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Spinning the Globe
The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Before Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Julius Erving, or Michael Jordan––before Magic Johnson and Showtime––the Harlem Globetrotters revolutionized basketball and spread the game around the world. In Spinning the Globe, author Ben Green tells the story of this extraordinary franchise and iconic...
A Passion to Lead
Seven Leadership Secrets for Success in Business, Sports, and Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Motivation…Success…Leadership…Passion. Hall of Fame college basketball coach Jim Calhoun shares his secrets for success for the first time ever.
Coach Jim Calhoun is one of the most successful coaches in college basketball history. Having sent countless players to the NBA, Coach Calhoun...
Pacific Rims
Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Bas ketball
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
A young man's journey through the Philippines' most unlikely obsession: basketball.
In Pacific Rims, Rafe Bartholemew, journalist, New Yorker, and veteran baller, ventures through the Philippines to investigate the country's love of basketball.
From street corners where diehards fashion...
Effective Zone Offenses For The High School Coach
Winning Ways Basketball, #3
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
In this edition of Winning Ways Basketball Books, you will find my favorite zone offenses, including the highly effective Orange and Blue offenses that has been my team's bread and butter zone offenses . In this book you will get the step by step progressions of these (and seven other) offenses that...
The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino
A Story of Corruption, Scandal, and the Big Business of College Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
From acclaimed New York Times Magazine author Michael Sokolove, the astonishing inside story of the epic corruption scandal that has rocked the NCAA and exposed the rot and hypocrisy at the heart of big-time college sports.
At a lavish annual event in late August 2017, the University of Louisville...
Spurs Nation
Major Moments in San Antonio Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
From the Memorial Day Miracle to coach Gregg Popovich's legendary leadership to winning five NBA championships, the San Antonio Spurs have brought excitement to the Alamo City and the greater NBA family since 1976. As the team with the most rabid and loyal fan base in basketball history, Spurs Nation...
Boom, Baby!
My Basketball Life in Indiana
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Bobby "Slick" Leonard has etched his name forever on the Mount Rushmore of Indiana basketball, and in Boom, Baby! he shares memories from his storied career. Leonard takes readers inside the Indiana locker room with legendary head coach Branch McCracken and onto the court when he hit the...
No Malice
My Life in Basketball or: How a Kid from Queensbridge Survived the Streets, the Brawls, and Himself to Become an NBA Champion
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Metta World Peace knows what it means to be both the hero and the villain. In his 17-season professional basketball career, he's darted back and forth between extremes, taking on the roles of youthful phenom, league-wide disgrace, All-Star, unlikely international ambassador, and fan favorite. Along...
Quotable Wooden
Words of Wisdom, Preparation, and Success By and About John Wooden, College Basketball's Greatest Coach
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
John Wooden was arguably the greatest college basketball coach of all time, a teacher as well as mentor whose handiwork produced a dynasty bridging the 1960s and 1970s. Quotable Wooden is a compilation of more than two hundred quotes by and about Wooden. Among the topics covered are his playing days...
Effective Man To Man Offenses for the High School Coach
Winning Ways Basketball, #2
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
This is the first book in this series of X's and O's basketball for the high school coaches. In this edition, you will find my favorite man-to-man offenses, including the highly effective FIST offense that has been my team's bread and butter man-to-man offense for over a decade. In this book you will...
Mind Games
Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
MIND GAMES follows the journey of Phil Jackson to the top of basketball’s coaching hierarchy, a rise that took him from obscurity in the Continental Basketball Association to nine championship rings in the NBA. Along the way he turned multimillionaire players on to meditation, transformed the Michael...
Butler Way, The
The Best of Butler Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The Butler Way opens with a discussion of the Butler Way. Barry Collier, a former Butler player, was hired as coach in 1989 and slowly rebuilt a program that has declined since the days of Tony Hinkle. Collier emphasized the Butler way which featured team play. Fans will also be pleased to read about...
When the Garden Was Eden
Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
In the tradition of The Boys of Summer and The Bronx Is Burning, New York Times sports columnist Harvey Araton delivers a fascinating look at the 1970s New York Knicks—part autobiography, part sports history, part epic, set against the tumultuous era when Walt Frazier, Willis Reed, and Bill Bradley...
by Ken Davis, Bill Self
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The storied history that is KU basketball is revealed in this compilation of the most critical moments and important facts about past and present players, coaches, and teams. Most Kansas basketball fans have attended games at Allen Fieldhouse, seen highlights of a young Paul Pierce, and remember watching...