Basketball category: 1106 books
Phil Jackson
Lord of the Rings
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2013
With eleven championship rings to his name, Phil Jackson is internationally recognized as one of the greatest coaches in the history of the NBA. Known as a defensive disrupter and a master fouler during his early days as a New York Knick and later celebrated as the “Zen Master” for his inspirational...
Black Planet
Facing Race during an NBA Season
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
The National Basketball Association is a place where white fans and black players enact virtually every racial issue and tension in U.S. culture. Following the Seattle SuperSonics for an entire season, David Shields explores how, in a predominantly black sport, white fans—including especially himself—think...
No Bull
The Unauthorized Biography of Dennis Rodman
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Who is Dennis Rodman? Readers flocked to find out with Bad As I Wanna Be, a confessional by Rodman himself that sold roughly 600,000 copies. But an autobiography rarely attains objectivity, nor tells the whole story. No Bull chronicles the life of America's Bad Boy - from the time his mother fled...
Hope
A School, a Team, a Dream
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island was once a model city school, graduating a wide range of students from different backgrounds. But the tumult of the 1960s and the drug wars of the 70s changed both Providence and Hope. Today, the aging school is primarily Hispanic and African-American,...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Bill Spivey was a star center on the University of Kentucky basketball teams of 1949-1950 and 1950-1951. He won the Most Valuable Player in the NCAA Finals in March 1951. He was also the recipient of the coveted Helms Foundation Award. Spivey admitted being approached by a gambler who asked him to...
by Bob Finnan, Austin Carr
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Only real Cavaliers fans know what truly went into the LeBron James' "Decision," the best place to grab a burger before tipoff, or which player once left a pregame huddle to buy a hot dog from a concession stand. 100 Things Cavaliers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
The Syracuse Nationals NBA team moved to Philadelphia in 1963,, becoming the Philadelphia 76ers.. The Philadelphia Warriors moved to the west coast, becoming the San Francisco Warriors. My e-book looks at the first year of the 76ers with old pro Dolph Schayes, the NBA's all-time leading scorer,...
by Hubie Brown, Adam Filippi
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
With in-depth instruction, this book addresses the most unique and complicated shot in the game of basketball: the free throw. The author guides both players and coaches through all aspects of the shot in order to understand what it takes to become a master free throw shooter. The book covers the...
The Truth
The Life of Paul Pierce and the Rebirth of the Boston Celtics
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2020
New York Times bestselling sportswriter Michael Holley tells the inside story of how NBA Champion Paul Pierce overcame setbacks such as a tumultuous upbringing, an attack at a night club in 2000 that left him stabbed eleven times, and years on a subpar team to lead the Boston Celtics to becoming the...
Stolen Glory
The U.S., the Soviet Union, and the Olympic Basketball Game That Never Ended
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Why has Collins, the sparkplug of the '72 team and now the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, and his former teammates--all of whom are still alive--continue to insist the gold medals were wrongly awarded to the Soviet Union? The Game that never ended! To understand, it helps to go back to Benton,...
Duke Sucks
A Completely Evenhanded, Unbiased Investigation into the Most Evil Team on Planet Earth
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
In the ranks of NCAA college basketball, Duke University is like something scraped off the bottom of a shoe. It's like a nasty virus you catch from a door handle at a public toilet.
No team in sports is as uniquely hated as those smug, entitled, floor-slapping, fist-pumping, insufferable Blue...
Hoop Crazy
The Lives of Clair Bee and Chip Hilton
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Clair Bee (1896–1983) was a hugely successful basketball coach at Rider College and Long Island University with a 412 and 87 record before his career was derailed in 1951 by a point-shaving scandal. In the trial that sent his star player, Sherman White, to prison, the judge excoriated Bee for creating...
by Rick Leddy
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
LeBron James is the shy son of a teenage mother, both wandering, constantly searching for a home and fighting to survive. When LeBron s immense talent is finally discovered, he seizes the opportunity and changes his life forever. This is the heartfelt story of a young boy s incredible rise to...
by Dave Mendonca
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Perfect for Raptors fans who think they already know everything
Most Raptors fans have attended a game at Air Canada Centre, seen highlights of a young Vince Carter, and can name each All-Star in franchise history. But only die-hards remember the first Raptors game in 1995, can tell you where they...