Basketball category: 1106 books
by Sean Deveney
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
The six rules of success that launched Jeremy Lin from underdog to NBA superstar
In Win Like Lin, award-winning sports writer Sean Deveney, breaks down Jeremy Lin’s winning game plan to help you create your own success story.
Before he joined the New York Knicks, Harvard-graduate Jeremy...
The Rivalry
Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Golden Age of Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2005
A BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE NBA’S GLORY DAYS, AND THE RIVALRY THAT DOMINATED THE ERA
In the mid-1950s, the NBA was a mere barnstorming circuit, with outposts in such cities as Rochester, New York, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Most of the best players were white; the set shot and layup...
Color Him Orange
The Jim Boeheim Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
In Color Him Orange: The Jim Boeheim Story, award-winning sports columnist and best-selling author Scott Pitoniak identifies the sources of Basketball Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim's fierce competitive drive and loyalty to Syracuse. The book also examines the people who shaped Boeheim as a person...
Furious George
My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
The most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history—and one of the most successful, amassing more than 1,175 victories, the sixth best winning record ever—reflects on his life, his career, and his battles on and off the basketball court in this no-holds-barred memoir
A man of deep passion...
Gold Standard
The Golden State Warriors' Dominant Run to the 2017 Championship
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Dominant. Few seasons in sports history better exemplify that term than the Golden State Warriors' road to the 2016-2017 NBA championship. After adding Kevin Durant to an already elite lineup, the Warriors stormed to a league-leading 67 wins in the regular season. Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay...
Tales from the Minnesota Gophers
A Collection of the Greatest Gopher Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
In Tales from the Minnesota Gophers Sideline, Ray Christensen tells nearly 200 tales from all 11 men’s sports at the University of Minnesota. The emphasis is largely on the last half of the 20th century, during which time Christensen did the radio play-by-play of Golden Gopher football for 50 consecutive...
More Than Rivals
A Championship Game and a Friendship That Moved a Town Beyond Black and White
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
An Inspiring True Story Set in the Midst of the Civil Rights Era
By 1970, racial tension was at a breaking point in the southern town of Gallatin, Tennessee. Desegregation had emotions running high. The town was a powder keg ready to erupt. But it was also on the verge of something incredible.
Eddie...
The Big Dance
The Story of the NCAA Basketball Tournament
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Covered by four networks, allowing every game to be televised, “March Madness” has become an American phenomenon as anticipated as the Super Bowl. This is the story of the tournament from its beginnings seventy-three years ago as just an eight-team “bracket” to today’s sixty-eight-team format....
The Ultimate Book of March Madness
The Players, Games, and Cinderellas that Captivated a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2012
Every March, millions of Americans have their minds fixated on one thing: the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. From bracket pools in offices worldwide to students on campuses in all corners of the nation, “March Madness” takes the country by storm. From the “First Four” to the Final Four,...
Trust Your Next Shot
A Guide to a Life of Joy
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
Meadowlark Lemon illustrates the determination it took to overcome poverty, racial prejudice, and many other roadblocks that would have sidelined most any other person. Meadowlark, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003, delivers loving reminiscences of his youth, hilarious stories...
Linspired, Kids Edition
The Jeremy Lin Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Linspired reveals the inside story of the remarkable and meteoric rise of Jeremy Lin, superstar of the New York Knicks the first Asian-American-born player of Chinese/Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. Discover the journey of the underdog who beat the odds to reach his current stardom and catch...
Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest UNC Basketball Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Ken Rappoport’s Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room is a compilation of the best notes, quotes, and anecdotes from North Carolina lore. Meet a coach nicknamed Bloody Neck,” a player called The Blind Bomber,” and a team known as the White Phantoms.” And, of course, there...
Unfinished Business
On and Off the Court with the 1990-91 Boston Celtics
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jack McCallum (DREAM TEAM) gives an inside look at the legendary Boston Celtics during a season of change.“One of the five best NBA books ever written.”—Bill Simmons, ESPNIn the 1990-91 basketball season, the Boston Celtics were a team in transition, both on and...
From the Outside
My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
New York Times Bestseller
The record-holding two-time NBA champion and recently inducted hall-of-famer reflects on his work ethic, his on-the-court friendships and rivalries, the great teams he's played for, and what it takes to have a long and successful career in this thoughtful, in-depth...