Basketball

"I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan. I only want to be Kobe Bryant." Kobe Bryant was an unstoppable force. His secret: he played The Kobe Way. Go inside the techniques that made the "Black Mamba" a late-game hero for the Los Angeles Lakers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496695468Author Thom StordenFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 184mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788412138276Author Jeff PearlmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Roca EditorialPublisher Roca Editorial

College sports fans around the nation know it as the University of Missouri, the home of the Tigers. But for the legions of fans from St. Louis to Columbia, it's simply Mizzou, and there is no better place to be on a crisp fall afternoon than Faurot...

A must-have book for any Cavs fan, Cleveland Cavaliers A- Z is compiled alphabetically for easy accessibility. The book offers a complete history of the franchise and includes hundreds of different items of interest.After the Cavaliers were founded as an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593237953Author Dana O'NeilFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

The fever that is college basketball on Tobacco Road started from a small outbreak in Raleigh, North Carolina, when Indiana basketball legend Everett Case became the coach at N.C. State University. He restarted the dormant construction of Reynolds...

Tales from the Cincinnati Bearcats Locker Room covers 10 coaching eras, from former National Football League standout John "Socko" Wiethe (1946-52) to Mick Cronin, the Cincinnati native who returned to his alma mater in 2006 and resurrected the program...

For most of its existence, the National Basketball Association was a league filled with (almost) all American-born players. Players from overseas were looked at as lesser skilled and not worth the risk. Americans playing overseas were looked at as those...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581824735Author Wilton SharpeFormat PaperbackPage Count 253Imprint Cumberland House Publishing,USPublisher Sourcebooks, IncWeight(grams)...

Here's a handy, inexpensive guide to the world's greatest basketball team filled with things you didn't know about them. For example, what's it like to ride on the team bus? Why didn't GM Jerry Krause and coach Phil Jackson get along? Roland Lazenby has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496696885Author Shawn PryorFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone Press

For over 150 years the Lakota have tenaciously defended their culture and land against white miners, settlers, missionaries, and the U.S. Army, and paid the price. Their economy is in shambles and they face serious social issues, but their culture and...

Today's National Basketball Association commands millions of spectators worldwide, and its many franchises are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. But the league wasn't always so successful or glamorous: in the 1940s and 1950s, the NBA and its...

In the twenty-first century, the idea of race in sports is rapidly changing. The National Basketball Association, for instance, was recently home to a new kind of racial conflict. After a recent playoff loss, Houston head coach, Jeff Van Gundy alleged...

Former ESPN basketball commentator Digger Phelps is regarded as one of the most charismatic and opinionated analysts in the profession. And he was the same personality during his twenty years as the head coach at the University of Notre Dame. In this...

Get your sports-loving kid excited about Science, Technology, Engineering, and MathBy integrating the thrill of learning into the context of basketball, Learning STEM from Basketball presents an educational slam dunk. Unleash the inner scientist,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496695338Author Shawn PryorFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 178mm * 10mm

Tony Parker is nothing short of a San Antonio legend, and his number 9 hangs high in the rafters as a symbol of teamwork, longevity, and tenacious talent. This candid, conversational memoir takes fans on a whirlwind tour which includes Parker's early...

One of the most exciting teams in the NBA, the Dallas Mavericks have taken the sports world by storm. Now readers and fans will finally get the chance to hear the stories and witness the action that defines the powerhouse team that captured the 2011 NBA...

The myth of the natural black athlete is widespread, though it's usually talked about only when a sports commentator or celebrity embarrasses himself by bringing it up in public. Those gaffes are swiftly decried as racist, but apart from their link to...

Whatever you call him, Michael Jeffrey Jordan can be considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. During his career, Jordan won six NBA championships and was a fourteen-time All-Star, five-time NBA MVP, and six-time NBA Finals MVP. To...

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...

In 1943, at the North Carolina College for Negroes, Coach John McLendon was on the verge of changing basketball forever. His team was the highest-scoring team in America, and yet they faced danger whenever they traveled backcountry roads.Across town, the...

NBA List Jam! is an entertaining and informative collection of 125+ ranked lists that discuss and debate the people, games, events, and ephemera that have made the NBA the spectator sport of choice for millions in North America and beyond. The wide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558708105Author Clint AdkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Betterway BooksPublisher F&W Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629379555Author The Editors of Sports IllustratedFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 4g

Since its formation in 2010, 3x3 basketball's popularity has rocketed. In only seven years, 3x3 basketball has gone from being played casually as a pick-up game to becoming an official Olympic sport, with the 2021 Summer Games showcasing its debut. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592401864Author Adrian WojnarowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Avery Publishing GroupPublisher Avery Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767904445Author David HalberstamFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A...

A captivating account of the NBA's strangest season ever, from shutdown to championship, from a prominent national basketball writer living inside the bubble When NBA player Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2020, the league shut down...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316387149Author Roland LazenbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm...

Celebrate the championship glory and Hall of Fame personalities that make the Los Angeles Lakers one of the most iconic franchises in all of sports. Standard-bearers for basketball greatness, the Los Angeles Lakers have thrilled their loyal fans since...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948046138Author Bob J FisherFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint Fisher Sharp Shooters, LLCPublisher Fisher Sharp Shooters, LLCWeight(grams) 152g

On an early morning in 1983, after the worst loss of his career (109-66 against Virginia) and amid the cries of powerful athletics boosters calling for him to be fired, Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski went to breakfast at 2:00 a.m. to vent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982169978Author Dan ShaughnessyFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm)...

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IN THE MARGINS 2023 TOP TITLE FOR NONFICTIONOne of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike's Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804139274Author Jonathan AbramsFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 282gDimensions(mm)...

As a member of the 1992 world-champion Chicago Bulls, a dashiki-clad Hodges delivered a handwritten letter to President George H. W. Bush demanding that he do more to address racism and economic inequality. Hodges was also a vocal union activist,...