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Born to Ball On the hardwood (Free CD Soundtrack Included) $0.99 Born To Ball: On the Hardwood is a collection of the hottest, college basketball footage by today’s elite NBA All-Stars. This is not street ball! These are real moves, in real games, against real defense. Watch Allen Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal, Vince Carter and many others display the raw talent that catapulted them to superstar success. All of the footage exhibited on Born To Ball: On the Hard… |
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Small World Toys Gerty Balls Gertie Hoop $14.03 Ideal for indoor and outdoor play. Basketball net features suction cups. Hoop also comes with outdoor adapter. Includes one Gertie in red, blue or green. Net: 10″ diameter…. |
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NBA 2K9 $0.01 The undisputed NBA franchise is back for its 10th season. Last year, NBA 2K8 was the top selling basketball game on Xbox 360 and the NBA 2K series has been the #1 rated NBA simulation for seven years running. NBA 2K9 is the premier basketball game for serious players, and will deliver the most realistic, stylistic, and feature-rich simulation experience ever available in the NBA 2K franchise – fro… |
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NBA Live 2004 $9.99 NBA Live 2004 delivers the thrills and rush of serious NBA basketball! All-star announcer team Marv Albert and Mike Fratello give you authentic play-by-play commentary… |
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NBA Live 2003 $11.87 Join the freestyle revolution!Product InformationNBA Live 2003 lets you live your dream of being An NBA superstar. With EASPORTS Freestyle Control you can call for the ball and drain a buzzer-beating”3″ to send your opponent packing or “D-up” and reject alast ditch shot to show the world you own the paint. Totally enhancedgameplay brings the physically challenging fast-paced action of the NB… |
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NCAA Basketball 10 $39.99 NCAA Basketball 10 brings you the best of EA Sports basketball, refined and polished for the NCAA fan. An overhauled game engine and a laser focus on improving core gameplay has resulted in the most fluid basketball game on the market with the energy, excitement and pageantry of the college game. Additional game features include all-new dynamic updates that import real-life RPI ratings and … |
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NCAA Basketball 10 $39.99 NCAA Basketball 10 brings you the best of EA Sports basketball, refined and polished for the NCAA fan. An overhauled game engine and a laser focus on improving core gameplay has resulted in the most fluid basketball game on the market with the energy, excitement and pageantry of the college game. Additional game features include all-new dynamic updates that import real-life RPI ratings and … |
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2004-05 Ncaa Division I Men’s Basketball Season: 2005 Ncaa Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament $19.66 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: 2005 Ncaa Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament, 2004-05 Ncaa Division I Men’s Basketball Season, 2003-04 George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Team, 2004-05 George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Team, 2004-05 Ucla Bruins Men’s Basketball Team, 2004-05 Kansas Jayhawks Men’s Basketball Team, 2004-05 Illinois Fighting Illini Men’s Basketball Team, 2005 Mac Men’s Basketball Tournament, 2005 Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament, 2004-05 North Carolina Tar Heels Men’s Basketball Team, 2004-05 Florida Gators Men’s Basketball Team, 2005 Acc Men’s Basketball Tournament, 2005 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament, 2004-05 Syracuse Orange Men’s Basketball Team, 2005 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Tournament, 2005 Pacific-10 Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament, 2005 Wac Men’s Basketball Tournament, 2005 Mid-Continent Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament, 2004-05 Michigan State Spartans Men’s Basketball Team. Excerpt: 2003-04 George Mason Patriots men’s basketball 2003 04 CAA men’s basketball standings The 2003-2004 George Mason Patriots men’s basketball team began their 38th season of collegiate play on November 21, 2003 versus Morehead State University at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA . Season Notes Awards First Team All-CAA Second Team All-CAA CAA Player of the Week 2003-2004 roster Name : Number : Pos. : Height : Weight : Year : Hometown : High School Player Stats Player: Games: MPG: PPG: RPG: FG %: 3P %: FT %: Assists: Steals item Jai Lewis: 33: 27.6: 14.5: 7.5: .597: .000: .652: 38: 36 item Mark Davis: 31: 24.8: 12.9: 3.6: .444: .326: .610: 41: 53 i… |
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Albany Capitals Players: Paul Mariner, John Harkes, Chico Borja, Elvis Comrie, Scoop Stanisic, Arnie Mausser, Jimmy McGeough, JR. $20.21 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: Paul Mariner, John Harkes, Chico Borja, Elvis Comrie, Scoop Stanisic, Arnie Mausser, Jimmy Mcgeough, Jr., Pedro Debrito, Ted Gillen, Brian Bliss, John Diffley, Sadri Gjonbalaj, Mike Windischmann, Mike Masters, Scott Cannon, John Garvey, Lee Tschantret, Carl Rees, Jorge Acosta, Zoran Savic, Dave Smyth, Bobby Cumming, Shaun Elliott, Ross Irwin. Excerpt: Arnie Mausser Arnold “Arnie” Mausser (born February 28, 1954 in Brooklyn , New York ) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played with 8 different NASL teams from 1975-1984. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame . Mausser may be considered one of the finest goalkeepers the United States has ever produced. He is known as the trailblazer for future US goalkeepers such as Kasey Keller , Tim Howard , and Brad Friedel . He was a big man (standing 6′ 5″) who threw with his right hand, but kicked with his left foot. Early life Growing up in Brooklyn , New York , with two younger brothers, he played numerous sports, his favorite being basketball . However, in the eighth grade, he began playing goalkeeper because of his size. As he got older, he trained with numerous local teams, eventually catching the eye of the coach of the Rhode Island Oceaneers of the American Soccer League (ASL). He signed with the team in 1974 and played a single season before moving to the NASL. Club career In 1975, Mausser joined the Hartford Bicentennials of the North American Soccer League (NASL). He remained with the team for only a single season before moving to the Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975 1993) for the 1976 season. His excellent play with the Rowdies (6 shutouts and 28 goals scored against him in 24 games) led to his selection as a first team NASL All Star. Despite his success with the Rowdies, the Tampa Bay coach Eddie Firmani |
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Americans of Yoruba Descent: Hakeem Olajuwon, Wale, Glenda Hatchett $9.53 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: Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born January 21, 1963) is a retired Nigerian American professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. In 2008, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Olajuwon traveled from his home country to play for the University of Houston. Under Coach Guy Lewis he had a standout career for the Cougars alongside future NBA Hall of Fame player Clyde Drexler, which included three trips to the Final Four. Olajuwon was drafted by the Houston Rockets with the first overall selection of the 1984 NBA Draft, a draft that included Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and John Stockton. Olajuwon joined the Houston Rockets and was affectionately known as “Hakeem The Dream” for his grace on and off the court. He combined with the 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) Ralph Sampson to form a duo dubbed the “Twin Towers”. The two led the Rockets to the 1986 NBA Finals, where they lost in six games to the Boston Celtics. After Sampson was traded to the Golden State Warriors in 1988, Olajuwon became the Rockets’ undisputed leader. He led the league in rebounding twice (1989, 1990) and shot-blocking three times (1990, 1991, 1993). In the 1993-94 season he became the only player in NBA history to win the NBA’s Most Valuable Player (MVP), Defensive Player of the Year, and Finals MVP awards in the same season. His Rockets won back-to-back championships against the New York Knicks, avenging his college championship loss to Patrick Ewing, and Shaquille O’Neal’s Orlando Magic. In 1996 Olajuwon was a member of the Olympic gold-medal-winning United States nationa… More: |
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Arellano University: Arellano Chiefs, Arellano University – Elisa Esguerra Campus, Arellano University – Plaridel High School, the Annex $8.78 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. Not illustrated. Excerpt: “Hey! AU Go Fight, Hey AU Go Fight!” The Arellano University Chiefs (formerly known as the Flaming Arrows) was the varsity teams of Arellano University. They currently play in the National Capital Region Athletic Association (NCRAA). They will also play as a guest team in the 200910 season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines). The Arellano Flaming Arrows won the National Student’s Championship in the 1970s. The Chiefs first entered the best-of-three finals in the men’s basketball division of the NCRAA in 2006 when they were defeated by the Saint Francis of Assisi College System Doves. In a repeat finals appearance in 2007, head coach Leo Isaac finally led the Chiefs to the championship with a 6764 game three win against the Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) Generals. The Chiefs relied on their defense to stop EAC’s Ronjay Buenafe, while supporters of the rival teams had to be restrained inside the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Baby Chiefs also defeated the Olivarez College juniors team in their own title series to ensure both NCRAA basketball titles would go to their Sampaloc campus. In 2008, the Chiefs reigned anew against 2006 tormentor St. Francis in two games., while the Baby Chiefs also swept the Dovelets in juniors’ competition to keep both basketball trophies. The Chiefs’ NCRAA championship caused their qualification to the 2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship for basketball. In the PCC, they defeated Universal College (UCN) Golden Dragons in the first round, but they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by three-peat NCAA champions San Beda Red Lions. The Chiefs were able to qualify anew for the 2009 NCRAA finals, but they were defeated by upstarts Universal College Golden Dragons in overtime… More: |
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Asean Basketball League Teams: Singapore Slingers, Philippine Patriots, Kuala Lumpur Dragons, Satria Muda Britama Jakarta, Thailand Tigers $8.96 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: Singapore Slingers, Philippine Patriots, Kuala Lumpur Dragons, Satria Muda Britama Jakarta, Thailand Tigers, Brunei Barracudas. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first – and so far the only – Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season. The Slingers play their home games at the Singapore Indoor Stadium (SIS). In 2008, the club left the NBL and currently compete in the “Singapore Challenge Series”. In this series the Slingers compete against a range of teams from the Philippines, China, Indonesia, India and Australia. The Slingers are one of the inaugural teams that began competition in the ASEAN Basketball League in October, 2009. The franchise was known as the Canberra Cannons from 1979 to 2003, winning 3 championships in 1983, 1984 and 1988. The Cannons begun to struggle and relocated to Newcastle for three seasons and were known as the Hunter Pirates for the 03-04, 04-05 and 05-06 seasons. The team again relocated to Singapore before the start of the 2006-07 season. However, they also played occasional home games in Newcastle. The club was the brainchild of NBL stalwart Bob Turner, the Slingers’ CEO. The NBL believed the club would open the league to wider audiences and greater revenue. Due to the distance involved the team agreed to cover all travel costs of teams who played them in Singapore. However, the club had only averaged crowds of only 3500 at its home games during the last season. The National Basketball League announced on July 29, 2008 that the Singapore Slingers had decided to withdraw from the competition permanently due to the dramatic increase in inter… More: |
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Ball State Cardinals Men’s Basketball Seasons: 2009-10 Ball State Cardinals Men’s Basketball Team $8.31 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: Conference tournament winner The 200910 Ball State University Cardinals basketball team represent Ball State University in the college basketball season of 200910. The team is coached by Billy Taylor and play their homes game in John E. Worthen Arena. The Cardinals lost three starters from last year’s squad due to graduation. Of those three seniors, Brandon Lampley was the only one with a double digit Points-per-game statistic, with 10.0 points per game. Along with him were two other guards from the team, Laron Frazier and Rob Giles. Along with these three players, Ball State also lost two other players, one of those being Anthony Newell. Newell was only five points away from breaking 1,000 points within Ball State’s men’s basketball team when he broke his leg in a 4642 victory over Eastern Michigan. Junior Eric Wormely also left the team when he transferred to another college for more playing time. No transfers came in to Ball State for the 20092010 season. All four recruits are new freshmen. Legend: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes Played; FG = Field Goals; 3P = Three Pointers; FT = Free Throws; Reb = Rebounds; Ast = Assists; Blk = Blocks; Stl = Steals; Pts = Points … More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24633587 |
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Basketball Players in Cyprus by Club: Ael Bc Players, Apoel Bc Players, Aleksandar Radojevi , Bruno undov, K stutis e tokas, Anthony Grundy $19.99 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: Ael Bc Players, Apoel Bc Players, Aleksandar RadojeviÄ?, Bruno Šundov, KÄ™stutis Šeštokas, Anthony Grundy, Mike Jones, Loren Stokes, Dušan JeliÄ?, Frankie King, Ryan Humphrey, ŽydrÅ?nas Urbonas, Milutin AleksiÄ?, Simon Petrov, Jeron Roberts, Cyrille Makanda, Tyson Wheeler, Ejike Ugboaja, Marcus Webb, Ali Bouziane, Andreas Tsiatinis, Balša RadunoviÄ?, Earl Harrison, Remon Van de Hare, Aleksandr Dedushkin. Excerpt: Position: Center Aleksandar Radojevi (pronounced /r d . v t / ) (born August 8, 1976) is a professional basketball player.Early life Radojevi was born in either Herceg Novi , or Bijela , Montenegro , or Trebinje , in Bosnia and Herzegovina , all in the now former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . He only started playing basketball at age 16 after playing soccer and water polo as a youngster. Career He started his career with Cetinje outfit KK Lov en where he spent the 1995-96 season. For the next 1996-97 season he moved to Budu nost Podgorica where he sporadically played a certain amount of games.A 7 ft 3 in center , he signed a national letter of intent to play for Ohio State University ‘s prestigious Buckeyes in the early part of 1997. Radojevic never played for Ohio State because the NCAA declared him ineligible for accepting around $9,000 (or $13,000 ) to play for Budu nost in 1996. He thus ended up at a much less glamorous basketball programme of Barton County Community College where he spent the next two seasons.After a successful college year at Barton County CC where he averaged over 4 blocks per game, he had reportedly been given several thousand dollars to move to Ohio State University after his freshman season which resulted in coach Jim O’Brien getting |
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Basketball Teams in Louisiana: Lsu Tigers Basketball, Louisiana Blues, Louisiana Cajun Pelicans $8.59 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. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Louisiana State Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I men’s college basketball. The team is currently coached by Trent Johnson and has enjoyed recent success, including a Final Four run in the 20052006 season. Past coaches include John Brady, Press Maravich, Dale Brown and Harry Rabenhorst. They play their home games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center located on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The team participates in the West division of the Southeastern Conference. In the days before the NCAA Tournament, the Tigers won a 1935 mythical national championship by winning the American Legion Bowl (one of several mythical championships awarded that year), under head coach Harry Rabenhorst. While this championship is not officially recognized by the NCAA since it did not sanction a tournament, LSU officially claims this championship and displays a banner in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Rabenhorst also led the Tigers to the 1953 Final Four with a team that included future NBA Hall of Famer Bob Pettit. LSU is the only school that officially claims an American Legion Bowl championship. Pistol Pete dominated the collegiate levels at LSU. Despite averaging over 44 points per game, Pete never won a championship (SEC, NIT, or NCAA) and never played in the NCAA Tournament. In September 2007, Lester Earl issued an apology to Brown, then-assistant head coach Johnny Jones, and LSU in general for his role in the NCAA investigation. Earl now claims that the NCAA pressured him into making false claims against Dale Brown or else he would lose years of NCAA eligibility.”I was pressured into telling them SOMETHING. I was 19 years old at that time. The NCAA intimidated me, manipulate… More: |
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Basketball Teams in the United States by City: Basketball Teams in Chicago, Illinois, Basketball Teams in Detroit, Michigan $25.32 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: Basketball Teams in Chicago, Illinois, Basketball Teams in Detroit, Michigan, Basketball Teams in Los Angeles, California, Boston Basketball Teams, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Shock, Detroit Panthers, Cal State Northridge Matadors Men’s Basketball, Chicago Throwbacks, Los Angeles D-Fenders, Beijing Olympians, Los Angeles Aftershock, Gary Steelheads, Boston Blizzard, Detroit Titans, Kankakee County Soldiers, Chicago Condors, Detroit Falcons, Chicago Soldiers, Chicago Hustle, Chicago Studebaker Flyers, Chicago Steam, Cicero Cometas Usa, Aurora Force, Detroit Eagles, Detroit Hoops, Chicago Bruins, Chicago Blaze, Lake County Lakers, Detroit Zafir, Boston Trojans, Chicago American Gears, Detroit Pulaski, Detroit Cardinals, Chicago Majors, Boston Whirlwinds. Excerpt: The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was founded in 1966. They play their home games at the United Center. The team is well known for having one of the greatest dynasties in NBA history during the 1990s, winning six championships in 8 years with two three-peats. All six of those championship teams were led by Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson. The first three championship teams included the likes of Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant, John Paxson and B.J. Armstrong, while the latter three championship teams had Luc Longley, Steve Kerr, Ron Harper, Toni Kuko and Dennis Rodman on the roster. The Bulls won an NBA record 72 games during the 199596 NBA season and are the only team in NBA history to win at least 70 games in a single season. During the 1990s, the Bulls helped spread the… More: |
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Bayi Rockets: Bayi Rockets Players, Wang Zhizhi, Liu Yudong, Li Nan, Mu Tiezhu, Wang Lei, Feng Lei $8.41 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: Wang Zhizhi (Chinese: ; pinyin: Wáng Zhìzhì; born July 8, 1977 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese professional basketball player. He is a former player in the National Basketball Association. Wang is 214 cm (7’0″) tall. Wang’s father Wang Weijun (196 cm) and mother Ren Huanzhen (186 cm) were both basketball players. Wang is married with one son, Jerry. Wang joined the Army club in 1994. When the Chinese Basketball Association started in 1995, Wang was one of the youngest players in the league. Nevertheless, he soon became a starter in the star-studded army team Bayi Rockets. From 1995 to his departure for the NBA after the 2001 Finals, the import-less Bayi Rockets won all CBA Finals and National Games of the PRC. The Bayi dynasty was upended by Yao Ming and the Shanghai Sharks as soon as Wang left for the NBA. In the 1995 FIBA World Championship for Juniors (Under-19 players), Wang led China to a 9th place finish with a 4-4 record. He averaged 22.3 points, making 60% of his field goals and 86% of his free throws. He also averaged 11.1 rebounds per game and led the tournament in shots blocked. As a result, Wang was named to the All-Tournament team. In 1996, Wang became the first Asian player invited to play for the international squad against the best USA high school players in the prestigious Nike Hoop Summit Game. He started and scored 6 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. He was offered a basketball scholarship from John Thompson of Georgetown University. Wang Zhizhi became an Olympian in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where he started and averaged 11.1 points and 5.6 rebounds, helping China to finish in 8th place. In the 1997 Asia Basketball Championship, a fever Wang had was partially responsible for a semifinal loss to Korea, which prevented China f… |
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Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball $19.99 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: Michigan Wolverines Men’s Basketball, Purdue Boilermakers Men’s Basketball, Acc – Big Ten Challenge. Excerpt: Beginning in 1999, the ACC Big Ten Challenge (or Big Ten ACC Challenge , the named order changes each year) is an in-season NCAA college basketball series, matching up teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference . ESPN was a key part of the creation of the challenge, and holds the broadcast rights to all the games. The Big Ten won the challenge for the first time in 2009, ending the ten-year ACC stronghold in the challenge. The ACC had previously participated in the ACC Big East Challenge in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The ACC Big Ten Challenge occurs early in the season, typically around late November/early December. The games are hosted by each of the schools. Nine games were played for each of the first 6 challenges, leaving two teams from the 11-team Big Ten Conference without an opponent. With the expansion of the ACC to 12 teams with the addition of Boston College , Miami and Virginia Tech , the field was expanded to 11 games in 2005, meaning that one ACC team would not play.ESPN , the ACC and the Big Ten announced in early 2005 that they were extending the challenge for an additional six years. Only one Big Ten team, Michigan State University , has managed a non-losing record in the challenge. Despite the ACC ‘s decided advantage, both conferences have had significant success on the national stage. Since the inception of the Challenge, a total of 9 teams from these two conferences have gone on to play in the Final Four , with 2000 national champion Michigan State , 2001 and 2010 national champion Duke , 2002 national champion Maryland , and 2005 and 2009 national champion North Carolina among them.In the year 2007, the ACCBig |
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Brazilian Expatriates In Spain $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. Excerpt: Anderson França Varejão (Portuguese pronunciation: ; born September 28, 1982, in Colatina ) is a Brazilian professional basketball player, who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He won the gold medal with Brazil at the 2003 Pan American Games. He played for Franca Basquetebol Clube in the city of Franca, São Paulo State. Franca is most known as the “Brazilian Basketball’s capital”, one of the most traditional Brazilian basketball teams. His skills improved, and he was signed by FC Barcelona, Spain. Varejão appeared in two regular season Liga ACB games for FC Barcelona Bàsquet and scored four total points. Varejão also played in nine Euroleague games for FC Barcelona. In three regular season games Varejão averaged 2.3 points and 2.3 rebounds. In six “Top 16″ playoff games, he averaged 5.8 points and 4.8 rebounds, including a season high 10 points against Benetton Treviso. Varejão appeared in four regular season Liga ACB games for FC Barcelona. He averaged 8.3 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. While Varejão did not play in the Liga ACB playoffs that year, FC Barcelona, led by Juan Carlos Navarro, Sarunas Jasikevicius, and Dejan Bodiroga, won the Liga ACB championship. Varejão also played in 22 Euroleague games (starting one), helping FC Barcelona to their first ever Euroleague Championship. Varejão averaged 4.1 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, including a season high 17 points against Benetton Treviso. He later scored one point in the Euroleague Championship Game against Benetton Treviso. Varejão appeared in 27 regular season Liga ACB games for FC Barcelona. He averaged 7.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Varejão once again did not play in the playoffs that year, but FC |
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British Expatriates in Greece: John Amaechi, Micky Quinn, Billy Bingham, John Craxton, Vic Buckingham, Andrew Betts, Steve Bucknall $9.91 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: John Ekwugha Amaechi (pronounced ; born November 26, 1970) is a retired American-born British NBA basketball player who currently works as a broadcaster and political activist in the United Kingdom. In February 2007, after his retirement from the NBA, Amaechi became the first openly gay NBA player after coming out in his memoir Man in the Middle. The son of a Nigerian, Igbo father, he was raised in Heaton Moor, Stockport, England with his two younger sisters by his English mother, attending Stockport Grammar School. Amaechi moved to the U.S. to play high school basketball at St. John’s Jesuit High School in Toledo, Ohio. He began playing college basketball at Vanderbilt but transferred to Penn State where he was a two-time First Team Academic All-American selection. The 6 ft 10 in, 270 lb (208 cm, 122 kg) center was signed undrafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1995. He played 28 games for the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 1995-1996 season, then played for two years in Europe (France: Cholet, Limoges; Italy: Kinder Bologna; Greece: Panathinaikos; UK: Sheffield Sharks). In the season 1996-1997 he played for Panathinaikos BC. In September 1996 he won the Intercontinental Cup being the first scorer (alongside with Fragiskos Alvertis) of Panathinaikos BC with 59 points in the 3 games of the tournament (18,23,18 pts). In 1997-1998 he played with Kinder Bologna but left mid-season before the Italians won the Euroleague. He returned to the USA signing with the Orlando Magic in 1999. With a solid 1999-2000 season, where he averaged 10.5 points in 21.1 minutes per contest, he gained fame for scoring the NBA’s first points in the year 2000. Before speaking publicly about being gay, Amaechi may have been best known for turning down a $17 million cont… More: |
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Bullsology Trivia Challenge: Chicago Bulls Basketball $8.95 Updated with fun and interesting facts through the end of the 2008-09 basketball season, Bullsology Trivia Challenge – Chicago Bulls Basketball offers Bulls fans the opportunity to relive Chicago’s greatest moments, including:• World Championships• Conference Championships• Player of the Year Awards• Team Records• Player Records• Hall of Fame• Player Awards• Key Player Stats• Coaching Records• Key Coaches Stats• Key Rivalries• And Much MoreEach of the book’s 210 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS set up in game format allows players to give informed answers even for the book’s more ambitious questions. In addition, most answers include in-depth supportive background offering the book’s players even greater knowledge about correct responses.Here are two sample questions:• How many times has a Bulls player been named NBA Player of the Week?• Who was the last Bulls player to win a medal in the Olympic Games? The book also includes the publisher’s unique COOL FACTS placed at the end of each of the first four sections. Cool Facts allow the book’s researcher more freedom to highlight and expand on particularly interesting or thought-provoking facts about the team and its history.Two SCORE SHEETS located at the end of the book permit players to record their answers as they play, to calculate their scores for each of the book’s five sections as well as their final overall score, and to determine winners for multi-player situations. Free downloadable score sheets are also available from the publisher’s Web site.All of this makes Bullsology Trivia Challenge – Chicago Bulls Basketball a great gift foryourself or for friends and family. |
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Cal State Fullerton Titans Men’s Basketball Players: Bruce Bowen $10.28 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: Le Havre (19931994)Évreux (19941995)Rockford Lightning (19951996, 1997)Besançon (19961997)Miami Heat (1997, 20002001)Boston Celtics (19971999)Philadelphia 76ers (19992000)San Antonio Spurs (20012009) Bruce Bowen Jr. (born June 14, 1971) is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6’7″, 200-lb. (200 cm, 91 kg) Bowen played small forward and graduated from Edison High School and Cal State Fullerton. He went on to play for the NBA’s Miami Heat, the Boston Celtics, the Philadelphia 76ers, the San Antonio Spurs and the CBA’s Rockford Lightning, and also played abroad in France. Regarded as one of the best defenders in the NBA, Bowen was elected eight times to the NBA All-Defensive First and Second Teams, and was a member of the Spurs teams that won the NBA championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Off the court, Bowen became an informal ambassador for child obesity awareness. Bruce Bowen Jr. was born in Merced, California as son of Bruce Bowen Sr. and Dietra Campbell. Bowen had a problematic childhood growing up in Merced, because, he claims, his mother took drugs and even sold the family TV to feed her habit. Bruce Jr. spent his days playing basketball and eventually became a star in the local West Fresno Edison High School squad. After receiving a scholarship, Bowen played four seasons at Cal State Fullerton, appearing in 101 games, and averaged 11.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. After averaging 16.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 36.6 minutes in 27 games as a senior in 199293, he was named to the All-Big West Conference First Team. Bowen ranks 12th on the Titans’ all-time list in career points (1,155) and is seventh all-time in rebounds (559). After finishing his four-year college eligibility, Bowen was eligible for the … More: |
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California Angels Broadcasters $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. Excerpt: Richard Alan “Dick” Enberg (born January 9, 1935) is an American sportscaster currently employed by the San Diego Padres, CBS, and ESPN. His duties include Padres play-by-play beginning in the 2010 season, National Football League and NCAA basketball telecasts on CBS, and coverage of all four Grand Slam professional tennis tournaments for CBS, ESPN and ESPN2. He is well-known for his signature catchphrase (“Oh, my!”) that he uses after exciting and outstanding athletic plays. Enberg was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Following high school in Armada, Michigan, he played college baseball and earned a bachelor’s degree in 1957 at Central Michigan University. Enberg then went on to graduate school at Indiana University, where he earned master’s and doctorate degrees in health sciences. While at Indiana, Enberg voiced the first radio broadcast of the Little 500, the bicycle racing event popularized in the film Breaking Away. He was also the play-by-play announcer for Indiana Hoosiers football and basketball games, and in 1961 called his first NCAA basketball tournament event, the championship game between Cincinnati and Ohio State. From 1961 to 1965 he was an assistant professor and baseball coach at Cal State Northridge, then known as “San Fernando Valley State College.” Dick Enberg is also a member of the fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa. In the late 1960s, Enberg began a full-time sportscasting career, calling radio broadcasts for the California Angels of Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League, and UCLA Bruins basketball. After every Angels victory, he would wrap up his broadcast with, “And the halo shines tonight.” This was in reference to the ” Big A” scoreboard, and the halo at the top, which would light up … More: |
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Celticology Trivia Challenge $8.95 Updated with fun and interesting facts through the end of the 2007-08 basketball season, Celticology Trivia Challenge – Boston Celtics Basketball offers Celtics fans the opportunity to relive Boston’s greatest moments, including: -World Championships-Conference Championships-Player of the Year Awards-Team Records-Player Records-Hall of Fame-Player Awards-Key Player Stats-Coaching Records-Key Coaches Stats-Key Rivalries-And Much MoreEach of the book’s 210 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS set up in game format allows players to give informed answers even for the book’s more ambitious questions. In addition, most answers include in-depth supportive background offering the book’s players even greater knowledge about correct responses. Here are two sample questions: -How many times has a Celtic player been named NBA Player of the Week?-Who was the last Celtics player to win a medal in the Olympic Games? The book also includes the publisher’s unique COOL FACTS placed at the end of each of the first four sections. Cool Facts allow the book’s researcher more freedom to highlight and expand on particularly interesting or thought-provoking facts about the team and its history. Two SCORE SHEETS located at the end of the book permit players to record their answers as they play, to calculate their scores for each of the book’s five sections as well as their final overall score, and to determine winners for multi-player situations. Free downloadable score sheets are also available from the publisher’s Web site. All of this makes Celticology Trivia Challenge – Boston Celtics Basketball a great gift foryourself or for friends and family. |
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Cleveland State Vikings Men’s Basketball Seasons: 2008-09 Cleveland State Vikings Men’s Basketball Team $9.05 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: Rankings from AP Poll Horizon League Tournament winner The 200809 Cleveland State Vikings men’s basketball team represents Cleveland State University in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season. The team is led by third-year head coach Gary Waters. In 200708, the Vikings finished 21-13 (12-6 in the Horizon League). Cleveland State had their first winning season since the 2000-2001 season when they finished 19-13 overall and 9-5 in conference play. They made their first NCAA tournament appearance since their run to the Sweet Sixteen in 1986. Cleveland State started the preseason off by playing games in Barcelona, Spain. It was also announced that Cleveland State will once again be participating in the ESPNU Bracketbuster games. Cleveland State also made several changes to the schedule. Cleveland State added Syracuse to the schedule, along with moving the former season opening game against John Carroll to November 10, 2008, from November 14, 2008 and making it the only exhibition game of the year. Next they moved the Oakland game originally schedule for December 16, 2008, to November 15, 2008, where it will be the season opener. They also moved the site of the three game CBE Classic from Ft. Myers, Florida (Florida Gulf Coast), to Miami, Florida (Florida International). That meant that Cleveland State will now play Florida International, Toledo, and Tennessee Tech from November 24, 2008-November 26, 2008. Lastly Cleveland State added La Roche College and Notre Dame College to the schedule, which completed the home scheduling for the year. Cleveland State will play nine teams that made the postseason in total this year. Cleveland State also has no less than 15 home games this year, with 14 of them being regular season contests. The … More: |
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College Radio Stations In New York $21.02 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: Wrhu, Wvbr-Fm, Wjpz-Fm, Wbny, Wnyu-Fm, Wfuv, Werw, Wsia, Wicb, Wkcr-Fm, Wony, Wrpi, Wbau, Wvkr-Fm, Wsbu, Waer, Wceb, Wtsc-Fm, Wftu, Wruc, Wrho, Wsuf, Wkrb, Wrcu-Fm, Wfnp, Walf, Wspn, Witr, Wnyt, Wvwa, Whcl-Fm, Witc, Wdwn, Whcr-Fm, Wecw, Wxbc, Wnyk, Wpnr-Fm, Wary. Excerpt: WAER (88.3 FM ) is a radio station in Syracuse, New York . It is located on the campus of Syracuse University , and is an auxiliary service of the school. The station features a jazz music and National Public Radio format, with a news and music staff providing programming around the clock. It is best known, however, for its sports staff, which has produced the likes of Bob Costas , Marv Albert , Mike Tirico , Sean McDonough , Bill Roth , Ian Eagle , Brian Higgins , Dick Stockton and many others. Lou Reed also hosted a free-format show on WAER during his time at Syracuse University; this free-format radio tradition at Syracuse is carried on by WERW .Student Sports Staff The WAER sports staff is made up entirely of students. It provides daily sports updates as well as play-by-play for Syracuse University football, men’s basketball, and men’s lacrosse. A pregame show begins 30 minutes before each broadcast (Countdown to Kickoff, Tipoff, or Faceoff) with a halftime segment (Orange at the Half) and a postgame wrapup (Orange Overtime).Talk Show staff The WAER talk show staff is student-run and puts on two types of show. One, the Double Overtime, airs after every football, basketball, and lacrosse game. This is a post-game call-in show that also includes a reporter, who explains what the coaches and players said to the media after the games. Some callers include former SU lacrosse All-American Ric Beardsley, as well as current SU basketball player Eric Devendorf.Music The music department is organized by Eric |
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College Sports in Louisiana: Tulane Green Wave, List of College Athletic Programs in Louisiana, Usa, New Orleans Privateers $8.07 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: Tulane Green Wave, List of College Athletic Programs in Louisiana, Usa, New Orleans Privateers, Miss-Lou Junior College Conference. Excerpt: Green Wave, the nickname of the sports teams of Tulane University, was adopted during the 1920 season, after a song titled The Rolling Green Wave was published in Tulane’s student newspaper in 1920. Prior to that, the teams were known officially as “The Olive and Blue” and unofficially referred to as “The Greenies” or “The Greenbacks.” Tulane is a member of Conference USA in athletics. The university was a charter member of the Southeastern Conference, in which it competed until 1966. Tulane, along with other academically-oriented, private schools had considered to form the “Southern Ivy League” (Magnolia Conference) in the 1950s. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the university fielded NCAA Division I teams in 16 sports. As part of the university’s Renewal Plan some sports were suspended. Tulane currently has 14 Division I programs football, men and women’s basketball, baseball, women’s volleyball, track and cross country, tennis, women’s golf, and women’s swimming and diving however, they plan to field 16 sports by 2011. The Tulane football team, established in 1893, competes in NCAA Division I FBS college football in the West division of Conference USA. They are coached by Bob Toledo and play home games in the Louisiana Superdome and occasionally Tad Gormley Stadium. Men’sTulane’s men’s basketball program fell victim to one of the biggest scandals of the 1980s in college sports when four players, including star forward “Hot Rod” Williams were accused of taking money and cocaine to alter the final point spreads of games they played in. Clyde Eads and Jon Johnson were granted immunity and testified against … More: |
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Cska Sofia $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. Excerpt: (capacity: 4,000) PBC CSKA Sofia (Bulgarian: ) are a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the CSKA Sofia sports club. CSKA Sofia have been 11 times champions of Bulgaria and 18 times Bulgarian cup winners. They play their home games at Universiada Hall in Sofia. In 2006 they are taking part in the FIBA Europe EuroCup tournament. The CSKA Basketball team takes over the AC 23, a team won 2nd place in the national championship in 1942. In 1946 BC Chavdar was created and became 3rd in the championship. In 1948 the team was renamed as Septemvri under authority of the Central Military Club and took the second place. In 1949 the club won the golden medals of the National championship. In 1950 the team (again renamed as Narodna voiska) was national champion and repeated the success in 1951. Altogether, the team has won 12 first places, 14 second places and 3 third places in the National Championship. The founders of the club are Kosyo Totev, Iliya Angelov, Tonko Rainov. One of the players in the early years of the Club is Konstantin Kotsev, who, after finishing his players career became actor of the National Theater in Sofia. When being player, Kotzev performed extracts from theater plays before his teammates and is remembered as one of the most prominent players of the Red Club. Within 1948-1974 period 26 players of the Club became Masters of Sports an honorable title for the most skilled and distinguished sportsmen in Bulgaria. The most famous basketball players of the CSKA are: Dimitar Donev, Kliment Kamenarov, Georgi Maleev Tsvyatko Barchovski, Temelaki Dimitrov, Atanas Golomeev, Petko Marinov, Milko Arabadjiyski, Rumen Peychev and others. Many famous coaches were working in the Club: Lyubomir Katerinski,… More: |
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Dayton Flyers Men’s Basketball: University of Bridgeport $8.31 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: Dayton Flyers Men’s Basketball, 2009-10 Dayton Flyers Men’s Basketball Team, Blackburn/mccafferty Trophy. Excerpt: 2010 Atlantic 10 Tournament winnerRankings from AP Poll end{sloppypar The 200910 Dayton Flyers men’s basketball team represented the University of Dayton in the 200910 college basketball season. This was head coach Brian Gregory ‘s seventh season at Dayton. The Flyers compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena . They finished the season 2512, 88 in A-10 play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Tournament. They were invited to and were champions of the 2010 National Invitation Tournament.Roster Source Schedule and results Source begin{sloppypar item Date: Time: Opponent : Rank : Site: TV: Result: Attendance: Record item Exhibition item 11/3/2009*: 7:00pm: Ferris State : #21: UD Arena Dayton, OH : W 6251 NA: item 11/9/2009*: 7:00pm: Northern Kentucky : #21: UD Arena Dayton, OH: W 7161 NA: item Regular Season item 11/14/2009*: 1:00pm: Creighton : #21: UD Arena Dayton, OH: WHIO : W 9080 13,435: 10 item 11/19/2009*: 11:30am: vs. #21 Georgia Tech : #18: José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum San Juan, PR (Puerto Rico Tip-Off ): ESPN Plus : W 6359 5,073: 20 item 11/20/2009*: 3:30pm: vs. #5 Villanova : #18: José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum San Juan, PR(Puerto Rico Tip-Off): ESPNU : L 7165 5… |
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Defunct Arena Football Venues: Reunion Arena, Kansas Coliseum, Blue Cross Arena, Pyramid Arena $8.78 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: Reunion Arena – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Reunion Arena was completed in 1980 at a cost of $27 million. It was named for the early mid-nineteenth century commune, La Reunion. In late 2005, the arena and the Dallas Convention Center were used as the primary Dallas shelters for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. In 1994, President Bill Clinton visited the arena to watch his beloved University of Arkansas basketball team play in the NCAA Tournament. Reunion Arena also hosted the WCT Tennis Tournament in the 1980s, including The Virginia Slims Invitational Tournament. Due to scheduling conflicts in 1984, the WCT Tennis Tournament forced the Dallas Mavericks to play Game 5 of their first ever playoff series at Moody Coliseum, against the Seattle SuperSonics. While Southern Methodist University competed in the Southwest Conference, Reunion Arena was known by University of Arkansas Razorbacks fans, as Barnhill South, due to the big following by the Arkansas fans away from home, the Barnhill Arena was the home to all UA games until 1993. The arena also hosted numerous concerts and other events. While the first concert at Reunion was billed as The Who on July 2, 1980, at least two other concerts played there in late June: Foghat and Pat Travers on June 25, 1980; and Ted Nugent, Scorpions, and Def Leppard on June 26, 1980. The rock band Journey played three consecutive shows at the arena in April 1983 and again in December 1986.Van Halen played three shows in June 1984 and Pink Floyd played three consecutive shows at Reunion in November, 1987. Pop songstress Whitney Houston played two sold-out concerts at Reunion in September, 1987. The video for the Scorpions’ song “Still Loving You” was filmed there. The arena featured 30,000 ft² (2,790 m²) of are… More: |
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Defunct Sports Clubs $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: Philadelphia Soul, San Salvador F.c., Miami Fusion F.c., Tampa Bay Mutiny, Adet, Sandy Bay Fc, Quequeisque, Rapid Fc, Pops Cb, Northwest Athletic Clubs. Excerpt: The Philadelphia Soul were a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. They began play in 2004 as an expansion team. The team played in the Eastern Division of the National Conference. They won their first ArenaBowl in 2008, defeating the San Jose SaberCats 59-56 in ArenaBowl XXII. The Soul won 13 games and lost 3 in the 2008 regular season, as well as winning three playoff games, including ArenaBowl XXII, and are the final AFL champions. They were coached by Bret Munsey. The team folded along with the league in 2009. They are expected to return for the 2011 AFL season. The team was owned by co-majority owners Jon Bon Jovi, Craig Spencer and Sean Hannan along with minority owners Richie Sambora, Ron “Jaws” Jaworski (former QB of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles) and Leo Carlin, Jr. The Soul began play in February of 2004, and played its home games at the Wachovia Center, home of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League and the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association. When there was a scheduling conflict with the NBA or NHL, games were played at the now-closed Wachovia Spectrumthe former home of the Flyers, 76ers, Philadelphia Phantoms AHL hockey team and the Philadelphia KiXX MISL soccer franchise. The Soul played in the Eastern Division of the National Conference of the AFL. The name “Soul” referred to the Philadelphia soul music genre, as the team was owned in part by musician Jon Bon Jovi. The official mascot of the Soul was the Blues Brother-like “Soul Man”. In 2005, the Soul began the season by beating the Austin Wranglers 66-35…. More: |
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Depaul Blue Demons Men’s Basketball Players: George Mikan, Mark Aguirre, Quentin Richardson, Rod Strickland, Wilson Chandler, Andre Brown $19.75 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: George Mikan, Mark Aguirre, Quentin Richardson, Rod Strickland, Wilson Chandler, Andre Brown, Bobby Simmons, Steven Hunter, Mike Gillespie, Terry Cummings, Sammy Mejia, Bill Boedeker, Bill Robinzine, Dallas Comegys, Kevin Edwards, Tyrone Corbin, Dave Corzine, Joey Meyer, Howard Nathan, Ron Sobieszczyk, Dick Triptow, B. J. Tyler, Paul Mcpherson, Stanley Brundy, Em Bryant, Whitey Kachan, Bato Govedarica, Johnny Jorgensen, Stephen Howard, Drake Diener, Howie Carl, Bill Wendt. Excerpt: Band rma Banvit Andre D. Brown (born May 12, 1981 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American professional basketball player. A power forward -center , he signed with Band rma Banvit of Turkey in January 2009. High school/college career Brown played at Leo High School and DePaul University , both in Chicago. Professional career Brown started his professional adventure in the CBA , and went on to play for three other teams throughout 2004-2005. In the following season, he played professionally in South Korea for the Daegu Orions of the Korean Basketball League . He was selected with the second overall pick in the 2006 NBA D-League draft by the Sioux Falls Skyforce and was named D-League Performer of the Week for December 18, 2006, averaging 23.3 points and 11.2 rebounds in 13 games during the month. He led the league in scoring with 22.8 points per game, and was second in rebounding at 10.8 boards per game. Brown was signed to a 10-day contract by the Seattle SuperSonics on January 5, 2007. After averaging 4.0 points and 2.0 rebounds in four games, he was signed to a second 10-day contract on January 15. He was subsequently signed for the rest of the season on January 25 after playing seven games, averaging 5.0 points and 2.9 rebounds. In 38 total games for the Sonics in 2006-07 he averaged 2.4 |
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Duke Blue Devils $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: Carolina-duke Rivalry, Duke Blue Devils, Bob Harris, Carlyle Cup, Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!, Blue and White. Excerpt: “Blue and White” is one of the two official fight songs of Duke University , along with “Fight! Blue Devils, Fight! ” They are usually played with Fight! Blue Devils flowing straight into Blue and White.The lyrics and music were written by G.E. Leftwich, Jr. As sung in games:Duke, we thy anthems raiseFor all thy praises untoldWe fight for the Blue and WhiteWhose colors we uphold (To hell with Carolina!)Firm stand our line of blueFor we are loyal through and throughFighting with the spirit true, for the love of old D.U.Fight! We’ll Fight!With all our strength and might (Hey!)Win we canSo here we give a handHey!Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah!D-U-K-E, Rah!Notes See also (online edition) References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Bob Harris , (born 1942 ) known as “The Voice of the Blue Devils ” is hall of fame-inducted play-by-play announcer for Duke University men’s basketball and football teams.Harris, in a bit of sportscasting kismet , grew-up alongside the equally-legendary UNC broadcaster Woody Durham , known as “The Voice of the “Tar Heels ,” in Albemarle, North Carolina . The two played on the same little league team, were both on the same 1957 high school football team and sang together in the school chorus and a double quartet. Beginning in 1960, Harris attended North Carolina State University for two years before leaving college to work for Goodyear . He later returned to his hometown for a job selling insurance, where he began working part-time for WZKY , in 1967. Harris volunteered to provide coverage of local football for the station, which led to him being hired as a full-time sports announcer, as well as sports director for |
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Duquesne University $32.7 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: Duquesne Dukes Men’s Basketball, Duquesne Dukes, City Game, Henry Doktorski, List of Duquesne University People, Duquesne University School of Law, Vincentian Academy, Joseph Strub, Suzie Mcconnell-Serio, John E. Murray, Jr., William Patrick Power, Charles J. Dougherty, A. J. Palumbo Center, Gumberg Library, Duquesne University Tamburitzans, Mary Pappert School of Music, Michael Ian Shamos, John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences, Palumbo-donahue School of Business, Duquesne University School of Nursing, Duquesne Baseball Field, Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field, Mcanulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Tasha Butts, Mylan School of Pharmacy, the Duquesne Duke, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Red Masquers, Duquesne University School of Education, Duquesne University School of Leadership and Professional Advancement, Duquesne University Press. Excerpt: The Duquesne Dukes represent Duquesne University in college basketball. The team, which started in 1914, has only ever played in NCAA Division I and has had five appearances in the NCAA Tournament. The Dukes play in the Atlantic 10 Conference, of which they have been members since 1976. The Dukes men’s basketball team has had great success over the years, playing twice in national championship games in the 1950s and winning the National Invitation Tournament championship in 1955. Duquesne also won the 197677 Eastern Collegiate Basketball League championship (the forerunner to the Eastern Athletic Association, now known as the Atlantic 10 Conference) and 197980 and 198081 Eastern Athletic Association regular season co-championships. Duquesne is the only school to have back-to-back first overall picks in the National Basketball Association Draft (Dick Ricketts by… More: |
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Fayetteville, Arkansas $14.13 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: People From Fayetteville, Arkansas, Edward Durell Stone, Richard Corben, Frank Broyles, Kevin Carson, Mike Conley, Jr., E. Lynn Harris, Sarah Caldwell, Willis Ricketts, John Rollin Ridge, Matt Jones, Wallace Spearmon, Temple Shalom of Northwest Arkansas, Ronnie Brewer, Billy Ray Smith, Donald Harington, Ellen Gilchrist, Cliff Harris, George Johnson, Ron Brewer, Jim Bryson, Walton Arts Center, Fleda Brown, Arkansas Fantastics, Mike Brisiel, Arkansas Stars, Ozark Regional Transit, Jason Moore, Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Monument (Fayetteville, Arkansas), Mark Swaney, Fayetteville Public Library, Charley Jones, Dickson Street, Quinn Grovey, Wattle Hollow. Excerpt: Arkansas Fantastics The Arkansas Fantastics was a expansion team in the American Basketball Association that was scheduled to begin play in 2007 in Fayetteville, Arkansas .The 2007-2008 ABA season saw nearly twenty teams fold within its first five weeks. This included the Fantastics who never started the season. Several of the remaining teams left the ABA to join other existing leagues. Only 35 % of the games were actually played in the 2007/08 season. Ownership The team was co-owned by former America’s Next Top Model contestant Furonda Brasfield and Arkansas Razorbacks all-time assist and steals leader Kareem Reid .References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Arkansas Stars The Arkansas Stars were a professional Indoor football team based out of Fayetteville, Arkansas , United States . They were planning to found the Ultimate Indoor Football League in 2007. They play their home games at Randal Tyson Track Center on the University of Arkansas campus. The team was a 2006 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League .Notable players include receiver Darrian Chestnut and |
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George Mason Patriots Basketball: 2009-10 George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Team, History of George Mason Basketball $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: 2010 CAA Tournament winnerAs of March 29, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll The 200910 George Mason Patriots men’s basketball represented George Mason University during the 200910 college basketball season. The Patriots, led by head coach Jim Larranaga, are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at the Patriot Center. They finished the season 1715, 126 in CAA play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 CAA Men’s Basketball Tournament to VCU. They were invited to play in the 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Fairfield. Second Team All-CAA CAA All Rookie Team CAA Player of the Week CAA Rookie of the Week Stats current as of March 17, 2010 2010 CAA Men’s Basketball Tournament All games are held at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA from March 5 to March 8, 2010. • Denotes Overtime Game ** Denotes Double Overtime Game The following is a list of players signed for the 2010-11 season: … More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21094704 |
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George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball: George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Coaches, George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Players $20.21 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: George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Coaches, George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Players, George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Seasons, 2005-06 George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Team, 2008-09 George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Team, 2009-10 George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Team, 2006-07 George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Team, 2003-04 George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Team, Jim Larranaga, 2004-05 George Mason Patriots Men’s Basketball Team, Rick Barnes, Paul Westhead, Todd Bozeman, Dereck Whittenburg, Derek Kellogg, Jai Lewis, Scott Cherry, Lamar Butler, Robert Rose, Jesse Young, Ernie Nestor, George Evans, Tony Skinn, Will Thomas, Carlos Yates, Jerry Dunn, Brian Ellerbe, Kenny Sanders, Joe Harrington, Folarin Campbell, Mike Gillian, Ricky Wilson, Jason Miskiri. Excerpt: As of April 1, 2006 Rankings from AP Poll The 2005-2006 George Mason Patriots men’s basketball team began their 40th season of collegiate play on November 10, 2005 versus UC Irvine at the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. First Team All-CAA Second Team All-CAA CAA All-Defensive Team CAA Player of the Week The Patriots enjoyed their best season in 2005-2006 when they won a school-record 23 games in the regular season, and for one week were even ranked in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 for the first time in school history. Head coach Jim Larranaga, who began his stint at George Mason in 1997, also became the CAA’s all-time leader in coaching victories and was named the winner of the 2006 Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award on March 31, 2006, and the Virginia Coach of the Year on June 26, 2006, the same day he was nominated for an ESPY award. Although the team lost to Hofstra during the CAA tournament, George Mason were stil… More: |
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Hawaii County, Hawaii $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: Hawaii, William Herbert Shipman, Ironman World Championship, Elias Bond, Ultraman, Discovery Land Company, Thomas Jaggar, Kohala, Hawaii, Merrie Monarch Festival, David Malo, Pohakuloa Training Area, Puna, Hawaii, When Time Ran Out, Kona District, Hawaii, Herb Kawainui Kane, Big Island Interscholastic Federation, Waiakea, Knuq, Hamakua, Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation, Dumand Project, Kmwb, Parker Ranch, Kau, Hawaii, Hawaii Tribune-Herald, Billings Volcanoes, My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii, Pana’ewa Rainforest Zoo, West Hawaii Today, Hele-On Bus, Hawaii County Office of Liquor Control. Excerpt: The Big Island Interscholastic Federation or BIIF Consists of 21 high schools that sponsor a number of athletic sports, including football, basketball, volleyball and soccer. All schools are located on the Island of Hawaii , which is governed by the County of Hawaii .Member institutions References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at The Billings Volcanoes were an American basketball team based in Billings, Montana that was a member of the Continental Basketball Association . From 1979-80, they were called the Hawaii Volcanoes .Hawaii Volcanoes The Hawaii Volcanoes were an American basketball team based in Honolulu, Hawaii and Hilo, Hawaii that was a member of the Continental Basketball Association. The franchise played at several venues in Hawaii, including the Neal Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, the Conroy Bowl at Schofield Barracks, the gymnasium at Kaimuki High School , and two games at the Hilo Civic Auditorium.The franchise did make the playoffs, but because of the tremendous travel costs between Honolulu and Anchorage (the Volcanoes’ opponent), the Volcanoes agreed to play all the playoff games for that series in Anchorage , where they |
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Indoor Football Competitions $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. Excerpt: The World Series of Football was a series of football games played indoors at New York’s original Madison Square Garden from 1902 through 1903. It comprised five teams, four from New York state and one from New Jersey. While none of the teams were really the best in the country, historians refer to the affair as a “World Series.” It was hardly a series in the sense of two strong teams playing each other over several games; no team played another more than once. The pairings were odd, too. The anticipated second-place team was automatically swept into the championship game without playing a down while the expected first place finisher had to fight its way through the brackets, effectively creating a cross between a traditional tournament and a “gauntlet-style” tournament for the first place team. The series is best remembered for showcasing the first indoor professional football game in 1902. The league was the idea of Tom O’Rourke, who was the manager of the Gardens at the time. ‘O’Rourke needed an event to draw people to the Gardens in late December, which was a slow time of the year for sporting events. Basketball and hockey were not yet major sports in New York, so O’Rourke decided to play host a series of indoor football games. He decided to invite several professional and college teams to the Gardens for the series. Tom O’Rourke envisioned a series of games, showcasing the best in college and pro teams, eventually leading to one climactic game, crowning the “champion of the world.” However O’Rourke had a tough time finding teams to play in the tournament. The colleges refused due to increased pressured from the Amateur Athletic Association to stop particiapting in professional games. Also the Pittsburgh Stars, Philadelphia Phillies and… More: |
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Jazzology Trivia Challenge: Utah Jazz Basketball $8.95 Updated with fun and interesting facts through the end of the 2008-09 basketball season, Jazzology Trivia Challenge – Utah Jazz Basketball offers Jazz fans the opportunity to relive Utah’s greatest moments, including:• World Championships• Conference Championships• Player of the Year Awards• Team Records• Player Records• Hall of Fame• Player Awards• Key Player Stats• Coaching Records• Key Coaches Stats• Key Rivalries• And Much MoreEach of the book’s 210 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS set up in game format allows players to give informed answers even for the book’s more ambitious questions. In addition, most answers include in-depth supportive background offering the book’s players even greater knowledge about correct responses.Here are two sample questions:• How many times has a Jazz player been named NBA Player of the Week?• Who was the last Jazz player to win a medal in the Olympic Games? The book also includes the publisher’s unique COOL FACTS placed at the end of each of the first four sections. Cool Facts allow the book’s researcher more freedom to highlight and expand on particularly interesting or thought-provoking facts about the team and its history.Two SCORE SHEETS located at the end of the book permit players to record their answers as they play, to calculate their scores for each of the book’s five sections as well as their final overall score, and to determine winners for multi-player situations. Free downloadable score sheets are also available from the publisher’s Web site.All of this makes Jazzology Trivia Challenge – Utah Jazz Basketball a great gift for yourself or forfriends and family. |
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Lakerology Trivia Challenge $8.95 Updated with fun and interesting facts through the end of the 2007-08 basketball season, Lakerology Trivia Challenge – Los Angeles Lakers Basketball offers Lakers fans the opportunity to relive LA’s greatest moments, including: -World Championships-Conference Championships-Player of the Year Awards-Team Records-Player Records-Hall of Fame-Player Awards-Key Player Stats-Coaching Records-Key Coaches Stats-Key Rivalries-And Much MoreEach of the book’s 210 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS set up in game format allows players to give informed answers even for the book’s more ambitious questions. In addition, most answers include in-depth supportive background offering the book’s players even greater knowledge about correct responses. Here are two sample questions: -How many times has a Lakers player been named NBA Player of the Week?-Who was the last Lakers player to win a medal in the Olympic Games? The book also includes the publisher’s unique COOL FACTS placed at the end of each of the first four sections. Cool Facts allow the book’s researcher more freedom to highlight and expand on particularly interesting or thought-provoking facts about the team and its history. Two SCORE SHEETS located at the end of the book permit players to record their answers as they play, to calculate their scores for each of the book’s five sections as well as their final overall score, and to determine winners for multi-player situations. Free downloadable score sheets are also available from the publisher’s Web site. All of this makes Lakerology Trivia Challenge – Los Angeles Lakers Basketball a great gift foryourself or for friends and family. |
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List of College Basketball Head Coaches: List of North Carolina Tar Heels Men’s Head Basketball Coaches $8.78 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: The North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball program represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in college basketball. The basketball team plays at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Tar Heels originally did not play within any athletic conference, but joined the Southern Conference in 1921 when it was first established. After playing in the Southern Conference for 22 years, North Carolina left in 1953 to join the newly created ACC. The Tar Heels play their home games in the Dean E. Smith Center, named after the 15th head coach Dean Smith. The team has had 18 head coaches in its history and has played two seasons without one. The program has played 2,687 games in 99 seasons from the 191011 to the 200809 season. During those seasons, three coaches have led the team to a NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship: Frank McGuire in 1957; Smith in 1982 and 1993; and Roy Williams in 2005 and 2009. Smith, in 1971, led North Carolina to its only National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship. North Carolina also received a retroactive national championship for the 192324 team coached by Norman Shepard, which was given by the Helms Athletic Foundation. Eleven coaches have won the conference regular season, by having the best overall regular season record, with the Tar Heels: Norman Shepard, Monk McDonald, Harlan Sanborn, George Shepard, Bill Lange, Walter Skidmore, Ben Carnevale, McGuire, Smith, Matt Doherty, and Williams. Eleven coaches have won the conference tournament with the Tar Heels: Norman Shepard, McDonald, Sanborn, George Shepard, Lange, Skidmore, Carnevale, McGuire, Smith, Bill Guthridge, and Williams. Smith had the longest tenur… More: |
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Los Angeles Lakers Broadcasters $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: Chick Hearn, Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket, Paul Sunderland, Spero Dedes, Joel Meyers, Bill Macdonald. Excerpt: Bill Macdonald is an American sportscaster who works for Fox Sports West /Prime Ticket . Macdonald joined the network, then called Prime Ticket, at its inception in 1985.Currently, Macdonald hosts the following pre-game and in-game shows:He is also the former host of the Los Angeles Kings ‘ pregame show Break the Ice and calls play-by-play for Los Angeles Avengers Arena Football, UCLA college football and basketball for FSN Prime Ticket. He has also been the host of FSN’s Pacific-10 Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament coverage at the Staples Center for the past several years. For the past three years, Macdonald has hosted the UCLA Press Conference Show, with Matt Stevens in 2005 and 2006, and James Washington in 2007.Macdonald called the game (January 22, 2006) in which Kobe Bryant scored 81 points, the second-highest total in NBA history. He filled in for Joel Meyers , who had another broadcasting commitment that day.Bill Macdonald has three sons, and resides in Newport Beach.A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Francis Dayle “Chick” Hearn (November 27, 1916 August 5, 2002) was an American sportscaster . Known primarily as the long-time play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association , the legendary Hearn is remembered for his rapid fire, staccato broadcasting style, inventing colorful phrases such as slam dunk , air ball , and no harm, no foul that have become common basketball vernacular, and for broadcasting 3,338 consecutive Lakers games starting on November 21, 1965. Additionally, Hearn started the now common tradition of estimating the distance of shots taken.Of note is that most of Hearn’s games in |
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Magic Johnson: A WikiFocus Book $1.99 Magic Johnson: A WikiFocus Book details the Amateur career, Michigan State University, Professional career, NBA statistics, Off the court, Politics, Career achievements and impact of Magic Johnson.Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers. He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after announcing that he had HIV, but returned to play in the 1992 All-Star Game, winning the All-Star MVP Award. After protests from his fellow players, he retired again for four years, but returned in 1996 to play 32 games for the Lakers before retiring for the third and final time.WikiFocus Books are collaborative books designed for education on specific subject matter. Our motto is “Collaborative Books for Creative Minds” and it is our mission to provide focused content for both educational and entertainment purposes. We present targeted information on specific subjects which are compiled from online collaborative resources from across the globe. Some text and images contained in this book have been reused and/or repurposed for commercial distribution under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). |
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Miami Heat Expansion Draft Picks: Fred Roberts, Conner Henry, Andre Turner, Billy Thompson, Arvid Kramer, Dwayne Washington, John Stroeder $9.34 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: Fred Roberts, Conner Henry, Andre Turner, Billy Thompson, Arvid Kramer, Dwayne Washington, John Stroeder, Scott Hastings, Hansi Gnad, Jon Sundvold, Darnell Valentine, Kevin Williams. Excerpt: Frederick (Fred) Clark Roberts (born August 14, 1960, in Provo, Utah) is a retired American basketball player who played power forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons, a career spanning from 1983 to 1997, becoming one of the more successful journeymen to play in the league. He also played in FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB. Roberts played four years of college basketball at Brigham Young University in Utah, from 1978 to 1982. He played in 119 total games, averaged 15.5 points and seven rebounds and shot 54.6% from the field. His playing ability along with Danny Ainge and Greg Kite led to the success of the BYU program during this time. Roberts also played on the USA Junior World Championship Team in 1979, playing alongside greats such as James Worthy and leading the USA to an undefeated 8-0 record. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the 1982 NBA Draft, but opted to play basketball for a year in Bologna, Italy. During this time, Roberts was traded to the New Jersey Nets on November 12, 1982 for Phil Ford and a second-round draft choice, and from there was traded to the San Antonio Spurs on June 7, 1983 with other players in exchange for coach Stan Albeck. Afterwards, he played his first full NBA season with the Spurs. He played just over a season there before being traded to the Utah Jazz for two second-round draft picks. In September 1986, the Boston Celtics offered him a two-year deal worth $315,000, which the Jazz matched. Almost immediately after matching the offer, the Jazz traded him to Boston for… More: |
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Mississippi State Bulldogs Basketball: Mississippi State Bulldogs Basketball Coaches, Mississippi State Bulldogs Basketball Players $20.03 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: Mississippi State Bulldogs Basketball Coaches, Mississippi State Bulldogs Basketball Players, 2009-10 Mississippi State Bulldogs Men’s Basketball Team, Bernie Bierman, John Brady, Don Maestri, Babe Mccarthy, Larry Eustachy, Rick Stansbury, Morley Jennings, Ron Greene, Erick Dampier, Richard Williams, Lawrence Roberts, Ben Hansbrough, Bailey Howell, Leland Mitchell, Walter Sharpe, Jeff Malone, Jarvis Varnado, Bob Boyd, Jimmy Tillette, Jamont Gordon, Mario Austin, Tom Schuberth, Dontae’ Jones, Derrick Zimmerman, Butch Pierre, Kermit Davis, Rickey Brown, Joe Courtney, Marcus Campbell, Timmy Bowers, Tyrone Washington, Wiley Peck, James Ashmore, Tang Hamilton, Marckell Patterson. Excerpt: SEC Tournament winnerAs of March 30, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll The 200910 Mississippi State Bulldogs men’s basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 200910 college basketball season. This was head coach Rick Stansbury’s twelfth season at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs competed in the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum, nicknamed The Hump. They finished the season 2412, 97 in SEC play. They advanced to the championship game where they were defeated by Kentucky in overtime. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before being defeated by North Carolina. Source Source … More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25875478 |
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National Basketball Association $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: Aba-nba Merger, Nba Store, Nba at 50 Signature Basketball Collection, National Basketball Association Cheerleading, Nba Summer League, Rocky Mountain Revue, Orlando Pro Summer League, Entertainment League. Excerpt: The ABANBA merger was the merger of the American Basketball Association with the National Basketball Association, which after multiple attempts over several years finally occurred in 1976. In 1967 there were only ten teams in the NBA, and the league was resistant to expanding and charged very high prices ($1.5 million in a time before any significant NBA television contract; over $8 million in 2007 dollars) for expansion teams. As a result, businessmen in several cities decided to establish an alternative professional basketball league to compete with the NBA, with an eye toward an eventual merger with the NBA. The competition between the ABA and NBA included often-brutal fights to sign the best players. The ABA also made a bold move by signing the NBA’s best officials (referees) to officiate ABA games. In June 1970, only three years after the ABA began play, the NBA owners voted 13-4 to work toward a merger with the ABA. Seattle SuperSonics owner Sam Schulman, a member of the ABANBA merger committee in 1970, was so ardently eager to merge the leagues that he publicly announced that if the NBA did not accept the merger agreement worked out with the ABA, he would move the SuperSonics from the NBA to the ABA. Schulman also threatened to move his soon-to-be ABA team to Los Angeles to compete directly with the Lakers. The owners of the Dallas Chaparrals (now the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs) were so confident of the impending merger that they suggested that the ABA hold off on scheduling and playing a regular season schedule for the 1971… More: |
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men’s Basketball Seasons: 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men’s Basketball Team $8.69 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: The 200708 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team represent the University of Notre Dame in the college basketball season of 2007-08, competing in the Big East Conference. The team is led by eighth-year head coach, Mike Brey, and play their home games in the Edmund P. Joyce Center in Notre Dame, Indiana. The previous year’s team finished with a 248 record and 115 record in Big East games. They competed in the 2007 Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament and received an at-large bid in the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men’s basketball tournament, where they lost their first game. The team graduated its two top-scorers between the seasons, but returned three starters and added four recruits for 2007-08. They were picked to finish ninth in the Big East. Notre Dame began the season playing an out of conference schedule that included the Paradise Jam Tournament and reached their conference games with a 102 record. Currently the team is ranked 14 in the Associated Press (AP) Poll and 15 in the Coaches Poll, and has a 247 record overall. The 144 record in conference places the team tied in second in the conference, and is the most conference wins in the history of the school. Dating to 2006, the team won 37 consecutive home games, the second longest active winning streak in the nation. The 2006-07 Notre Dame team finished their season with a 248 record that included a loss in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Irish made the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2003 and the 24 wins tied the 1973-74 team for the most ever wins at Notre Dame. Because of the team’s accomplishments, Mike Brey was named Big East Coach of the Year. Notre Dame lost its two top scorers, Russell Carter and Colin Falls, … More: |
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Oakland Raiders Broadcasters: Ksfo, Bill King, Tom Flores, Greg Papa, Bob Frantz, Khtk, the Raider Cast, Khkk, Joel Meyers $9.8 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: Ksfo, Bill King, Tom Flores, Greg Papa, Bob Frantz, Khtk, the Raider Cast, Khkk, Joel Meyers, List of Oakland Raiders Broadcasters. Excerpt: Wilbur “Bill” King (October 6, 1927 – October 18, 2005) was one of the most prominent sports announcers in San Francisco Bay Area history, widely recognized by his distinctive handlebar mustache and beard and his broadcasting catchphrase “Holy Toledo!” King was best known as the radio voice of the Oakland Athletics baseball team for twenty-five years (1981-2005), the longest tenure of any A’s announcer since the team’s games were first broadcast in Philadelphia in 1938. Earlier in his career, he had been a member of the San Francisco Giants ‘ original broadcasting team (together with Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons ) when the Giants moved west from New York in 1958, had called University of California football and basketball games, and had served as the longtime radio play-by-play announcer for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders football team and the San Francisco/Golden State Warriors basketball team. Early broadcasting career King was born in Bloomington, Illinois and was stationed on the island of Guam at the end of World War II when he began his broadcasting career with the Armed Forces Radio Network , converting play-by-play accounts of games as they came in over the wire and broadcasting them in a manner that made it sound as if he were actually at the game. After the war, he began his professional sportscasting career in Pekin, Illinois , broadcasting high school football and basketball games as well as minor league baseball games. He later announced basketball games for Bradley University and basketball and football games for the University of Nebraska . King moved to the Bay Area in 1958, when the San Francisco Giants hired him |
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People From Bethel Park, Pennsylvania: Armen Gilliam, Matthew H. Smith, Barbara Feldon, Rick Sebak, Rob Wyda, Richard White, Chris Peters $9.25 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: Armen Gilliam, Matthew H. Smith, Barbara Feldon, Rick Sebak, Rob Wyda, Richard White, Chris Peters, Tom Skladany, Mike Westhoff, Dave Piontek. Excerpt: Armen Gilliam (born May 28, 1964, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania) nicknamed “The Hammer”, is an American professional basketball player that played 13 years in the NBA (1987-2000). He also played one season (2005-06) for the Pittsburgh Xplosion of the American Basketball Association. Born as Armon Louis Gilliam, he began his college basketball career in 1982-83 at Independence Junior College in Independence, Kansas. That year, Gilliam was a standout player on the basketball team that reached the Junior College Finals and finished 6th in the nation. Gilliam averaged 24.9 points and 14 rebounds in five tournament games and was named to the National Junior college finals all-tournament team. Gilliam continued his college basketball career with UNLV. Gilliam played for UNLV from (1983-87)and was an integral part of a team that was 93-11 in the 3 years he played for the UNLV Rebels. The UNLV team was ranked number one in the country for most of the three years Gilliam competed and the team made it to the NCAA tournament every year during his stay. In 1987 the team reached the “Final Four and Gilliam was named to the NCAA Final Four all-tournament team. Gilliam scored 998 points in his senior year which was and still is a school record for the most points scored in season by a UNLV player. Gilliam also played on the U.N.L.V team that won 38 games in a season which is still a N.C.A.A. Division 1 record for most wins in a season. In 1987 Gilliam was selected for a number of All-American Teams and voted the top contender for the John Wooden award. Gilliam was selected to play on the 1986 USA Basketball Te… More: |
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People From Newport, Kentucky: Dave Cowens $10.37 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: Selected by Boston Celtics David William Cowens (born October 25, 1948, in Newport, Kentucky) is a retired American professional basketball player and NBA head coach. At 6’9″, he played the center and occasionally the power forward position. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991. He was recently an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons, and currently serves as a special assistant to Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars. After starring in high school at Newport Central Catholic High in his hometown of Newport, Kentucky, Cowens played his collegiate basketball at Florida State University from 1967 to 1970. He scored 1,479 points in 78 games at Florida State playing D-1 ball, at 19.0 points per game, and ranks among Florida State’s top 10 all-time scoring leaders. He is the all-time Florida State leading rebounder with 1,340 rebounds (17.2 rebounds per game). He holds the team record for best seasonal rebound average (17.5 in the 1968-1969 season). He once grabbed 31 rebounds (second best all-time) against LSU in the 1968-69 season. He was named The Sporting News All-America second team in 1970. His number now hangs in the rafters of the Donald L. Tucker Center. Despite some critics who felt Cowens was too small to play center, Cowens was selected as the fourth overall pick by the Boston Celtics during the 1970 NBA Draft, largely at the recommendation of former Celtics center Bill Russell. During his rookie year, Cowens averaged 17.0 points per game and 15.0 rebounds per game, and shared the NBA’s Rookie of the Year honors with Portland’s Geoff Petrie. He also led the league in personal fouls that same year. In 1973, Cowens averaged 20.5 ppg and 16.2 rpg while helping the Celtics to a league best 68-14 reco… More: |
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People From San Juan, Metro Manila $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: Presidency of Joseph Estrada, Joseph Estrada, Salvador Laurel, Yasmien Kurdi, Mark Caguioa, Jayjay Helterbrand, Luis Manzano, Jinggoy Estrada, Teofisto Guingona, Jr., Joross Gamboa, Say Alonzo, Uma Khouny, Paul Artadi. Excerpt: Alias: “The Fast” “Helterskelter” Anthony Jason James Helterbrand (born as Lamberto Romero Vicente, Jr. on October 14, 1976 in San Juan, Metro Manila , Philippines ), better known as Jayjay Helterbrand , is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barangay Ginebra Kings . Known by many as Helter Skelter , he is also known, along with backcourt tandem Mark Caguioa , as one-half of the so-called, The Fast and the Furious. Early life Helterbrand was born in Quezon City to Lamberto Heras Vicente and Melanie Jimenez Romero. The name on his birth certificate was Lamberto Romero Vicente, Jr. His father later died, and his mother took him along with his brother Francis and sister Rowena to the US when he was six. His mother remarried a US serviceman Ronald Helterbrand and changed his name to Anthony Helterbrand in 1986 at the age of 10. PBA career He played one game for the Batangas Blades in the Metropolitan Basketball Association before signing with the Barangay Ginebra Kings in March 2000. He was recruited by Ginebra (specifically legendary Coach Ron Jacobs ) to play back up for Bal David as preparation to supplant him in the starting lineup. Helterbrand started being noticed when he began coming into the game with eventual 2001 PBA Rookie of the Year Mark Caguioa . Their exciting play led to them being called as the “Bandana Brothers” for the headbands they wear during games. During the 2004 PBA season, the fantastic duo were tagged as “The Fast and The Furious,” the moniker has since been used to |
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Pistonology Trivia Challenge: Detroit Pistons Basketball $8.95 Updated with fun and interesting facts through the end of the 2008-09 basketball season, Pistonology Trivia Challenge – Detroit Pistons Basketball offers Pistons fans the opportunity to relive Detroit’s greatest moments, including:• World Championships• Conference Championships• Player of the Year Awards• Team Records• Player Records• Hall of Fame• Player Awards• Key Player Stats• Coaching Records• Key Coaches Stats• Key Rivalries• And Much MoreEach of the book’s 210 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS set up in game format allows players to give informed answers even for the book’s more ambitious questions. In addition, most answers include in-depth supportive background offering the book’s players even greater knowledge about correct responses.Here are two sample questions:• How many times has a Pistons player been named NBA Player of the Week?• Who was the last Pistons player to win a medal in the Olympic Games? The book also includes the publisher’s unique COOL FACTS placed at the end of each of the first four sections. Cool Facts allow the book’s researcher more freedom to highlight and expand on particularly interesting or thought-provoking facts about the team and its history.Two SCORE SHEETS located at the end of the book permit players to record their answers as they play, to calculate their scores for each of the book’s five sections as well as their final overall score, and to determine winners for multi-player situations. Free downloadable score sheets are also available from the publisher’s Web site.All of this makes Pistonology Trivia Challenge – Detroit Pistons Basketball agreat gift for yourself or for friends and family. |
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Portland Trail Blazers Broadcasters $8.69 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: Bill Schonely (born June 1, 1929) is an American sports broadcaster who was the first play-by-play announcer for the Portland Trail Blazers. A native of Pennsylvania, he worked in radio in Louisiana and Seattle before settling in Portland, Oregon. In addition to his work for the Blazers, he has also been a sportscaster for Major League Baseball games, several minor league baseball teams, college sports, National Hockey League games, and junior ice hockey. His nickname is “The Schonz”. Schonely was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, the first child of Walter and Juanita Schonely. A stutterer as a child, Schonely worked on a weekly high school information radio show on WNAR in Norristown, which led to opportunities at radio and television stations in Philadelphia. Upon graduating, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, and was sent to Guam. While stationed overseas, Schonely transferred to Armed Forces Radio, where he was a disc jockey as well as doing news, sports and interviews. He also did his first play-by-play, calling military football and baseball games. In 1951, Schonely was reassigned to Quantico, Virginia, where he worked on the weekly base newspaper and emceed military events and parades under the guidance of General Clifton B. Cates. Among his duties were escorting military celebrities to New York City, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia for radio and TV interviews. Upon leaving the Marines, Schonely followed a job offer to WAFB radio and TV in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he served in a variety of on-air roles. He covered sports for the radio station, covering the minor league baseball team Baton Rouge Red Sticks and the LSU Tigers football and basketball teams as well as some rodeo events. WAFB promoted a weekly wrestling m… More: |
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Soccer Players From New York (State) $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: Abby Wambach, Nicholas Addlery, Mike Grella, Edson Buddle, Elvis Comrie, Shep Messing, Arnie Mausser, Brian Bliss, John Diffley, Gabriel Ferrari, Hayden Knight, Lee Tschantret, Rafael Amaya, Scot Thompson, Philip Slone, Jamil Walker, Juergen Sommer, Knox Cameron, Rudy Pikuzinski, Stefan Dimitrov, Jordan James, Roy Messing. Excerpt: Abby Wambach Olympic medal record Mary Abigail “Abby” Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an Olympic medalist and professional soccer player. A three-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, she has been a regular on the US Women’s National Team since 2003 and is the joint third highest scorer for the Women’s National Team with over 100 goals in international play. She scored the gold-medal-winning goal in the 2004 Olympics. Early life Wambach was born in Pittsford, New York . She is a 1998 graduate of Our Lady of Mercy High School where she lettered in soccer and basketball. She was named the NSCAA Player of the Year and the Umbro Player of the Year in her senior year. Abby has been one of the best soccer players on the field since she was four years old. In Rochester NY, the first youth team that she played with, she didn t stay on the girl s team for that long. “She was transferred from the girl s team to the boy s team after scoring 27 goals in three games.” This changed to the boy s team was not a very big jump for Wambach. She spent her time at home getting picked on by her 4 older brothers and 3 older sisters. She is the daughter of Pete and Judy Wambach and sister of Andy, Beth, Laura, Matthew, Patrick, and Peter. College career Wambach attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida , where she played for coach Becky Burleigh ‘s Florida Gators soccer team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) |
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The Woman’s Book Of Sports; A Practical Guide To Physical Development And Outdoor Recreation $14.14 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:VI BASKETBALL FOR YOUNG WOMEN The value of basketball as a training for young women was truly summed up by Miss Senda Berenson, the director of physical training at Smith CoEege, when she declared: ” Now that the woman’s sphere of usefulness is constantly widening, and all fields of labor and all professions are opening their doors to her, she needs more than ever the physical strength to meet these ever-increasing demands; and not only does she need a strong physique, but physical and moral courage as well. Games are invaluable for women in that they bring out, as nothing else, just these elements that women find necessary to-day in their enlarged field of activities, and basketball is the game above all others that has proved of the greatest value to them. It developa physical and moral courage, self-reliance and self-control, and the ability to meet success and defeat with dignity.” With the exceptions of such partial team- play as required for doubles in lawn-tennis and foursomes in golf, basketball is practically the only team game that is open to women. The spirit that pervades all sports of this description, that of sinking one’s individuality in the larger unit of the team and of sacrificing individual interests to team success, fosters in women the very spirit of mutual assistance, of “sticking together,” as we commonly call it, the lack of which is sometimes most noticeable in the sweeter sex. Experienced teachers of basketball find this the most difficult point for young women to master. They learn the individual plays quickly, and soon become proficient in handling the ball; but the idea of not trying for a difficult goal oneself, when a near-by teammate would have a better chance of scoring if the ball were passed to her, seems absolutely new to most |
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Tri-Cities Fever Players: Tremayne Kirkland, Joe Ayoob, Devon Walker, Tyson Thompson, Robert Garth, Nick Hannah, Matt Overton $9.05 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: Tremayne Sy Kirkland (born January 26, 1984 in Sacramento, California) is a professional arena football Offensive specialist for the South Georgia Wildcats of af2. He played college football at Portland State. Kirkland originally attended UNLV for four years, competing in football only two of those years, redshirt freshman then medical redshirt two years later. He then transferred to Portland State where he played football for two years, after receiving a sixth year of eligibility. Kirkland attended Hiram W. Johnson High School where he was a First-team All-league and All-city quarterback. He rushed for 986 yards and 12 touchdowns while passing for 1,200 and 10 more touchdowns as a senior to help lead the Warriors to a 10-2 record in 2001. He was the first quarterback from his high school to earn All-city. He also lettered three times in basketball, twice in baseball, and ran relays for the track team. Kirkland then attended UNLV where he majored in University Studies. In 2002, he redshirted for the season. In 2003, as a redshirt freshman, he played in all 12 games as a kick returner and wide receiver. He returned every UNLV punt of the season and led the Mountain West Conference with an average of 12.6 yards-per-return, which ranked 17th in the nation. His total of 25 returns tied for third-most in school history and broke a freshman record of 11 set by Duane James in 1998. His total of 314 kick return yards ranked third all-time and more than doubled the freshman record of 132 set by James. Kirkland’s season-long 75-yard return helped UNLV beat New Mexico. He also recorded three receptions for 13 yards. He also attempted a pass on a trick play against BYU. In 2004, Kirkland had to use a medical redshirt and miss the entire season after se… More: |
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Ucla Bruins Men’s Basketball $19.94 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: Ucla Bruins Men’s Basketball, Dick Enberg, Game of the Century. Excerpt: Richard Alan “Dick” Enberg (born January 9, 1935) is an American sportscaster currently employed by the San Diego Padres , CBS , and ESPN . His duties include Padres play-by-play beginning in the 2010 season, National Football League and NCAA basketball telecasts on CBS, and coverage of all four Grand Slam professional tennis tournaments for CBS, ESPN and ESPN2 . He is well-known for his signature catchphrase (“Oh, my!”) that he uses after exciting and outstanding athletic plays.Biography Early life and education Enberg was born in Mount Clemens , Michigan . Following high school in Armada, Michigan , he played college baseball and earned a bachelor’s degree in 1957 at Central Michigan University . Enberg then went on to graduate school at Indiana University , where he earned master’s and doctorate degrees in health sciences . While at Indiana, Enberg voiced the first radio broadcast of the Little 500 , the bicycle racing event popularized in the film Breaking Away . He was also the play-by-play announcer for Indiana Hoosiers football and basketball games, and in 1961 called his first NCAA basketball tournament event, the championship game between Cincinnati and Ohio State . From 1961 to 1965 he was an assistant professor and baseball coach at Cal State Northridge , then known as “San Fernando Valley State College.”Dick Enberg is also a member of the fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa .Early career In the late 1960s, Enberg began a full-time sportscasting career, calling radio broadcasts for the California Angels of Major League Baseball , the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League , and UCLA Bruins basketball . After every Angels victory, he would wrap up his broadcast with, “And the halo shines |
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Ucla Bruins Women’s Basketball Players $9.43 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: Ann Elizabeth Meyers (born March 26, 1955 in San Diego, California) is a retired American basketball player and sportscaster. She is a distinguished figure in the history of women’s basketball and sports journalism. A standout player in high school, college, the Olympic Games, international tournaments, and the professional levels, she is one of the most talented women to ever have played the game. Meyers was the first player to be part of the U.S. national team while still in high school. She was the second woman to be signed to a four-year athletic scholarship for college, at UCLA. She was also the only woman to sign a contract with a National Basketball Association team, the Indiana Pacers (1979). Meyers currently resides in Huntington Beach, California, and serves as the general manager for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and vice president of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns. For over 26 years, she served as a network television sports analyst for ESPN, CBS, and NBC. In 2006, Meyers was awarded the Ronald Reagan Media Award from the United States Sports Academy. Drysdale was born on March 26, 1955 to Bob and Patricia Meyers. Her father played Guard for Marquette University, and then the Shooting Stars, a professional team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was the sixth of eleven children many of whom were athletic. One brother, Dave, was an All-American at UCLA and went on to play for the Milwaukee Bucks. Ann attended Sonora High School in La Habra, California. As an all-around athlete, she competed in softball, badminton, field hockey, and tennis, as well as basketball. She earned thirteen Most Valuable Player awards in high school sports. She led her basketball teams to an 80-5 record. In 1974, Ann became the first high school student to play for the U.S… More: |
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University Of Pittsburgh Sports Venues $14.98 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: Pittsburgh Panthers Basketball Venues, Pittsburgh Panthers Football Venues, Forbes Field, Heinz Field, Three Rivers Stadium, Mellon Arena, Exposition Park, Pitt Stadium, Petersen Events Center, Recreation Park, Trees Hall, Fitzgerald Field House, Motor Square Garden. Excerpt: Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city’s National Football League (NFL) franchise. The stadium also served as the home football field for the University of Pittsburgh “Pitt” Panthers from 1909 to 1924. The stadium was named after British general John Forbes who fought in the French and Indian War, and named the city in 1758. The US$1 million ($24.1 million in present-day terms) project was initiated by Pittsburgh Pirates’ owner Barney Dreyfuss, with the goal of replacing his franchise’s then-current home, Exposition Park. The stadium was made of concrete and steel (one of the first of its kind) in order to increase its lifespan. The Pirates opened Forbes Field on June 30, 1909 against Chicago Cubs, and would play the final game also against the Cubs on June 28, 1970. The field itself featured a large playing surface, with the batting cage placed in the deepest part of center field during games. Seating was altered multiple times throughout the stadium’s life; at times fans were permitted to sit on the grass in the outfield during overflow crowds. The Pirates won three World Series while at Forbes Field and the other original tenant, the Pittsburgh Panthers football team had five undefeated seasons before moving in 1924. Some remnants of the ballpark still stand, surr… More: |
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Waliyy Dixon $43.99 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Waliyy Dixon (born February 7, 1974), better known by his streetball nickname “Main Event”, is an American professional basketball player.He was born and raised in Linden, New Jersey.Dixon spent his youth honing his streetball skills at his favorite hometown court, 4th Ward Park. He attended Linden High School and was chosen by Street & Smith as an All-American after his senior season in 1991-92.Dixon graduated as its all-time leading scorer (1,760 points) and officially concluded his prep career by winning the Reebok National Slam Dunk Contest.He chose to stay in New Jersey to play college basketball and attended Rutgers University.Despite a lot of success at the high school level, Dixon’s career as a Scarlet Knight was not noteworthy.He played for just two seasons (1992-94) and averaged 9.6 points in 26 games played. |
