Basketball category: 1106 books
Last Dance
Behind the Scenes at the Final Four
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
Exploring what it means to be a school, a coach, and a player in college basketball's Final Four, Feinstein exposes the driving forces behind one of the most revered events in American sports. Readers will also find dramatic stories from the officials and referees to the scouts and ticket-scalpers.
Chaney
Playing for a Legend
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
NBA stars Eddie Jones and Aaron McKie, who played together at Temple University for Hall of Fame coach John Chaney, team with acclaimed journalist Donald Hunt to share their experiences, life lessons, and challenges posed and met by their demanding coach. Along the way, they reveal a hidden side to this basketball icon and offer lessons of their own for athletes of all ages.
"Then Russell Said to Bird..."
The Greatest Celtics Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Whether heard inside the Boston Celtics locker room or on the basketball court, conversations from the long history of the beloved team are recorded in this unique collection of insider accounts. Fans get a behind-the-scenes peek into the private world of the players, coaches, broadcasters, and executives...
by Danny Leroux, Bob Myers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Most Golden State Warriors fans have attended a game at Oracle Arena, marveled at Stephen Curry's effortless shots, and remember where they were when the team won the 2015 NBA championship. But only real fans watched all 73 wins in the 2015-16 season, know where the Warriors played when they first...
Blue Babble, Gang Green
The Ateneo-La Salle Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
This book on Ateneo and De La Salle—two of Manila's top universities—is, overall, a thoughtful and honest collection of insights about one of the most storied rivalries that goes beyond school basketball courts during college-ball season. In true form, author RJ ledesma tells of little stories...
Personal Foul
A First-Person Account of the Scandal that Rocked the NBA
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
The media has often speculated and sports fans have debated, but until now no one has known the real story. Personal Foul takes an in-depth look at former NBA referee Tim Donaghy and the betting scandal that rocked professional basketball. This is the decisive book that reveals exactly what was done...
A Season Inside
One Year in College Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Feinstein takes readers inside the locker rooms, the grueling practices, the late-night strategy sessions. They get a close-up look at recruiting, referees, injuries, winning, losing, and the private lives of the game's biggest stars.
Hard Labor
The Battle That Birthed the Billion-Dollar NBA
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Oscar Robertson is known as one of the best players in NBA history, a triple-double machine who set the stage for the versatility of today's NBA superstars like LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, and Draymond Green. But The Big O's larger legacy may lie in spearheading the fight for his fellow players'...
The Odds
One Season, Three Gamblers And The Death Of Their Las Vegas
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
One gambler is a manic former cokehead with an Ivy League degree. The second is a college dropout trying to make a living at the only thing he enjoyed at school-gambling. The third, one of Vegas's most respected bookmakers, is perilously close to burning out. The Odds follows the lives of these three...
The Game of My Life
A True Story of Challenge, Triumph, and Growing Up Autistic
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Now in paperback: ?An impressive achievement...Not likely to be forgotten anytime soon.?(Washington Times)
Here is the riveting true story of Jason McElwain? better known as ?J-Mac??the autistic student who made headlines when he scored twenty points, including a school record six three-pointers,...
Hard Work
A Life On and Off the Court
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
Now in paperback, updated with an afterword and new photos.
One of the most respected and successful basketball coaches in the nation, Coach Roy Williams has traveled an unlikely path. In Hard Work¸ he tells the story of his life, from his turbulent childhood through a coaching career with...
Five-Point Play
Duke's Journey to the 2001 National Championship
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
The story of Duke University's 2000-2001 championship basketball season is one of a young inexperienced team, insurmountable odds, and the visionary coach that brought them to victory.
by Kent McDill
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The premier reference for making Chicago Bulls fandom a lifestyle instead of just a sports preference, this collection of essential team knowledge and Bulls-related activities distills the past 50 years of NBA basketball into a fun checklist that will appeal to fans of any age. It’s one thing to...
The World's Greatest Team
A Portrait of the Boston Celtics, 1957–69
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
The definitive history of the most dominant team in American sports history
No superlatives are equal to the Boston Celtics of the 1960s. From 1959 to 1966 they won championship after championship, an eight-in-a-row streak that outshines any other in American sports. Led by coach Red Auerbach,...