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1. Boise State Broncos – Boise State has a chance to do the unthinkable this season. I’m, of course, talking about playing for a national title. If Boise State can take care of business against Virginia Tech and Oregon State early in the season, and run the table in the WAC as expected, the Broncos just might get that chance. The Broncos finished a perfect 14-0 least season, capping off their perfect campaign with a win over TCU in the Fiesta Bowl, and they bring almost everyone back.

2. Nevada Wolf Pack – The Wolf Pack will try to spoil Boise State’s conference, and perhaps even national, title hopes when the two teams meet in Reno on November 26. Led by QB Colin Kaepernick, the Wolf Pack figure to be one of the most explosive offensive teams in the country again. Unfortunately, there defense, which ranked 96th nationally in 2009, figures to let them down against Boise State.

3. Fresno State Bulldogs – Losing the nation’s leading rusher Ryan Matthews will hurt, but the Bulldogs should still boast one of the better running attacks in the conference thanks to a strong offensive line which brings back all five starters. We’ll really find out what the Bulldogs are made of when they take on Nevada and Boise State in back-to-back weeks in November.

4. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs – Losing running back Daniel Porter hurts, but I am confident in the spread attack that Sonny Dykes has installed. The Bulldogs enjoy a great home field advantage. They went 4-1 at home last season, and they will have the opportunity to best that mark with six home games in 2010.

5. Utah State Aggies – Idaho was a surprise team in the WAC last season. The Vandals finished 8-5, capping off their season with a bowl win over Bowling Green. The Aggies have the opportunity to be this year’s Idaho. QB Diondre Borel leads an explosive offensive attack that averaged 439.3 yards of total offense last season. In order to make a bowl game a reality, the defense will need to improve, but that is a real possibility with nine starters back on the stop unit.

6. Hawaii Warriors – Just a couple seasons removed from making a BCS bowl game, Hawaii is struggling under coach Greg McMacklin. The offense couldn’t score last season, and those struggles figure to continue with all that must be replaced on the offensive line.

7. Idaho Vandals – The Vandals return all of their key skill guys, including QB Nathan Enderle, who is the best QB in the WAC that no one talks about, but a step back seems inevitable with the loss of four solid offensive lineman.

8. New Mexico State Aggies – The Aggies were the worst offensive team in the nation in 2009, scoring only 11.5 points per game and amassing only 229.3 yards per game. They will have a chance to avoid the WAC cellar, though, as they get San Jose State at home.

9. San Jose State Spartans – Let the rebuilding process begin under new head coach Mike MacIntyre. He has proven himself as an assistant, but he has never held a head coaching job. Things are different as a head man. There is a lot more pressure for one. He’ll need to make sure he says all the right things as this should be a very trying season.

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Southern California USC Trojans 44 Animated Lawn Figure – NCAA College Athletics $170.00 Light up the night with team spirit! Each lighted wire hologram figure comes in official team colors, features an authentic team logo and moves his bat in a swinging motion. This figure looks great in the yard and when it lights up, it will show your team colors to the whole neighborhood! Simply plug it in and enjoy!…

Ultimate Jordan $26.98 Michael Jordan, the greatest player in the history of team sports, gets an appropriate showcase with Ultimate Jordan, a two-disc set that’s the most feature-packed sports DVD to date. It includes five programs previously available on VHS–some of the most spectacular footage is on Come Fly with Me (1989), which covers Jordan’s youth, college years, and early NBA career. Michael Jordan’s Play…

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Nintendo Super Mario Easter Basket – Perfect for Birthdays, Easter, Christmas, Get Well Soon Gift, or Other Special Occasion $79.95 Created by Artistix Designs Gift Baskets, this Super Mario themed gift basket is stuffed with a unique combination of Super Mario fun! This basket includes: Nintendo Mario Figures Series 2, Nintendo Mario Dry Erase Board, Nintendo Mario Colored Pencils, Nintendo Mario Spiral Notebooks, Nintendo Mario Memo Pads, Nintendo Mario Key Chain Figure, Nintendo Mario Sticker Strip, Nintendo Mario Pencil Pa…

Baseball Guys by Kaskey Kids – Red and Blue $24.00 Red and Blue baseball teams face off. A fully adjustable scoreboard keeps the game as exciting and realistic as possible! Set includes: 26 – 2 1/2 inch players, 1 umpire, 1 fully adjustable realistic scoreboard, 28″ x 28″ washable felt field, 10″ x 6″ x 5″ stackable container with attached lid and handle. Made in China…

Football Guys by Kaskey Kids – Red and Blue $21.99 A full set of football action figure toys, two full football teams and more. Each football toy set includes: 26 2″ players, 1 referee, 2 goalposts, 24″x 36″ washable felt field, 10″x 6″x 5″ stackable container with attached lid and handle. Made in China….

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100 Pioneers: African-Americans Who Broke Color Barriers in Sport $24.95 Through an effective combination of historical research and personal interviews, 100 Pioneers: African-Americans Who Broke Color Barriers in Sport offers compelling portraits of the dedicated athletes who broke color barriers on college campuses and in professional sports all around the country. These engaging accounts detail the adversities they faced and the victories they achieved. Part 1 includes well-known figures such as Jackie Robinson and Tony Dungy, as well as other, lesser-known pioneers in professional baseball, football, basketball, hockey, tennis, golf, and boxing. Part 2 presents the inspiring stories of college coaches, athletics directors, and student-athletes who were the first African-Americans to fill their respective roles. Part 3 highlights the impressive feats of African-American athletes accomplished on the world stage of the Olympic Games.

American Documents: The Mayflower Compact $15.95 The eagerly-awaited final title in National Geographic’s popular American Documents series completes the broad sweep of the collection by casting all the way back to our country’s original document of record, the Mayflower Compact. The date is November 10, 1620. After 66 days at sea crammed into a space about the size of a basketball court, the Pilgrims—as the 101 surviving passengers of the Mayflower became known—arrived on America’s shores. They were an ocean away from their home country and hundreds of miles from where they were supposed to settle in the Virginia Colony. To survive in the wilderness of this strange, new land, they would need some rules for governing themselves and their community. The document they wrote is known as the Mayflower Compact. In fewer than 200 words, it laid the groundwork for democracy in America. The Mayflower Compact includes: an engaging, interactive, and age-appropriate text, vetted by experts 40 pages generously illustrated with period artwork and archival photographs biographies of key figures in the document’s history the entire text of the original document and a complete list of its signatories excerpt from Mourt’s Relation, written by Edward Winslow and William Bradford, two of the colony’s founding fathers the charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Web links to further information a detailed glossary and index The core curriculum topics of pre-colonial and colonial American history are viewed through the prism of this cornerstone document and students are made aware of its relevance to their 21st century lives. This book is essential for any school, public, or home library. The Mayflower Compact acts as a valuable reminder of the time when America was merely an ideal being shaped in the minds of our forefathers, eager to escape oppression and create a better world.

American Documents: The Mayflower Compact $1.99 The eagerly-awaited final title in National Geographic’s popular American Documents series completes the broad sweep of the collection by casting all the way back to our country’s original document of record, the Mayflower Compact. The date is November 10, 1620. After 66 days at sea crammed into a space about the size of a basketball court, the Pilgrims—as the 101 surviving passengers of the Mayflower became known—arrived on America’s shores. They were an ocean away from their home country and hundreds of miles from where they were supposed to settle in the Virginia Colony. To survive in the wilderness of this strange, new land, they would need some rules for governing themselves and their community. The document they wrote is known as the Mayflower Compact. In fewer than 200 words, it laid the groundwork for democracy in America. The Mayflower Compact includes: an engaging, interactive, and age-appropriate text, vetted by experts 40 pages generously illustrated with period artwork and archival photographs biographies of key figures in the document’s history the entire text of the original document and a complete list of its signatories excerpt from Mourt’s Relation, written by Edward Winslow and William Bradford, two of the colony’s founding fathers the charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Web links to further information a detailed glossary and index The core curriculum topics of pre-colonial and colonial American history are viewed through the prism of this cornerstone document and students are made aware of its relevance to their 21st century lives. This book is essential for any school, public, or home library. The Mayflower Compact acts as a valuable reminder of the time when America was merely an ideal being shaped in the minds of our forefathers, eager to escape oppression and create a better world.

Basketball Player Sports Figure Doll with Base Home Decor Series 2 $73.3 Sculptures like this basketball player look great placed on coffee tables, in bookcases and more. Add an artistic touch to any space with this sculpture. Resin construction. Gunmetal finish.

Basketball Player Sports Figure Doll with Base Home Decor Series 3 $73.3 Add a touch of style to your home decor with this Resin Basketball Player Sculpture. Unique decorative accessory is perfect for the sports aficionado. It is the ideal gift for your family.

Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary $95 From its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century to its pervasive presence in 21st-century America, basketball has grown into an undeniably important sport. The 575 entries in this biographical dictionary present concise narratives on the lives and careers on the most important names in basketball history. Entries include both classic players such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob Cousy as well as more recently established and up-and-coming stars such as Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, and LeBron James. Entries for coaches such as the Boston Celtics’ Red Auerbach and Mike Krzyzewski from Duke University present the figures who have shaped the game from courtside, while the inclusion of female players and coaches such as Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi, and Pat Summitt show that basketball is not just a sport for men. This volume is an ideal reference for students seeking easily accessed information on the greats of the game.

Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: 1992-1995 Supplement for Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Other Sports $133.95 A standard source of first referral, Porter’s multivolume Biographical Dictionary of American Sports now adds a long-awaited revised and expanded edition of the popular 1987 Baseball volume and its supplements. This 3-volume work profiles over 1,450 baseball luminaries, including current stars, former major league players, managers, umpires, executives, and Negro League and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League stars. All entries from earlier volumes are revised and updated, and 477 new figures are added. A handy reference, this comprehensive work provides more biographical information on these baseball professionals than any other reference available.

Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American Achievement $0.25 The Barnes & Noble Review February 1998 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been called history’s greatest basketball player. Since retiring from basketball in 1989, the Laker legend has written two bestselling books. His latest is Black Profiles in Courage, now available in paperback. With a foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr., the book examines the lives of heroic African Americans, an ideal introduction to black history. Among the inspiring examples of positive black role models throughout history are Peter Salem, the volunteer soldier who turned the tide at Bunker Hill; Joseph Cinque, leader of a daring revolt on the slave ship Amistad; Bass Reeves, the deputy marshal who became the most accomplished lawman in the history of the West; and Lewis Latimer, whose scientific work was integral to the achievements of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. Black Profiles in Courage sheds light on the character, honor, dignity, conviction, and, above all, courage of these exemplary figures. The stories emphasize the important role that African Americans have had in weaving the fabric of our nation, helping to form a legacy from which Americans of all ages and backgrounds can draw inspiration.

Brooklyn Looper $19.95 Brooklyn Looper tells the story of two high school kids in the mid 90s. Frankie Morelli and Eddie Mullaney are born on the same day in two different parts of New York City. Frankie Morelli, born the son of a degenerate gambler and part-time dad, falls into a life of bookmaking and deceit, looking up to Mafia figures as heroes, falling in love with their wayward lifestyle. His pal, Eddie Mullaney, spends most of his time trying to please his father, honing his basketball skills and caddying at a golf course. He admires the successful, business-savvy members at the club and when he’s not busy practicing basketball, he’s hustling as much as he can, carrying golf bags. When Frankie, a larger than life teen gangster, crosses paths with Eddie, everybody’s All-American, a situation will arise that will bring their friendship to another level. Brooklyn Looper is a strange combination of temptation and loyalty, where Morelli does everything he can to test the guts of Mullaney.

Coach John Wooden: 100 Years of Greatness $3.98 In 1973, John Wooden became the first person to be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach. By 2010, the year of his death at the age of 99, he had become something of a living legend. Continually beloved by his players, with awards and athletic facilities named in his honor and his philosophies immortalized, the legacy of Coach Wooden was apparent well before his passing. This commemorative portrait of a marvelous individual reintroduces the players he coached, his many accomplishments on and off the court, and reveals the impact he had on the lives of countless others. As one of the most iconic figures in sports history, the “Wizard of Westwood” had achieved such feats as a record-setting ten NCAA basketball championships—including seven in a row. Whether celebrating his championship playing career at Purdue or his unmatchable coaching record at UCLA, the book demonstrates that Wooden’s life is one well worth remembering.

Fashion Decorative NBA Basketball Resin Sculpture $286.9 Sculptures like this basketball star look great placed on coffee tables, in bookcases and more. Add an artistic touch to any space with this sculpture. This sculpture is made of resin. Unique decorative accessory is perfect for the sports aficionado. It is the ideal gift for your family.

Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders $21.95 Real stories. Real leaders. Real inspiration.Whether it’s Magic Johnson excelling in business as well as basketball, Ernest Shackleton leading men out of Antarctica, or Mary Kay Ash building a people-centric cosmetics empire, these legendary figures have redefined the meaning of a great leader. With inspiring stories of leaders in a wide variety of fields that outline their guiding principles, Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders provides life lessons that will motivate you to your greatest potential.”Great Motivation Secrets gets to the heart of how leaders create conditions for motivation to occur by energizing their minds, encouraging their hearts, and exhorting their spirits.”—John Maxwell, America’s pre-eminent author on leadership and founder of Maximum Impact”When John Baldoni writes on leadership, I pay close attention. Great Motivation Secrets is his best book yet.”—Pat Williams, Senior Vice President, Orlando Magic”John Baldoni has written a very readable and useful book on motivation. He mixes sound advice on motivational techniques with entertaining and relevant examples from leaders past and present.”—Personal comments of Dr. A. Peter Green, Vice President, Pfizer Global Research & Development”Baldoni reveals insights you can put into practice to achieve the right results, the right way, right now!”—James G. O’Connor, Group Vice President, North America Marketing Sales and Service, Ford Motor Company”Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders reveals what we all must do if we are to be great at inspiring others to a cause.”—Michael Useem, professor and director of the Wharton School’s Leadership Center and author of Leading Up and The Leadership Moment.”John Baldoni provides us with insight into the successful motivational techniques and abilities of some of our great leaders. Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders will be required reading for

Hooked on Hoops: Understanding Black Youths’ Blind Devotion to Basketball $14.95 Chronicling and critiquing the passion African American males have with the NBA, this thoughtful dialogue challenges athletes, parents, educators, the media, and the larger society to examine the obsession with basketball. With 91 percent of NBA players being African American and only two percent of African American community becoming doctors, dentists, and engineers, a solution for the future is desperately needed, and this book tries to answer some of the tough questions posed by these alarming figures. Among the questions addressed is What happens to all the athletes who are unable to go into the NBA? and Has this obsession with basketball robbed the African American community of talent needed in other professions? These questions are accompanied by an examination of the attitudes and perceptions of the black sports culture.

Hoop Hysteria II: The College Basketball Trivia Quiz Book $9.95 Hoop Hysteria, The College Basketball Trivia Quiz Book, was so fun to write the first time around we decided to do it again. Like the first one, Hoop Hysteria II is jam-packed with interesting and fun trivia surrounding men’s college basketball, the most exciting sport even in the U.S. We took painstaking hours to research volumes and volumes of data to bring you more facts and figures about the game played by more colleges than any other sport.In this book you will learn who won the first college basketball game ever played in the state of North Carolina, what the Detroit Mercy Titans have done that no other Michigan school has been able to accomplish, and how tall Ralph Sampson really was.Hoop Hysteria II is packed with over 800 interesting facts and trivia covering almost every NCAA Division I men’s basketball program. While it is a great coffee table book, Hoop Hysteria II has the added feature of a trivia game built right in! Once you pick this book up, it will be hard for you to put down.

How to Be Like Coach Wooden: Life Lessons from Basketball’s Greatest Leader $14.95 John Wooden is an American icon. Since he announced his retirement thirty years ago, “Coach” remains one of our country’s most popular and heroic figures. What John Wooden accomplished as basketball coach at UCLA will never be repeated—eighty-eight victories in a row, ten national championships—but what makes his legacy even more amazing is how hedid it: with honor, integrity and grace. In his research for How to Be Like Coach Wooden, Pat Williams recounts well over 800 interviews. The result is an inspiring motivational biography about a great hero of basketball and one of the most amazing leaders in history. How to Be Like Coach Wooden is the next dynamic book in the How to Be Like "character biography" series, which focuses on drawing out important lessons from the lives of great men and women. In this book, readers will learn from Coach Wooden, a beacon of honesty, goodness and faith. Wooden cared about winning in basketball, but he cared more about winning in life.

How to Be Like Coach Wooden: Life Lessons from Basketball’s Greatest Leader $14.95 John Wooden is an American icon. Since he announced his retirement thirty years ago, “Coach” remains one of our country’s most popular and heroic figures. What John Wooden accomplished as basketball coach at UCLA will never be repeated—eighty-eight victories in a row, ten national championships—but what makes his legacy even more amazing is how hedid it: with honor, integrity and grace. In his research for How to Be Like Coach Wooden, Pat Williams recounts well over 800 interviews. The result is an inspiring motivational biography about a great hero of basketball and one of the most amazing leaders in history. How to Be Like Coach Wooden is the next dynamic book in the How to Be Like "character biography" series, which focuses on drawing out important lessons from the lives of great men and women. In this book, readers will learn from Coach Wooden, a beacon of honesty, goodness and faith. Wooden cared about winning in basketball, but he cared more about winning in life.

Hugh Morton’s North Carolina $0.99 Hugh Morton has had a long and active public life as an environmentalist, developer, and promoter of tourism. His favorite role, however, is that of news photographer. Hugh Morton’s North Carolina gathers hundreds of photographs from his sixty-year career, including unpublished images from his personal collection and many well-known images of the state’s people and places. The collection is divided into three sections. “Scenes” ranges from the coast to the mountains, including many of Morton’s famous images of wildflowers, wildlife, and state landmarks. “People and Events” features state and national politicians, educators, business professionals, and media figures. The “Sports” section reflects Morton’s passion for athletics, with a particular focus on college basketball and football. Informative captions throughout the book provide background on the people and places pictured as well as Morton’s reflections on the moments he captured on film. As this collection reveals, Hugh Morton was on the scene for some of the most important events in the history of twentieth-century North Carolina, and he always carried his camera with him. Lovers of North Carolina, both local and distant, will all benefit from this richly personal state portrait.

Jim O’Brien: Bucking the Odds $1.99 Both on and off the court, Jim O’Brien’s life has been filled with a series of challenges. As a player, as a coach, as a husband, and as a father. In Jim O’Brien: Bucking the Odds, the highly successful coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes tells his whole story for the very first time. From his 11 years at Boston College through the past four seasons at Ohio State, O’Brien has had a reputation for getting the very best out of underachieving players. His achievements in Columbus have been nothing short of phenomenal, with successes including a Big Ten title, a Final Four appearance in 2000, and Coach of the Year honors in 2001. But O’Brien’s toughest and most disappointing battle came when he lost his wife, Christine, who died from heart problems caused by a lengthy battle with Hodgkins Disease. As a result, he became a single father, and was left to raise two daughters. O’Brien has gone from a virtual unknown to one of the most beloved figures in Ohio State basketball history. In this book, Buckeye loyalists and college basketball fans everywhere will get a never—before—seen glimpse of the man who has definitely bucked the odds.

Motion: American Sports Poems $19 Sports have long served as inspiration for poetry-the ancient Greeks wrote odes in praise of their athletes-so it is little surprise that in a culture as obsessed with athletes as our own sports would exert an influence on contemporary poets. Motion: American Sports Poems rescues sports from our society’s focus on superstars, multimillion-dollar contracts, and gold medals to capture champions and losers, competitors and spectators in moments that are anything but fleeting.As Noah Blaustein points out in his preface, among the many parallels made between sports and poetry is the idea of transcendence. Forged from the most basic elements of sport-energy, movement, and rhythm-the poems in this anthology reflect something universal: sport as metaphor, sport as struggle, sport as the battleground for mythic figures and local heroes. The often celebrated sports-baseball, boxing, football, and basketball-are here along with unexpected pastimes like surfing, skateboarding, tennis, soccer, karate, rock climbing, bowling, and curling. Young and old, black and white, male and female, the poets in this anthology celebrate everyone who has come together in the shimmy and shake and sweat of sport.

National Hockey League Media $39.44 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: McFarlane Sports Picks is the name given to the line of sports-related action figures released by McFarlane Toys, a company founded by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane. The figures feature lifelike renderings of select stars in the four most popular sports in North America – hockey, football, baseball and basketball. The company has official licensing rights to the major professional leagues of each of these sports. An avid sports fan, collector of sports memorabilia and a former part-owner of a professional hockey team (Edmonton Oilers), Todd McFarlane created McFarlane Sports Picks in 2000 with the release of a series of NHL hockey players. The figures were licensed by the NHLPA but not by the league itself; as such, the players’ jerseys featured the colours of the teams for which they played, but the NHLPA logo in place of the team logos (which the NHL holds rights to). The figures proved to be popular enough with fans and collectors that the NHL signed a licensing agreement with McFarlane, allowing future releases to be branded with league and team logos. Later in 2001, McFarlane Sports Picks released Series 1 of their NHL line, and Series 1

New York Knicks Executives: Ned Irish, James L. Dolan, Anucha Browne Sanders, Glen Grunwald, Donnie Walsh, Dave Checketts $10.09 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Edward S. “Ned” Irish (May 6, 1905 in Lake George, New York January 21, 1982) was a basketball promoter and one of the key figures in popularizing professional basketball. He was the president of the New York Knicks from 1946 to 1974. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1964. A pioneer in the late 1930s in the big-time promotion of college basketball, Ned Irish took the sport from small venues to Madison Square Garden. He also founded the New York Knicks and assisted in the organization of the National Basketball Association. For his part in popularizing basketball, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1964. Irish grew up near Lake George, New York. He had already launched his business career at age 10. Following in his late father’s footsteps, he earned money by selling sodas and newspapers and by renting boats. His mother, a practical nurse, then moved the family to Brooklyn. As a student at Brooklyn’s Erasmus Hall High School, Irish covered prep and amateur sports for three New York dailies, managed the school’s swimming and tennis teams, was class president, was a member of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity and worked in the school cafeteria. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania as a business major, where he worked for the school paper and edited the monthly literary magazine. To earn money he sold sheet music and organized the university’s first student job-placement bureau. While he seemed destined to succeed in a career in business, Irish grew more interested in journalism, working as a reporter for the Philadelphia Record and as a stringer for several New York newspapers. Journalism won out after he graduated in 1928. Irish went to work at $60 per week for the New York Telegra… More:

Official NBA Trivia: The Ultimate Team-By-Team Challenge for Hoop Fans $12.99 Take Your Best Shot… Authorized by the National Basketball Association, here is the ultimate trivia challenge for hoopsters of all ages. Filled with more than 700 multiple-choice questions, Official NBA Trivia will test your basketball acumen on all aspects of the league including:All-time recordsArenasPast and present playersPlayers’ nicknamesCoachesAward winnersRetired numbersRules of the gameAnd moreSee how much you really know about the NBA in chapters devoted to each of the league’s twenty-nine franchises, from the Atlanta Hawks to the Washington Wizards, and discover interesting facts, stats, and figures about them all. From the epic battles of the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers to the heated rivalry between the New York Knicks and the Miami Heat, to recent contests in Canada between the Toronto Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies, you’ll find the past, present, and future of the NBA throughout the pages of this entertaining and fascinating book. Keep score as you go from team to team, and discover how you rank as an NBA Trivia All-Star!

Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson $9.99 There are few figures among America’s media-saturated landscape that loom larger than the National Basketball Association’s undeniable superstar Allen Iverson. He was the first overall pick of the 1996 NBA draft, and the spotlight has not left him since. Defiantly tattooed, with his hair in cornrows, the six-foot Philadelphia 76ers point guard has been vilified by a sports press still fawning over Michael Jordan’s non-threatening, clean-cut visage. From Iverson’s rap sheet to his rap album, from his on-court feats to his off-court antics, breathless fans and journalists alike seem determined to track his every move. Part sports star, part antihero, part hip-hop icon, Iverson has managed to cross over into the mainstream of American culture — without compromise.It wasn’t long before Iverson’s prodigious athletic skills became apparent. Raised in poverty, with his father in prison, Iverson retreated to his local playgrounds and found escape from the all-too-common woes of the inner-city dweller. In one summer alone, eight of his friends were killed in shootings. But Iverson’s talent simply could not be denied, and basketball remained the one constant in his tumultuous existence.And so Iverson, despite all odds, rose. A now-infamous scuffle in a bowling alley led to near race riots in Iverson’s hometown of Newport News, Virginia, resulting in his being sentenced to jail time during high school. Eventually, Governor Douglas Wilder granted him clemency, the conviction was overturned on appeal, and his ascent continued. Georgetown coach John Thompson stepped in, giving Iverson a berth on his team at a time when other universities were too skittish to offer the same.It was their loss. After two tremendous years at Georgetown, Iverson declared himself eligible for the NBA draft. And the rest is history.In Only the Strong Survive, Larry Platt offers up the first full portrait of a complicated and intensely private star, a man whose

Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson $0.99 There are few figures among America’s media-saturated landscape that loom larger than the National Basketball Association’s undeniable superstar Allen Iverson. He was the first overall pick of the 1996 NBA draft, and the spotlight has not left him since. Defiantly tattooed, with his hair in cornrows, the six-foot Philadelphia 76ers point guard has been vilified by a sports press still fawning over Michael Jordan’s non-threatening, clean-cut visage. From Iverson’s rap sheet to his rap album, from his on-court feats to his off-court antics, breathless fans and journalists alike seem determined to track his every move. Part sports star, part antihero, part hip-hop icon, Iverson has managed to cross over into the mainstream of American culture — without compromise.It wasn’t long before Iverson’s prodigious athletic skills became apparent. Raised in poverty, with his father in prison, Iverson retreated to his local playgrounds and found escape from the all-too-common woes of the inner-city dweller. In one summer alone, eight of his friends were killed in shootings. But Iverson’s talent simply could not be denied, and basketball remained the one constant in his tumultuous existence.And so Iverson, despite all odds, rose. A now-infamous scuffle in a bowling alley led to near race riots in Iverson’s hometown of Newport News, Virginia, resulting in his being sentenced to jail time during high school. Eventually, Governor Douglas Wilder granted him clemency, the conviction was overturned on appeal, and his ascent continued. Georgetown coach John Thompson stepped in, giving Iverson a berth on his team at a time when other universities were too skittish to offer the same.It was their loss. After two tremendous years at Georgetown, Iverson declared himself eligible for the NBA draft. And the rest is history.In Only the Strong Survive, Larry Platt offers up the first full portrait of a complicated and intensely private star, a man whose

Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson $12.99 There are few figures among America’s media-saturated landscape that loom larger than the National Basketball Association’s undeniable superstar Allen Iverson. He was the first overall pick of the 1996 NBA draft, and the spotlight has not left him since. Defiantly tattooed, with his hair in cornrows, the six-foot Philadelphia 76ers point guard has been vilified by a sports press still fawning over Michael Jordan’s non-threatening, clean-cut visage. From Iverson’s rap sheet to his rap album, from his on-court feats to his off-court antics, breathless fans and journalists alike seem determined to track his every move. Part sports star, part antihero, part hip-hop icon, Iverson has managed to cross over into the mainstream of American culture — without compromise.It wasn’t long before Iverson’s prodigious athletic skills became apparent. Raised in poverty, with his father in prison, Iverson retreated to his local playgrounds and found escape from the all-too-common woes of the inner-city dweller. In one summer alone, eight of his friends were killed in shootings. But Iverson’s talent simply could not be denied, and basketball remained the one constant in his tumultuous existence.And so Iverson, despite all odds, rose. A now-infamous scuffle in a bowling alley led to near race riots in Iverson’s hometown of Newport News, Virginia, resulting in his being sentenced to jail time during high school. Eventually, Governor Douglas Wilder granted him clemency, the conviction was overturned on appeal, and his ascent continued. Georgetown coach John Thompson stepped in, giving Iverson a berth on his team at a time when other universities were too skittish to offer the same.It was their loss. After two tremendous years at Georgetown, Iverson declared himself eligible for the NBA draft. And the rest is history.In Only the Strong Survive, Larry Platt offers up the first full portrait of a complicated and intensely private star, a man whose

People From Guilford County, North Carolina $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Edward R. Murrow, Levi Coffin, Clarence Avant, Kay Yow, Paris C. Dunning, Solomon Meredith, John W. Stephens, Shane Hmiel, Emma Tillman, Rayveness, Betty Johnson, Gerald Austin, Barry Bodine, Clyde Simms, John Elwood Bundy, Mitch Atkins. Excerpt: Edward Roscoe Murrow, KBE (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist. He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada. Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss and Alexander Kendrick considered Murrow one of journalism’s greatest figures, noting his honesty and integrity in delivering the news. A pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of TV news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Murrow was born Egbert Roscoe Murrow near Greensboro, in Guilford County, North Carolina, the son of Roscoe C. Murrow and Ethel F. (née Lamb) Murrow. His parents were Quakers. He was the youngest of three brothers and was a “mixture of English, Scots, Irish and German” descent. His home was a log cabin without electricity or plumbing, on a farm bringing in only a few hundred dollars a year from corn and hay. When Murrow was six his family moved to Blanchard, Washington, 30 miles from the Canadian border, where they began homesteading. He attended high school in nearby Edison, becoming president of the student body in his senior year and excelling on the debating team. He was on the Skagit County championship basketball team. By that time, the teenage Murrow was going by the nickname “Ed”. During his second year of college Murrow changed his name from Egbert to Edward. In 1926, he enrolled at Wash… More:

Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine $109 Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports  Eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine that produces America’s basketball stars. Play Their Hearts Out reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book’s heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote “the next LeBron,” and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller’s sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations. Complete with a new “where-are-they-now” Epilogue by the author, this thoroughly compelling narrative exposes the gritty reality that lies beneath so many dreams of fame and glory.   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES • THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR •  KIRKUS REVIEWS   Look for the exclusive conversation between George Dohrmann and bestselling author Seth Davis in the back of the book.

Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine $79.95 Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports  Eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine that produces America’s basketball stars. Play Their Hearts Out reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book’s heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote “the next LeBron,” and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller’s sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations. Complete with a new “where-are-they-now” Epilogue by the author, this thoroughly compelling narrative exposes the gritty reality that lies beneath so many dreams of fame and glory.   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES • THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR •  KIRKUS REVIEWS   Look for the exclusive conversation between George Dohrmann and bestselling author Seth Davis in the back of the book.

Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine $9.01 Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports  Eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine that produces America’s basketball stars. Play Their Hearts Out reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book’s heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote “the next LeBron,” and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller’s sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations. Complete with a new “where-are-they-now” Epilogue by the author, this thoroughly compelling narrative exposes the gritty reality that lies beneath so many dreams of fame and glory.   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES • THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR •  KIRKUS REVIEWS   Look for the exclusive conversation between George Dohrmann and bestselling author Seth Davis in the back of the book.

Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine $11.99 Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports  Eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine that produces America’s basketball stars. Play Their Hearts Out reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book’s heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote “the next LeBron,” and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller’s sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations. Complete with a new “where-are-they-now” Epilogue by the author, this thoroughly compelling narrative exposes the gritty reality that lies beneath so many dreams of fame and glory.   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES • THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR •  KIRKUS REVIEWS   Look for the exclusive conversation between George Dohrmann and bestselling author Seth Davis in the back of the book.

Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine $7.99 Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports  Eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine that produces America’s basketball stars. Play Their Hearts Out reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book’s heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote “the next LeBron,” and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller’s sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations. Complete with a new “where-are-they-now” Epilogue by the author, this thoroughly compelling narrative exposes the gritty reality that lies beneath so many dreams of fame and glory.   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES • THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR •  KIRKUS REVIEWS   Look for the exclusive conversation between George Dohrmann and bestselling author Seth Davis in the back of the book.

Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine $20.24 Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports  Eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine that produces America’s basketball stars. Play Their Hearts Out reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book’s heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote “the next LeBron,” and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller’s sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations. Complete with a new “where-are-they-now” Epilogue by the author, this thoroughly compelling narrative exposes the gritty reality that lies beneath so many dreams of fame and glory.   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES • THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR •  KIRKUS REVIEWS   Look for the exclusive conversation between George Dohrmann and bestselling author Seth Davis in the back of the book.

Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine $29.95 Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports  Eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine that produces America’s basketball stars. Play Their Hearts Out reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book’s heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote “the next LeBron,” and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller’s sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations. Complete with a new “where-are-they-now” Epilogue by the author, this thoroughly compelling narrative exposes the gritty reality that lies beneath so many dreams of fame and glory.   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES • THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR •  KIRKUS REVIEWS   Look for the exclusive conversation between George Dohrmann and bestselling author Seth Davis in the back of the book.

Randy Hedberg $70.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Randy R. Hedberg (born December 27, 1954) is a college football coach and a former professional football player, a quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, and Green Bay Packers. Hedberg was born and raised in Parshall, North Dakota, southwest of Minot, and graduated from Parshall High School in 1973. He played college football at Minot State College, an NAIA school, from 1973-76. He was a four year letter winner in football, basketball, and baseball for the Beavers, and earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1977. He earned a master’s degree from UND in 1987. Hedberg was selected in the eighth round (196th overall) in the 1977 NFL Draft by Tampa Bay. He saw significant playing time in his rookie season in 1977, where he appeared in seven games and started in four. Cut by the Bucs the following year, he was briefly with Oakland and Green Bay, but did not see any regular season playing time. Hedberg was selected as #31 in Sports Illustrated 50 Greatest Sports Figures in North Dakota.

Randy Pfund $44.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Randell “Randy” Pfund (born December 29, 1951 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) head coach and a former NBA executive. He was an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers under Pat Riley and Mike Dunleavy, and was the team’s head coach during the 1992-93 and 1993-94 seasons, although he was let go near the end of his second season, being replaced for the remainder of the year by Magic Johnson. He was the general manager for the Miami Heat until September 29, 2008. Pfund played college basketball at Wheaton College, where he amassed a cumulative scoring average of well over double figures, averaging nearly 25 points per game in his senior season.

Say It Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete $0.31 They are heroes, stars, agitators, and entertainers; mentors, innovators, history-makers, and record-breakers. They are the men and women whose physical gifts buoyed the spirits of a people and lifted up the soul of a nation. Say It Loud pays tribute not only to such household names as Jackie, Ali, Michael, Tiger, Venus, and Serena but to the forgotten many who made their success and glory possible. Profiled in these pages are figures whose accomplishments changed the game and transcended the playing field: Charlie Sifford and Lee Elder, who blazed paths on the PGA tour’s fairways; Moses Fleetwood Walker, the last African-American in professional baseball for nearly a half century before the color barrier finally fell in 1946, and Rube Foster, whose Negro National League shined a light on black stars during that benighted period; Paul Robeson, the first black football All-America, who later became a versatile artist and activist, and Fritz Pollard, whose list of gridiron firsts could fill its own book; Junius Kellogg, whose integrity protected college basketball’s in the 1950s; Althea Gibson, who brought her overpowering game from the streets to Wimbledon’s Centre Court, and Dr. Robert “Whirlwind” Johnson of Richmond, Virginia, who nurtured Gibson, Arthur Ashe, and others in order to make a permanent place for blacks in a “white” game.Say It Loud salutes African-American athletes who fought tirelessly not just to be the best at their games but to make their country that didn’t want them a better place. Featuring an Introduction by Super Bowl–winning coach Tony Dungy and scores of rare photographs, Say It Loud is a deeply inspiring testament to an extraordinary athletic heritage.

Seton Hall Pirates: A History of Men’s Basketball $14.36 In the spirit of a refrain from an old athletic cheer-”Old Setonia, dear old Setonia, we will sing a song of praise”-Seton Hall Pirates: A Basketball History explores the emerging popularity of hoop action within the context of school history and development of the game at large. The hard-court history found at Seton Hall University as the program nears its one hundredth year of competition is a story highlighted by a host of topnotch players, brilliant coaches, and memorable victories. Seton Hall Pirates: A Basketball History reflects on a sport that celebrates athletic prowess, school spirit, and spectator appreciation as it relates to the dramatic and colorful drama that is Pirate basketball.Basketball began at Seton Hall in 1903, and success with the round ball soon followed for the white and blue. From Alumni Hall to the Meadowlands Arena, the tradition is alive in the memory of winning seasons under Frank Hill, along with immortal squads including the “Wonder Five” of John “Honey” Russell in 1941, the National Invitation Tournament champions of 1953, and the 1989 Final Four contingent led by P.J. Carlesimo, which came within one game of winning a national title. The talents of such legendary figures as Bob Davies, Walter Dukes, Richie Regan, Nick Werkman, Terry Dehere, and several other performers and personalities who represented “Old Setonia” through the ages are also captured within this volume.

Sid! The Sports Legends, the Inside Scoops, and the Close Personal Friends $16.95 Sid Hartman has been at the center of Minnesota sports for more than sixty years. From his relationship with notorious local gangster Kid Cann Blumenfeld to his controversial role as de facto general manager of the Minneapolis Lakers to the battles for a new Twins stadium, Sid gives the inside scoop on hundreds of events and legendary figures in this fascinating exposé.  Originally published in 1997, this updated edition of Sid Hartman’s personal memoir includes a new epilogue with his reflections on the past ten years in Minnesota sports, including the good (the resurgent Twins and championships for Gopher hockey), the bad (Kirby Puckett’s death), and the ugly (the Vikings’ loss in the 1998 NFC conference finals and the Gopher basketball scandal). Join Sid as he reveals behind-the-scenes insight into such legendary characters as Bud Grant and Bob Knight, George Mikan and Kirby Puckett, Billy Martin and Randy Moss, and many, many more. You’ll enjoy the outrageous stories, and learn some Minnesota sports history in the process. Sid Hartman, the dean of Twin Cities sports journalists, is one of the most visible, most listened-to, and most read characters in the Upper Midwest. His first column appeared in the Minneapolis Daily Times in September 1945, and he has been a sports announcer at WCCO Radio since 1955. In that time, he has covered virtually every significant sports event and personality in Minnesota. He is the author of Sid Hartman’s Great Minnesota Sports Moments. Patrick Reusse first began working with Sid forty years ago as Sid’s copy boy at the Minneapolis Tribune. After a twenty-year stint as Sid’s competitor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, he rejoined the Star Tribune sports department in 1988 as Sid’s colleague. He can be heard regularly on KSTP Radio, am1500.

South Carolina Sports Legends (Images of Sports Series) $21.99 South Carolina Sports Legends celebrates the golden anniversary of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame. Legendary figures include football luminaries Banks McFadden, Doc Blanchard, “Deacon” Jones, Steve Wadiak, and George Rogers; basketball hotshots Frank Selvy, John Roche, and Alex English; baseball stars Shoeless Joe Jackson, and Bobby Richardson; coaching giants John Heisman, Frank McGuire, Frank Howard, Danny Ford, and John McKissisck; NASCAR legends David Pearson and Cale Yarborough; boxing champion “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier; golfer Beth Daniel; Thoroughbred trainer Frank Whiteley; contributors Herman Helms and Bob Fulton; and barrier-breakers Althea Gibson, Lucille Godbold, and Willie Jeffries.

Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols $18.95 On the court and on the field they are the world’s winners, exhibiting a natural grace and prowess their adoring fans can only dream about. Yet so often, off the field our sports heroes lose their perspective, their balance, and ultimately their place. In a work as timely as the latest fracas on the basketball court or the most recent drug-induced scandal in the dugout, Stanley H. Teitelbaum looks into the circumstances behind many star athletes’ precipitous fall from grace.  In his psychotherapy practice, Teitelbaum has worked extensively with professional athletes and sports agents—work he draws on here for insight into the psyche of sports figures and the off-the-field challenges they face. Considering both historical and current cases, he shows how, in many instances, the very factors that elevate athletes to superstardom contribute to their downfall. An evenhanded and honest look at athletes who have faltered, Teitelbaum’s work helps us see past our sports stars’ exalted images into what those images—and their frailty—say about our society and ourselves.

Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols $18.95 On the court and on the field they are the world’s winners, exhibiting a natural grace and prowess their adoring fans can only dream about. Yet so often, off the field our sports heroes lose their perspective, their balance, and ultimately their place. In a work as timely as the latest fracas on the basketball court or the most recent drug-induced scandal in the dugout, Stanley H. Teitelbaum looks into the circumstances behind many star athletes’ precipitous fall from grace.  In his psychotherapy practice, Teitelbaum has worked extensively with professional athletes and sports agents—work he draws on here for insight into the psyche of sports figures and the off-the-field challenges they face. Considering both historical and current cases, he shows how, in many instances, the very factors that elevate athletes to superstardom contribute to their downfall. An evenhanded and honest look at athletes who have faltered, Teitelbaum’s work helps us see past our sports stars’ exalted images into what those images—and their frailty—say about our society and ourselves.

Sports Leaders and Success : 55 Top Sports Leaders and how They Achieved Greatness $0.01 Be the best and win against the toughest opponentswith the leadership skills used by today’s leading sports figures What makes Mia Hamm and Michael Jordan two of the most successful sports leaders in the world? Their drive, dedication, ambition, courage, and winning strategies. Sports Leaders & Success goes behind-the-scenes to reveal strategies used by 55 celebrated athletes and coaches and explores how to apply their skills to succeed in any competitive environment.Straight from the popular Investor’s Business Daily “Leaders & Success” section, this inspirational book examines how:Basketball legend John Wooden won an unsurpassed 10 of 12 NCAA Championship titles by relentlessly focusing on what worked (and fixing what didn’t) for each group of young men he coached. Tennis great Martina Navratilova practiced constantly and used the advice of other pros to win the most championships of any player in tennis history, man or woman. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s dedication and self-discipline helped this scrawny kid grow up to become one of the greatest basketball players ever. Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France five years in a row by working harder than anyone else and riding when no one else would. Highlighting the traits and habits of the world’s greatest athletes, this collection provides positive examples of the uncompromising dedication behind any and all success. Learn what it takes to be at the top of your game with Sports Leaders & Success.Investor’s Business Daily is read by almost 800,000 subscribers around the globe. It is renowned for providing individual investors with critical information previously available only to institutional investors. William J. O’Neil, one of Wall Street’s most seasoned, successful investing veterans, is the founder and chairman of Investor’s Business Daily.

Street Scene: How To Draw Graffiti-Style $19.99 Create your own slammin’, street-smart comic art!Contains 28 step-by-step demonstrations in an edgy, high-impact style.Whether you’re an aspiring comic-artist or you just wanna have fun drawing—this book shows you how to rock out in your own gritty, graffiti-influenced style. Start with simple shapes and stick figures and build up to full, fleshed-out dudes and babes with serious attitude!Draw a radical cast of 18 characters step by step, including hip hop artists, rappers, graffiti artists, DJs, skatekids, BMX riders, basketball players, snowboarders, Goth girls, fashionistas, punk rockers, and other urban characters.Express your characters’ style with the coolest hairstyles, clothing, shoes, bling, hats, glasses, bags, piercings, tattoos and gear. Let your characters kick it in ultra-cool environments, from gritty cityscapes and zany interiors to wild and abstract backgrounds. From feet to facial expressions, you’ll get lots of expert tips for awesome results. It’s everything you need to create maximum-impact art that expresses your own sense of style and individuality—Art that says, “I was here!”

The Greater New York Sports Chronology $6.63 Jeffrey A. Kroessler’s comprehensive and entertaining time line stretches from the pastoral entertainments of the Dutch to the corporate captivity of professional sports. He chronicles events ranging from the truly heroic to the heartbreaking, from moments of municipal greatness to inescapable social change. Through it all he plants the world of sport at the very center of New York’s story.Fully illustrated, The Greater New York Sports Chronology covers the spectacle of blood sports like bullbaiting to the birth of baseball, the now-forgotten six-day pedestrian contests, and today’s New York City Marathon. Alongside great moments like the Mets’ “amazin’” World Series win in 1969, Joe Louis’s historic bouts with Max Schmeling, Jackie Robinson’s breaking of baseball’s color line, and Secretariat’s remarkable Triple Crown win at Belmont, we encounter the point-shaving scandals of college basketball and the corrupting influence of organized crime in professional boxing. Beyond immortals like Lou Gehrig and Joe Namath, we also find such once well known figures as Joe Lapchick, Marty Glickman, Gertrude Ederle, and Toots Shor. Year by year, this chronology recounts chess matches, America’s Cup races, dog shows, golf tournaments, polo matches, tennis games, and more. Kroessler describes the historic venues, boxing arenas, gyms, stadiums, ballparks, and racetracks that have come and gone, yet made New York the undisputed capital of American sport. Witnessing it all, of course, are the greatest fans in the world.

The Greater New York Sports Chronology $19.99 Jeffrey A. Kroessler’s comprehensive and entertaining time line stretches from the pastoral entertainments of the Dutch to the corporate captivity of professional sports. He chronicles events ranging from the truly heroic to the heartbreaking, from moments of municipal greatness to inescapable social change. Through it all he plants the world of sport at the very center of New York’s story.Fully illustrated, The Greater New York Sports Chronology covers the spectacle of blood sports like bullbaiting to the birth of baseball, the now-forgotten six-day pedestrian contests, and today’s New York City Marathon. Alongside great moments like the Mets’ “amazin’” World Series win in 1969, Joe Louis’s historic bouts with Max Schmeling, Jackie Robinson’s breaking of baseball’s color line, and Secretariat’s remarkable Triple Crown win at Belmont, we encounter the point-shaving scandals of college basketball and the corrupting influence of organized crime in professional boxing. Beyond immortals like Lou Gehrig and Joe Namath, we also find such once well known figures as Joe Lapchick, Marty Glickman, Gertrude Ederle, and Toots Shor. Year by year, this chronology recounts chess matches, America’s Cup races, dog shows, golf tournaments, polo matches, tennis games, and more. Kroessler describes the historic venues, boxing arenas, gyms, stadiums, ballparks, and racetracks that have come and gone, yet made New York the undisputed capital of American sport. Witnessing it all, of course, are the greatest fans in the world.

The Petting Zoo: A Novel $16 A moving, vividly rendered novel from the author of The Basketball Diaries Suffused with Jim Carroll’s humor and sharp wit, his delicate yet hallucinatory imagery, and his cool, sophisticated, streetsmart voice, The Petting Zoo is a frank, haunting examination of one artist’s personal and spiritual quest. Billy Wolfram, an enigmatic thirty-eight- year-old star of the late -1980s New York art scene, views a show of Velázquez paintings and is so humbled by their spiritual power that he suffers an emotional breakdown and retreats to his Chelsea loft. In seclusion, he recalls the most emblematic moments and figures of his childhood and early career as he searches to recover the spark of inspiration in his own work and life.

University of North Carolina Basketball (Images of Sports Series) $21.99 When the University of North Carolina fielded its first varsity men’s team in 1911, nobody could have imagined the mark its program would make on the history of college basketball. University of North Carolina Basketball chronicles the long and distinguished history of the Tar Heels, including the school’s numerous Southern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference titles and its national championship teams. North Carolina has produced arguably the finest group of basketball minds and talent the sport has ever known. The list reads like a “Who’s Who” of influential figures in college and professional basketball history, including Jack Cobb, George “The Blind Bomber” Glamack, “Bones” McKinney, Frank McGuire, Lennie Rosenbluth, Dean Smith, Doug Moe, Donnie Walsh, Larry Brown, Billy Cunningham, Charles Scott, George Karl, Mitch Kupchak, Phil Ford, James Worthy, Michael Jordan, Rasheed Wallace, Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, and Roy Williams.

Unruly Girls, Unrepentant Mothers: Redefining Feminism on Screen $30 Since the 1990s, when Reviving Ophelia became a best seller and “Girl Power” a familiar anthem, girls have assumed new visibility in the culture. Yet in asserting their new power, young women have redefined femininity in ways that have often mystified their mothers. They have also largely disavowed feminism, even though their new influence is a likely legacy of feminism’s Second Wave. At the same time, popular culture has persisted in idealizing, demonizing, or simply erasing mothers, rarely depicting them in strong and loving relationships with their daughters.Unruly Girls, Unrepentent Mothers, a companion to Kathleen Rowe Karlyn’s groundbreaking work, The Unruly Woman, studies the ways popular culture and current debates within and about feminism inform each other. Surveying a range of films and television shows that have defined girls in the postfeminist era–from Titanic and My So-Called Life to Scream and The Devil Wears Prada, and from Love and Basketball to Ugly Betty–Karlyn explores the ways class, race, and generational conflicts have shaped both Girl Culture and feminism’s Third Wave. Tying feminism’s internal conflicts to negative attitudes toward mothers in the social world, she asks whether today’s seemingly materialistic and apolitical girls, inspired by such real and fictional figures as the Spice Girls and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, have turned their backs on the feminism of their mothers or are redefining unruliness for a new age.

Unruly Girls, Unrepentant Mothers: Redefining Feminism on Screen $57.46 Since the 1990s, when Reviving Ophelia became a best seller and “Girl Power” a familiar anthem, girls have assumed new visibility in the culture. Yet in asserting their new power, young women have redefined femininity in ways that have often mystified their mothers. They have also largely disavowed feminism, even though their new influence is a likely legacy of feminism’s Second Wave. At the same time, popular culture has persisted in idealizing, demonizing, or simply erasing mothers, rarely depicting them in strong and loving relationships with their daughters.Unruly Girls, Unrepentent Mothers, a companion to Kathleen Rowe Karlyn’s groundbreaking work, The Unruly Woman, studies the ways popular culture and current debates within and about feminism inform each other. Surveying a range of films and television shows that have defined girls in the postfeminist era–from Titanic and My So-Called Life to Scream and The Devil Wears Prada, and from Love and Basketball to Ugly Betty–Karlyn explores the ways class, race, and generational conflicts have shaped both Girl Culture and feminism’s Third Wave. Tying feminism’s internal conflicts to negative attitudes toward mothers in the social world, she asks whether today’s seemingly materialistic and apolitical girls, inspired by such real and fictional figures as the Spice Girls and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, have turned their backs on the feminism of their mothers or are redefining unruliness for a new age.

Unruly Girls, Unrepentant Mothers: Redefining Feminism on Screen $30 Since the 1990s, when Reviving Ophelia became a best seller and “Girl Power” a familiar anthem, girls have assumed new visibility in the culture. Yet in asserting their new power, young women have redefined femininity in ways that have often mystified their mothers. They have also largely disavowed feminism, even though their new influence is a likely legacy of feminism’s Second Wave. At the same time, popular culture has persisted in idealizing, demonizing, or simply erasing mothers, rarely depicting them in strong and loving relationships with their daughters.Unruly Girls, Unrepentent Mothers, a companion to Kathleen Rowe Karlyn’s groundbreaking work, The Unruly Woman, studies the ways popular culture and current debates within and about feminism inform each other. Surveying a range of films and television shows that have defined girls in the postfeminist era–from Titanic and My So-Called Life to Scream and The Devil Wears Prada, and from Love and Basketball to Ugly Betty–Karlyn explores the ways class, race, and generational conflicts have shaped both Girl Culture and feminism’s Third Wave. Tying feminism’s internal conflicts to negative attitudes toward mothers in the social world, she asks whether today’s seemingly materialistic and apolitical girls, inspired by such real and fictional figures as the Spice Girls and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, have turned their backs on the feminism of their mothers or are redefining unruliness for a new age.

Values of the Game $4.99 The Barnes & Noble ReviewNot Just Net As the nation watched President Clinton implode and his inquisitors root through the private trash heaps of public figures, it was hard to remember a time when we had politicians like Bill Bradley. His unscathed reputation, bipartisan respect, and national prominence make him a seem like a throwback to a truly kinder, gentler period of history — even though he only retired from the Senate in 1997. But the truth is, Bradley’s modus operandi is old school. For everything Bill Bradley ever needed to know about personal values in the public spotlight he learned on the basketball court more than 20 years ago. As a Hall of Fame player for the New York Knicks from 1967-77, he learned the core values that can lead to success with integrity. When he entered the U.S. Senate 1979, he carried those lessons with him. VALUES OF THE GAME presents his reflections on the game that taught him the important lessons of his life. The book is divided into ten essays: Passion — Pure Pleasure, Pure Joy; Discipline — The Virtuous Circle; Selflessness — Help Someone, Help Yourself; Courage — Putting It on the Line; Responsibility — No Excuses, None; Respect — Rules of Order; Resilience — Losing Is Only Temporary; Perspective — The World in Perfect Balance; Leadership — Seeing the Whole Court; and Imagination — The Art of the Game. While these titles might sound like the overextension of a sports metaphor masking a self-help ethos, the book is really an homage to basketball with subtle, larger themes. Cynicsmaythink VALUES OF THE GAME is a thinly veiled campaign platform for Bradley’s presumed year 2000 presidential run. (Others may pick out the odd error, like Bradley’s claim that basketball’s inventor was an American). But as a tribute to the sport that made him and the values he has lived

Values of the Game $10.95 The Barnes & Noble ReviewNot Just Net As the nation watched President Clinton implode and his inquisitors root through the private trash heaps of public figures, it was hard to remember a time when we had politicians like Bill Bradley. His unscathed reputation, bipartisan respect, and national prominence make him a seem like a throwback to a truly kinder, gentler period of history — even though he only retired from the Senate in 1997. But the truth is, Bradley’s modus operandi is old school. For everything Bill Bradley ever needed to know about personal values in the public spotlight he learned on the basketball court more than 20 years ago. As a Hall of Fame player for the New York Knicks from 1967-77, he learned the core values that can lead to success with integrity. When he entered the U.S. Senate 1979, he carried those lessons with him. VALUES OF THE GAME presents his reflections on the game that taught him the important lessons of his life. The book is divided into ten essays: Passion — Pure Pleasure, Pure Joy; Discipline — The Virtuous Circle; Selflessness — Help Someone, Help Yourself; Courage — Putting It on the Line; Responsibility — No Excuses, None; Respect — Rules of Order; Resilience — Losing Is Only Temporary; Perspective — The World in Perfect Balance; Leadership — Seeing the Whole Court; and Imagination — The Art of the Game. While these titles might sound like the overextension of a sports metaphor masking a self-help ethos, the book is really an homage to basketball with subtle, larger themes. Cynicsmaythink VALUES OF THE GAME is a thinly veiled campaign platform for Bradley’s presumed year 2000 presidential run. (Others may pick out the odd error, like Bradley’s claim that basketball’s inventor was an American). But as a tribute to the sport that made him and the values he has lived

Wilt 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era $7.9 On the night of March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, right up the street from the chocolate factory, Wilt Chamberlain, a young and striking athlete celebrated as the Big Dipper, scored one hundred points in a game against the New York Knickerbockers.As historic and revolutionary as the achievement was, it remains shrouded in myth. The game was not televised; no New York sportswriters showed up; and a fourteen-year-old local boy ran onto the court when Chamberlain scored his hundredth point, shook his hand, and then ran off with the basketball. In telling the story of this remarkable night, author Gary M. Pomerantz brings to life a lost world of American sports.In 1962, the National Basketball Association, stepchild to the college game, was searching for its identity. Its teams were mostly white, the number of black players limited by an unspoken quota. Games were played in drafty, half-filled arenas, and the players traveled on buses and trains, telling tall tales, playing cards, and sometimes reading Joyce. Into this scene stepped the unprecedented Wilt Chamberlain: strong and quick-witted, voluble and enigmatic, a seven-footer who played with a colossal will and a dancer’s grace. That strength, will, grace, and mystery were never more in focus than on March 2, 1962. Pomerantz tracked down Knicks and Philadelphia Warriors, fans, journalists, team officials, other NBA stars of the era, and basketball historians, conducting more than 250 interviews in all, to recreate in painstaking detail the game that announced the Dipper’s greatness. He brings us to Hershey, Pennsylvania, a sweet-seeming model of the gentle, homogeneous small-town America that was fastbecoming anachronistic. We see the fans and players, alternately fascinated and confused by Wilt, drawn anxiously into the spectacle. Pomerantz portrays the other legendary figures in this story: the Warriors’ elegant coach Frank McGuire; the beloved, if rumpled, team owner

Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era $14.98 On the night of March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, right up the street from the chocolate factory, Wilt Chamberlain, a young and striking athlete celebrated as the Big Dipper, scored one hundred points in a game against the New York Knickerbockers.As historic and revolutionary as the achievement was, it remains shrouded in myth. The game was not televised; no New York sportswriters showed up; and a fourteen-year-old local boy ran onto the court when Chamberlain scored his hundredth point, shook his hand, and then ran off with the basketball. In telling the story of this remarkable night, author Gary M. Pomerantz brings to life a lost world of American sports.In 1962, the National Basketball Association, stepchild to the college game, was searching for its identity. Its teams were mostly white, the number of black players limited by an unspoken quota. Games were played in drafty, half-filled arenas, and the players traveled on buses and trains, telling tall tales, playing cards, and sometimes reading Joyce. Into this scene stepped the unprecedented Wilt Chamberlain: strong and quick-witted, voluble and enigmatic, a seven-footer who played with a colossal will and a dancer’s grace. That strength, will, grace, and mystery were never more in focus than on March 2, 1962. Pomerantz tracked down Knicks and Philadelphia Warriors, fans, journalists, team officials, other NBA stars of the era, and basketball historians, conducting more than 250 interviews in all, to recreate in painstaking detail the game that announced the Dipper’s greatness. He brings us to Hershey, Pennsylvania, a sweet-seeming model of the gentle, homogeneous small-town America that was fastbecoming anachronistic. We see the fans and players, alternately fascinated and confused by Wilt, drawn anxiously into the spectacle. Pomerantz portrays the other legendary figures in this story: the Warriors’ elegant coach Frank McGuire; the beloved, if rumpled, team owner

Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era $11.99 On the night of March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, right up the street from the chocolate factory, Wilt Chamberlain, a young and striking athlete celebrated as the Big Dipper, scored one hundred points in a game against the New York Knickerbockers.As historic and revolutionary as the achievement was, it remains shrouded in myth. The game was not televised; no New York sportswriters showed up; and a fourteen-year-old local boy ran onto the court when Chamberlain scored his hundredth point, shook his hand, and then ran off with the basketball. In telling the story of this remarkable night, author Gary M. Pomerantz brings to life a lost world of American sports.In 1962, the National Basketball Association, stepchild to the college game, was searching for its identity. Its teams were mostly white, the number of black players limited by an unspoken quota. Games were played in drafty, half-filled arenas, and the players traveled on buses and trains, telling tall tales, playing cards, and sometimes reading Joyce. Into this scene stepped the unprecedented Wilt Chamberlain: strong and quick-witted, voluble and enigmatic, a seven-footer who played with a colossal will and a dancer’s grace. That strength, will, grace, and mystery were never more in focus than on March 2, 1962. Pomerantz tracked down Knicks and Philadelphia Warriors, fans, journalists, team officials, other NBA stars of the era, and basketball historians, conducting more than 250 interviews in all, to recreate in painstaking detail the game that announced the Dipper’s greatness. He brings us to Hershey, Pennsylvania, a sweet-seeming model of the gentle, homogeneous small-town America that was fastbecoming anachronistic. We see the fans and players, alternately fascinated and confused by Wilt, drawn anxiously into the spectacle. Pomerantz portrays the other legendary figures in this story: the Warriors’ elegant coach Frank McGuire; the beloved, if rumpled, team owner