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Blue Blood
Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
"To Hell with Carolina*,"*
--From the Duke Fight Song
"Go to Hell, Duke!"
--Last line, Tar Heel Fight Song
For fifty years the rivalry between Duke and Carolina has featured famous brawls, endless controversy, long-nurtured hatred—and some of the best basketball...
by Bill Bradley
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
This classic memoir about life in the pros by the NBA hall of famer and former US senator was named a top 100 Sports Books by Sports Illustrated.
Before Bill Bradley became known as a US senator and presidential candidate, he was famous for being a part of the world championship–winning New...
Play Their Hearts Out
A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting
Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports
Eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine...
Tales from the Indiana Hoosiers Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest Indiana Basketball Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
In this action-packed collection of stories, Hoosier alum John Laskowski and veteran sportswriter Stan Sutton take readers onto the court and up to the basket with some of the greatest IU players to ever grace the hardwood. Fans will relive all the excitement, the disappointment, the laughter, and...
by Art Chansky
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Famed sportswriter and Tobacco Road basketball historian Art Chansky is releasing digital versions of his award-winning book, Blue Blood, for the Apple iPad, iPhone, iTouch, Kindle Fire, Kindle eReader, Nook and all other tablet eReaders. Blue Blood details one of sport's greatest rivalries, Duke...
by Art Chansky
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
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...
by Kevin Christensen
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2011
BENCH RULES tells the inspirational story of Kevin Christensen, a former high school star, who finds himself banished to the end of the bench on his college basketball team. While navigating the turbulent emotions that come from being a little used reserve, he realizes the important role he plays...
SOS Pressure Defense
Sequential Ongoing Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
One of basketball’s all-time bestselling books, SOS Pressure Defense is a “How to” guide for coaching pressure defense in a logical and sequential progression. Each chapter is highlighted via easy to read text and diagrams. SOS Pressure Defense, which pioneered the importance of teaching and stressing...
The DuSable Panthers
The Greatest, Blackest, Saddest Team from the Meanest Streets in Chicago
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Twelve years before Kentucky and Texas Christian. Seven years after Jackie Robinson’s first at-bat in the Majors. A color barrier in both sports and in America was shattered—by a team of teenage boys. The weight of a season and the weight of growing up are burdens enough. For a high school...
The Athlete
Greatness, Grace and the Unprecedented Life of Charlie Ward
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
It takes a once-in-a-generation athlete to win a national championship as a quarterback for Florida State, reach the Elite Eight as a point guard for his school, and then go on to become a starting guard for the New York Knicks in an NBA Finals. Yes, Charlie Ward’s athletic accomplishments truly...
The Road to Madness
How the 1973-1974 Season Transformed College Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The NCAA men's basketball tournament is one of the iconic events in American sports. In this fast-paced, in-depth account, J. Samuel Walker and Randy Roberts identify the 1973–74 season as pivotal in the making of this now legendary postseason tournament. In an era when only one team per conference...
by Kevin Sivils
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Why the 1-4 High?
Why run all of your set plays, quick hitters or entry plays from a 1-4 high set? Good question.
Here are the reasons this alignment is great for all set plays:
Less is more. This one set keeps things simple for your players.
It creates excellent spacing....
Teaching The Flex Match-Up Zone
Winning Ways Basketball, #4
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Coach Steve Biddison has coached basketball for over 20 years where he has not only become known as a very innovative defensive coach, but a coach whose teams execute the half court offensive game to perfection. Four times he has taken over programs that had not had a winning record in years and...
by Stan Sutton
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This guide to all things Hoosiers tells the history of Indiana University basketball across several decades and covers anything and everything a fan should know. It takes years of Hoosiers history and distills it to the absolute best and most compelling, identifying the personalities, events, and...