Basketball

Every season, dozens of African American basketball players pack up their sneakers to play and live in Israel. They eat Israeli food, navigate Israeli hustle and bustle, experience cultural and religious customs in the world's only Jewish country, and...

Do you think you know basketball? Do you think you know it well enough to take the court as an NBA or NCAA referee and accurately make the really tough calls? Well, here's your chance to prove how much you really know about the history and rules of one...

Akoy Agau led Omaha Central High School to four straight high school basketball state championships (2010-13) and was a three-time All-State player. One of the most successful high school athletes in Nebraska's history, he's also a South Sudanese refugee...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888390424Author John MillsFormat PaperbackPage Count 63Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

The Men of March: A Season Inside the Lives of College Basketball Coaches is a one-of-a kind look at what it means, and what it takes to be a head coach in the college arena of the new millennium. Granted extensive access to the locker rooms, practices,...

Using extensive background research as well as interviews with the principal characters, Fixed provides the first in-depth reconstruction of the point-shaving scandal involving the 1978-1979 Boston College basketball team, from the genesis of the plot in...

It began with Magic, Bird, and Dr. J. Then came Michael. The Dream Team. The WNBA. And, most recently, "Spree" Latrell Sprewell-American Dream or American Nightmare?-the embodiment of everything many believe is wrong-and others believe is...

It began with Magic, Bird, and Dr. J. Then came Michael. The Dream Team. The WNBA. And, most recently, "Spree" Latrell Sprewell-American Dream or American Nightmare?-the embodiment of everything many believe is wrong-and others believe is...

For nearly one hundred years, basketball has been an important part of Japanese American life. Women's basketball holds a special place in the contemporary scene of highly organized and expansive Japanese American leagues in California, in part because...

The stories and accounts of Kentucky basketball's players, iconic coaches and epic games have been told and retold, but lesser known are the stories of the arenas and venues that have been home to the Wildcats - buildings that have witnessed the sights,...

In the spring of 1968, the Omaha Central High School basketball team made history with its first all-black starting lineup. Their nickname, the Rhythm Boys, captured who they were and what they did on the court. Led by star center Dwaine Dillard, the...

Chasing Perfection goes behind the scenes of the multi-million dollar, high-stakes world of basketball player development, research and analysis, and the often secretive, cutting-edge methods that NBA franchises use to turn less-expensive, supporting...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060740245Author Will BlytheFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 205mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938441882Author Terry PlutoFormat PaperbackPage Count 235Imprint Gray & Company PublishersPublisher Gray & Company PublishersWeight(grams)...

Named by The New York Times as "a knowing, respectful and caring look at heartland America" and containing a new foreword by legendary player Bob Plump, this is a book every basketball lover should own. The best of Phillip Hoose's classic...

The National Basketball Association (NBA), founded over 75 years ago, is staging a 21st century takeover. Watched in 215 countries and territories worldwide, and with nearly one in three players born and trained overseas, it is no longer just about...

This book deals with the basics of successful basketball. Lee Rose has been one of basketball's most knowledgeable and respected coaches over the past 50 years at the high school, college and professional levels. "Winning Basketball...

Between 1915 and 1940 the amazing Edmonton Grads dominated women's basketball in Canada. Coached by J. Percy Page, they played over 400 official games, losing only 20; they travelled more than 125,000 miles in Canada, the United States, and Europe; and...

In the 1966 NCAA basketball championship game, an all-white University of Kentucky team was beaten by a team from Texas Western College (now UTEP) that fielded only black players. The game, played in the middle of the racially turbulent 1960s-part David...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692097397Author Dr David SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint B180 Basketball, IncPublisher B180 Basketball, IncWeight(grams) 463g

Journalists who have covered the NCAA Tournament known as March Madness over the past 25 years share their experiences and opinions in this collection of short stories.Book InformationISBN 9781886110977Author Matt FulksFormat PaperbackPage Count...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629372600Author Terry HutchensFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 0g

Strength in Numbers. The Warriors' 2014-2015 slogan fit this championship team to a T. While they were spearheaded by NBA MVP Stephen Curry, it took a true team effort and display of depth to claim their first NBA title in four decades. Buoyed by a...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600788666Author Ira BerkowFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 466g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600781988Author Mark HeislerFormat HardbackPage Count 307Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 675g

This encyclopedic listing of every man who played on or coached the New York Knicks from the team's inception in 1946 to the present is jam-packed with details on everything from a player's careers statistics to his height, weight, and jersey number...

In the shadows of the nation's most storied football program, Muffet McGraw has quietly built the Notre Dame women's basketball program into a national power. Arguably, women's basketball has been the university's most consistently successful varsity...

From longtime UNC insider Art Chansky comes this up-close, behind-the-scenes biography of the winningest coach in college basketball history. The book follows Smith from his small-town Kansas boyhood to the culmination of his phenomenal career, and...

This book tells the story of the Eastern Professional Basketball League. Formed in the 1940s, it was a pro basketball institution for over 30 years, featuring top players who just couldn't make the NBA-because of scandals, because they weren't quite good...

For some of us, Big Ten basketball will always mean the original ten great teams that comprised the league. But for all fans, the teams during this time period bring back memories of some of the best teams and players that have ever played basketball. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600789809Author Johnny MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 406g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600787317Author Stan SuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 404g

There is no event in sports quite like the Final Four. John Feinstein will explore what it means to a school, a coach and a player to be in the Final Four or even at The Final. There are moving stories of players and coaches who thought they'd never make...

With impressive skill, irrepressible spirit, and more than a touch of class, the 2000-01 Notre Dame women's basketball team reached the pinnacle of college basketball and forever secured a place in the storied sports history of the university and in the...

Genuine fans take the best team moments with the less than great, and know that the games that are best forgotten make the good moments truly shine. This monumental book of the Los Angeles Lakers documents all the best moments and personalities in the...

In Integrated, James W. Miller explores an often ignored aspect of America's struggle for racial equality. He relates the story of the Lincoln Institute -- an all-black high school in Shelby County, Kentucky, where students prospered both in the...