Basketball

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...

Take a bunch of nice kids, dump in gobs of fiery Italian seasoning, mix in copious measures of robust Augustinian teaching, and stir gently for four years. That’s the winning recipe that transformed April Fool’s Day 1985 into a feast for underdogs and...

Virginia Tech's Shayne Graham trots onto the field at West Virginia on November 6, 1999, with two thoughts in his mind. One is a missed field goal that would have beaten Miami a year earlier. The other is the 44-yard field goal he is about to try against...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307359483Author Dave FeschukFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Random House CanadaPublisher Random House CanadaWeight(grams) 322g

Here is the exciting story of Oklahoma University basketball coach Kelvin Sampson. During his 18-year career as a head coach, Sampson has been Coach of the Year in three different leagues and has taken the Oklahoma Sooners to seven straight NCAA...

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...

The first contemporary biography of the man credited with introducing basketball to African Americans on a wide-scale, organized basis. Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson was the son of working-class parents born in slavery. A driven, intelligent, and...

Women's college basketball has become the first of the women's team sports to be taken seriously by mainstream sports fan and media. Inside Women's College Basketball follows the exploits of the teams heavil favored to contend for the national...

A brand new, fast-paced, fully illustrated history of basketball through its flashpoints, innovations, and innovators The third book in the Lyons Press Game Changers sports series answers the questions: What were the 50 most revolutionary personalities,...

When Lily and Alex entered a packed gymnasium in Queens, New York in 1972, they barely recognized their son. The boy who escaped to America with them, who was bullied as he struggled to learn English and cope with family tragedy, was now a young man who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451610581Author David WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm)...

Although many fans think Butler University basketball took off with its back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances in 2010 and 2011, the Butler Bulldogs have a long history of tenaciously outplaying larger and better-known teams. In Butler Basketball...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915343260Author Dan PeelFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Sona BooksPublisher Danann Media Publishing Limited

How many NBA players have averaged forty points in a season? Who is the worst free-throw shooter in NBA history? Which team has won the most NBA titles since 2000? Who became the first player in NBA history to reach 20,000 points and 10,000 assists?...

South Asian American men are not usually depicted as ideal American men. They struggle against popular representations as either threatening terrorists or geeky, effeminate computer geniuses. To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means of...

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is widely recognized as an entertaining and innovative league whose teams play regular season and postseason games in packed arenas at home and away sites in the United States and Canada. This book discusses the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935628019Author Jack RamsayFormat HardbackPage Count 243Imprint Blue River PressPublisher Blue River PressWeight(grams) 528g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894974257Author Paul ArsenaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co...

From The Answer to Wilt the Stilt, Dr. J to Little Mo, Big Mo and his famous Fo' Fo Fo', 76ers Legends Alphabet shows why fans from the City of Brotherly Love love their team. Teach young readers all about what these icons mean to Philly - and the sport...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959411260Author Bob WhitsittFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Girl Friday ProductionsPublisher Girl Friday Productions

Wildcat Wisdom for the Big Blue Nation! For more than a century, the University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team has built a winning tradition that feeds the Big Blue Nation. The history of the winningest program in college basketball is...

The call came for Tommy Bowman unexpectedly and yet he followed with conviction. It happened at a time when revolution was coming to Southwest Conference football and basketball during the 1966-67 school year. John Westbrook, a Baylor walk-on, became the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589975354Author Marshall TerrillFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062367808Author George KarlFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Redemption. After falling to Villanova in the final seconds of the 2016 NCAA championship North Carolina's goal heading into the 2016-17 season was clear. The Tar Heels' win over Gonzaga in the 2017 NCAA championship game was the culmination of a...

In the 2018 NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors cemented their place in basketball history by dominating LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and winning their third championship in four seasons. Golden Age: The Brilliance of the 2018 Champion...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629374154Author Bay Area News GroupFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 0g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781699044964Author Lucy M LapagliaFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 277g

James Naismith was teaching physical education at the Young Men's Christian Association Training College in Springfield, Massachusetts, and felt discouraged because calisthenics and gymnastics didn't engage his students. What was needed was an indoor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983938033Author Dick DeVenzioFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Pgc BasketballPublisher Pgc BasketballWeight(grams) 188g

The Black Fives isa groundbreaking, timely history of the largely unknown early days of Black basketball, bringing to life the trailblazing players, teams, and impresarios who pioneered the sport.  “For a game that has meant so much to the world, Claude...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541702202Author Dave KindredFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairs

"In this fraught time of cutthroat business and financial dealings, racial animosity, and heartless political leaders, Dave's remarkable story has lessons for us all." -Jalen Rose, former professional basketball player, current analyst for ESPN A...

Now in its third edition, an essential guide for all Lakers fans, including the 2020 NBA championship! Most Los Angeles Lakers fans have taken in a game or two at the Staples Center, have seen highlights of Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, or...

The University of Kentucky men’s basketball program is the winningest in the history of the sport, and this lively guide explores those victories along with the personalities, events, and facts that any and every Wildcats fan should know. Influential...

Lunardi delves into the early days of Bracketology, details its growth, and dispels the myths of the process The NCAA Tournament has become one of the most popular sports events in the country, consuming fans for weeks with the run to the Final Four and...

"Basketball gave me a life; Parkinson's taught me how to live it." -Brian Grant After 12 years of playing basketball at the highest professional level, Brian Grant could have been forgiven for thinking that the hardest part of his life was behind him,...

Finally! When the Baylor Bears cut down the nets in Indianapolis, they capped the most unbelievable and accomplished season in program history. From both their first conference championship and Final Four appearance in 71 years, to fighting through the...

Jerry Reynolds was country before country was cool. He also was part of the Sacramento Kings before that was cool. 2015 marks the team's 30th season in California's capital, and Jerry has been there from the start. Quietly, he has been instrumental in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813187242Author Tom LeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint University Press of KentuckyPublisher University Press of KentuckyWeight(grams) 140g