and...

Early Years Dwight David Howard wаs born іn Atlanta оn December 8, 1985, tо Dwight and Sheryl Howard. (Click rіght hеrе fоr today's physical activities birthdays.) Sheryl lоѕt ѕеvеn chіldrеn tо miscarriage befоrе Dwight wаs bоrn, ѕo he wаѕ consistently called "The Miracle...

Learn the fundamentals and basics of some of the world's most popular sports. Read the different aspects of each sport, and find a sport that you want to play and enjoy! 1. Golf: The Element's of Playing Golf 2. Hockey: A Very Interesting Sport 3. Tennis: A Good Way to Stay Active and Fit 4. Tennis:...

Famed sportswriter and Tobacco Road basketball historian Art Chansky is releasing a digital version of his award-winning book, Blue Blood. Blue Blood details one of sport's greatest rivalries, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and details the emergence, growth and...

Famed sportswriter and Tobacco Road basketball historian Art Chansky is releasing a digital version of his award-winning book Blue Blood for the Apple iPad iPhone and iTouch. Blue Blood details one of sport's greatest rivalries Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and...

Who comprised the most productive pairs in the history of professional team sports? Joe Montana and Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers? Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls? What about the prolific hockey tandem of Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier? And that all-time great New York...

With the whole world watching his every move, Jeremy Lin has become an international phenomenon.   Everyone is talking about him, breaking down his basketball skills and analyzing him in every way. But does anyone really understand where he came from and how he got here?  With Jeremy...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The first memoir for young readers by sports legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At one time, Lew Alcindor was just another kid from New York City with all the usual problems: He struggled with fitting in, with pleasing a strict father, and with overcoming shyness...

This is a true story about two athletes who enjoyed playing basketball at the college level as much as they enjoyed their special friendship. They would live out this special friendship in the college town of Logan Utah, the home of Utah State University. The names are Wayne Estes and Leroy Walker....

Heaven Is a Playground was the first book on the uniquely American phenomenon of urban basketball. Rick Telander, a photojournalist and former high school basketball player, spent part of the summer of 1973 and all of the summer of 1974 in Brooklyn living the playground life with his subjects at Foster...

Jeremy Lin is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and being undrafted out of Harvard University, Lin reached a partially guaranteed contract deal...

This book contains questions on the basketball rules used by the NBA, test your knowledge with 100 questions on a variety of basketball rules and penalties.

Walk into Hinkle Fieldhouse, and you feel it--that palpable sense of history known as the Hinkle mystique. Indiana's basketball cathedral has stood in all its glory at Butler University since 1928. John Wooden, Oscar Robertson and Larry Bird played on its floor. Jesse Owens sprinted to a record at...