Basketball category: 1106 books
Overtime Kids
The Untold Story of a Small-Town Kentucky Basketball Team's Unlikely Rise to the State Championship
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Overtime Kids is an inspiring account of the smallest school to ever win the Kentucky State High School Basketball Championship, knocking out the highest scoring player in history in the process! Discover with Dr. Don Miller how this humble coal-mining town produced some of the state's most determined...
Across the Line
Profiles In Basketball Courage: Tales Of The First Black Players In The ACC and SEC
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
In the 1960s, college sports required more than athletic prowess from its African American players. For many pioneering basketball players on 18 teams in the Atlantic and Southeastern conference, playing ball meant braving sometimes menacing crowds during the tumultuous era of civil rights. Perry...
by Vince Stead
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
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....
Keeping It Loose
Patience, Passion, and My Life in Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
When the game is on the line, some coaches tense up. They scream, they yell. But Mike Brey remains calm, having instilled confidence in his players and having built a system in which they have great freedom. Fueled with a competitive streak that belies his fun and easygoing demeanor, Brey has turned...
Father Ted Hesburgh
He Coached Me
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
The University of Notre Dame is a special place, regarded by many as the world's top Catholic institution of higher learning. Yet its modern reputation for excellence and service is only part of the legacy of Father Theodore Hesburgh, the university's president from 1952 to 1987. Father Ted's influence...
The Milan Miracle
The Town that Hoosiers Left Behind
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Will lightning ever strike twice? Can David beat Goliath a second time? These questions haunt everyone in the small town of Milan, Indiana, whose basketball team inspired Hoosiers, the greatest underdog sports movie ever made. From a town of just 1,816 residents, the team remains forever an underdog,...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
George Glamack was exceptional for becoming a talented athlete despite having a significant handicap. He sustained an eye injury while playing football as a youth. This resulted in farsightedness that actually prevented him from seeing the basketball goal at close range. Nevertheless he developed...
Elevated
The Global Rise of the N.B.A.
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Howard Beck. Marc Stein. Jonathan Abrams. Chris Broussard. Ira Berkow. George Vecsey. Mike Wise. Selena Roberts. Lee Jenkins. All have graced the pages of The New York Times, entertaining readers with their probing coverage of the N.B.A.: a stage on which spectacular athletes perform against a backdrop...
Redemption
Carolina Basketball's 2016–2017 Journey from Heartbreak to History
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
This is the story of a national championship that was a year in the making.
Redemption: Carolina Basketball's 2016–2017 Journey from Heartbreak to History is a behind-the-scenes look at the Tar Heels' ride to the 2017 national title. Featuring never-before-published, exclusive photographs...
Wednesdays With Wooden
A doctor's house calls and his unique bond with a legendary coach
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Dr. Michael Levi, a Southern California podiatrist, as a youth admired UCLA basketball Coach John Wooden. He attended several of his summer camps and regularly went to UCLA basketball games at Pauley Pavilion with his father, Myron “Mike” Levi. Through a series of events, Dr. Levi became the Coach’s...
by Greg Hrinya
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
The New Jersey Nets were mired in mediocrity when an international man of mystery emerged from the shadows. Russian multibillionaire Mikhail Prokhorov came bearing two gifts: a bottomless wallet and a passion for basketball. In return for his money, he expected everybody associated with the team --...
by Flavio Tranquillo
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Per capire come da una fattoria del Wyoming si possa tracciare una linea che arriva dritta agli Splash Brothers. Come una sala da ballo di Harlem abbia aiutato un intero popolo a trovare dignità. Come giudicare gli arbitri sia molto più facile che essere giudicati da loro. Come il male delle scommesse...
by Cecil Mosenson
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Having coached one of the best basketball players to have ever played the game is a great accomplishment, but Cecil Mosenson has a bigger story to tell. In It All Began with Wilt the reader gets to see the power of a coach, the power of a man, and the power of a friend. Armed with the ability to coach...
by Elena Delle Donne
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
From WNBA MVP, Olympic gold medalist, and global ambassador to the Special Olympics Elena Delle Donne comes the third novel in a middle grade series with as much heart as there is game.
Elle is finally finding her groove and is excited about how her year is turning out. But when her team loses...