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As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Clarence "Big House" Gaines, Sr.: Respectability discusses the struggles and triumphs of Pele's life. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated athlete or coach, and uses that person's story...

Bill Reynolds built his youth around sports. As a boy in a blue-collar Rhode Island town, he spend his hours shooting hoops and dreaming of stardom. From his adolescence to high school fame to a scholarship at Brown University, Reynolds enjoyed the perks of athletic glory. But those days soon ended...

Dirk Nowitzki got his start as a shy 20-year-old from Wurzburg, Germany with a dry wit and stunning ballhandling skills. By being himself and becoming a champion, he rose from 10-time All-Star and 2007 league MVP and being arguably the best European-born player in NBA history to transcendent athlete....

The Wisdom of Wooden is John Wooden’s final book, completed just weeks before his passing in June 2010. In it he shares his most treasured memories and never-before-seen photographs as he looks back on an extraordinary life on and off the court. Hailed by many as the greatest coach in the...

Quando nel 2009 la rivista iberica “Gigantes del Basket” dedicò un intero reportage alla storia della JuveCaserta, capace di interrompere negli anni Ottanta le gesta dei grandi club del Nord, scrisse di Gentile: “È l’equivalente nella pallacanestro del Maradona napoletano”. E il ricordo...

In March of 2008, a TV photographer decides to go for the ultimate shot via the air shaft in a 25-story hotel in uptown Charlotte (NC, USA).  Based on a tragic real-life event. Approx. 1700 words.

Un’alimentazione SANA E CONTROLLATA è la base per la crescita muscolare in ogni attività sportiva. Il basket è uno sport praticato sia per dimagrire sia per ottenere la massima prestazione. Qui l'alimentazione gioca una funzione essenziale. Esso è anche uno sport dove sono frequenti traumi...

New York Times bestseller ∙ Indie Next Pick You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help...

After the eagles lose the football championship, Cody starts the hoops season late-with a fractured squad of freshmen. The coach taps Cody as captain, and he steps up. But can he win their respect? And if he does, will tough personal circumstances knock him back down? Most of all, can he trust God to catch him if he falls?

The hit series returns to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! When Kristy Thomas has the great idea to form a baby-sitters club--a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends, all while doing something they each love to do--she has no idea how much the club will change everything....

From #1 New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica! It's simple. All Billy Raynor wants to do is shoot. After all, he is one of the best shooters in the league. But with his dad as his coach, and his parents newly separated, somehow everything's become complicated. His brother Ben hardly talks...

Pedro Morales has always been content helping others look great. The epitome of a point guard, he plays the game to set up his teammates—Ned, in particular, the star forward on the receiving end of Pedro’s pinpoint passes. Pedro wants to make his father proud, and so he runs for class president....

Since signing with the Los Angeles Sparks in 1997, Lisa Leslie has impressed WNBA fans with her shooting, rebounding, and blocking abilities. But her notable achievements go further back. In the 1996 Olympic Games, she scored 29 points in the gold medal victory over Brazil. Her Pac-10 record for scoring,...

The exciting sequel to Slam Dunk! Julian Pryce was once the star center of the Tornadoes. But when he joins a new team after his family moves, he suddenly finds himself the star benchwarmer. It turns out the Warriors already have a starting center, Paul Boyd, who has no intention of sharing...