Basketball Records
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World Record Basketball Dribbler
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ESPN Films – The Fab Five $7.76 In the fall of 1991, five freshmen joined the University of Michigan’s basketball team. Relive NCAA® history watching the ESPN® Films’ The Fab Five DVD. It highlights Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson. Bonus features include the director’s statements and deleted scenes. Street date release is September 6, 2011…. |
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Coach Carter $2.99 … |
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Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture $4.03 SOUNDTRACK SPACE JAM… |
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Best of Basketball Bloopers [VHS] $5.99 … |
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Milestones Record Breakers of the NBA $15.00 In this remarkable compilation of the most amazing performances in NBA history, some of the game’s most well known players and greatest teams establish records and suffer through all-time lows. Players include Kareem, Wilt, Magic and Michael…. |
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Finding Forrester $3.24 Finding Forrester could have been a shallow variant of The Karate Kid, congratulating itself for featuring a 16-year-old black kid from the South Bronx who’s a brilliant scholar-athlete. Instead, director Gus Van Sant plays it matter-of-fact and totally real, casting a nonactor (Rob Brown) as Jamal, a basketball player and gifted student whose writing talent is nurtured by a famously reclusive au… |
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Love Jones $3.03 Boy meets girl, and boy loses girl–no more and no less than that–in this romantic story of young, upwardly mobile African Americans navigating through Chicago club culture to the perilous shores of a relationship. The film was surprisingly popular at a couple of key film festivals in 1997, but there isn’t anything particularly noteworthy about it aside from its rare emphasis on a love affair bet… |
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B.A.P.S. $4.64 Nesi and mickey are two waitresses at a crossroads. Underpaid and unappreciated they dream of owning a combination restaurant and hair salon. But they are broke. When the chance to audition as dance girls for a music video pops up the girls head to l.A. They fail to get the parts but nesi lands $10000. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 09/14/2004 Starring: Halle Berry Bernie Mac Run ti… |
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ROCKETS FANS NUMBER ONE CHOICE FOR TOILET PAPER CRAP ON MAVERICKS BASKETBALL T SHIRT jersey GILDAN ADULT HEAVY COTTON TEE ? 5.3 oz., 100% Cotton, preshrunk ? Cotton/10% Polyester). ? Seamless double-needle collar. ? Taped neck and shoulders. ? Double-needle sleeve and bottom hems. * Any questions please call or email us. ? WE HAVE OTHER SIZES AND COLORS AVAILABLE. *2T- 13″ CHEST X 17″ LENGTH *3T- 14″ CHEST X 18″ LENGTH *4T- 15″ CHEST X 19″ LENGTH *YS- 16″ CHEST X 20″ LENGT… |
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1968 Summer Olympics Events $21.51 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 at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Water Polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Modern Pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men’s Volleyball, Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Basque Pelota at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Field Hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Excerpt: At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , 36 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 12 for women. There were a total number of 1031 participating athletes from 93 countries.These games were notable for a number of Olympic firsts and numerous world records, attributable to the high altitude of Mexico City. These included: Medal summary Men’s events begin{sloppypar item Games: Gold: Silver: Bronze item 100 metres: Jim Hines United States (USA) : 9.95(WR): Lennox Miller Jamaica (JAM) : 10.04: Charles Greene United States (USA) : 10.07 item 200 metres: Tommie Smith United States (USA) : 19.83(WR): Peter Norman Australia (AUS) : 20.06(NR): John Carlos United States (USA) : 20.10 item 400 metres: Lee Evans United States (USA) : 43.86(WR): Larry James United States (USA) : |
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1990 Asian Games $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: Nations at the 1990 Asian Games, Athletics at the 1990 Asian Games, Iran at the 1990 Asian Games, Badminton at the 1990 Asian Games, Football at the 1990 Asian Games, Judo at the 1990 Asian Games, Basketball at the 1990 Asian Games, Boxing at the 1990 Asian Games, Handball at the 1990 Asian Games, Philippines at the 1990 Asian Games, China at the 1990 Asian Games, Syria at the 1990 Asian Games. Excerpt: XI Asian Games The 11th Asian Games also known as XI Asiad were held from September 22, 1990 to October 7, 1990 in Beijing , China . It was the first large-scale international sports event to be held in the People’s Republic of China. A total number of 6,122 athletes, coming from 37 countries, competed in 29 sports. Debuting sports included softball , sepak takraw , wushu , kabaddi and canoeing .The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) lost its president, Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah, during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait of the same year, creating the most shocking news surrounding the 11th Asiad. OCA headquarters were temporarily moved to the United Kingdom , until Kuwait was liberated in 1991.Seven world records (six in archery , one in cycling ) and 89 Asian records were broken, while one world record and eleven Asian records were equalled in the Beijing Asiad.The games served as a pre-cursor to China’s further development in the sporting arena, as the country went on to bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics (losing to Sydney) and eventually win the bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics. China dominated the games, grabbing 60 % of the gold medals and 34 % of the total medal count.To commemorate the 11th Asian Games, three different sets of stamps were issued in 1988, 1989 and 1990 .Mascot The official mascot of this edition was PanPan, the Panda .Sports Participating NOCs National Olympic |
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50 Years of American Sports $1.99 Presenting 50 years of sports records, high points, scandals, championships, and much more.50 Years of American Sports presents in full color the exciting history of American sports from 1960 through 2009. Examining sports as social history, this new guide covers the historical high points, scandals, records, championships, and the rise of professional athletics in an engaging decade-by-decade format. It captures the thrill of the games while looking at how sports have impacted culture, shaped race relations, influenced world events, and much more.Written by a team of top sports journalists and sports writers, this comprehensive book presents compelling and inspiring histories of the sports people love to watch and play. Year-by-year chapters recount important sports highlights, and full-color photographs capture some of the greatest moments in sports. Sports covered include:• Auto racing • Baseball • Basketball • Boxing • Football • Golf • Hockey • Horse racing • The Olympics • Soccer • Tennis • and many more. |
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A Whole New Ball Game: An Interpretation of American Sports $26.95 Sports in America, particularly big-time collegiate and professional sports, have never been more popular. Modern sports events bring us breathtaking demonstrations of grace and power and provide the focal point for the leisure time of hundreds of thousands of Americans. But the world of sports is also increasingly a scene of moral corruption and physical abuse. In A Whole New Ball Game, Allen Guttmann examines the American fascination with sport and what that fascination reveals about our culture.Like the transformation of American society in the twentieth century, the modernization of American sports has seemed inevitable and ubiquitous. As Guttmann shows, American sports reflect American culture: our sports are secular, bureaucratic, and specialized, and as part of our democratic society, they require at least in theory an equality among competitors. The rules of modern sports reflect their evolution from earlier, less differentiated games. To master the skills required by modern sports, athletes train scientifically, employing the most technologically advanced equipment. And, like almost every other aspect of our lives, sports are quantified: our athletes and the media are almost obsessed with records.In tracing the development of modern sports in America from the rituals of pre-Columbian cultures to the late-1980s in this book, Guttmann discusses the failure of colonial New England and the antebellum South to influence the evolution of sports. He shows how baseball, a sport that combines premodern and modern characteristics, performed important social functions, helping to Americanize generations of immigrants. Examining basketball as the archetypal modern sport, Guttmann discusses its invention in the YMCA and its vulnerablity to corruption by gamblers, and he provocatively reviews the transformation of informal chlidren’s play into adult-sponsored leagues.One chapter of this important study offers and engrossing account of the |
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Basketball In Canada $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: Canada National Men’s Basketball Team, List of Basketball Teams in Canada, W. P. Mcgee Trophy, Naismith Cup, 2009 Cis Men’s Basketball Championship, National Basketball League, Bronze Baby, Allen Rae, Robert Gordon. Excerpt: The 2009 CIS Men’s Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 13-15, 2009. It was the second of three consecutive CIS Championships to be held at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa , Ontario and was hosted by the Carleton Ravens . The host Ravens won the championship, their sixth in seven years. Stu Turnbull of the Ravens was named tournament MVP.Championship Bracket Consolation Bracket Note: All records are against CIS competition only.Websites (URLs online) Game Reports A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Allen Rae (born December 26, 1932 in Weyburn , Saskatchewan , Canada ) is a retired Canadian basketball referee. He refereed in the 1964 Olympics, 1968 Olympics, 1972 Olympics (including a semi-final game in each of those) and 1976 Olympics. He also refereed the final of the 1975 European Championship. He was the Technical Commissioner in 1984 Olympics, 1988 Olympics, 1992 Olympics, 1990 World Championship and 1983 Pan American Games. From 1984 to 1994, he served as Vice President of the Technical Commission of the FIBA . He is the President of the Dr. James Naismith Basketball Foundation |
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Basketball Players From Tennessee $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: Pat Summitt, Penny Hardaway, Shawn Marion, Alphonso Ford, Brandan Wright, Derrick Byars, Vincent Askew, Tony Delk, Terrence Oglesby, Tyler Smith, Todd Day, Lorenzen Wright, David Harrison, Corey Brewer, Qyntel Woods, Marcus Haislip, Ron Mercer, Lester Hudson, Shawne Williams, Latasha Byears, Antonio Burks, Popeye Jones, Corey L. Brewer, Andre Turner, Jarvis Varnado, Abdul Jeelani, Vincent Yarbrough, Elston Turner, Lester Conner, Darnell Mee, Chris Garner, Corey Beck, Dontae’ Jones, William Bedford, Paul Hogue, David Vaughn, Jr., Baskerville Holmes, Ronnie Mcmahan, Johnny Taylor, Keith Herron, Michael Davis, Rick Roberson, Willie Kemp, Galen Young, Doug Roth. Excerpt: Abdul Qadir Jeelani (born Gary Cole on February 10, 1954 in Bells, Tennessee ) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6’8″ and 210 lb small forward and played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin Parkside . He had a brief career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Jeelani is University of Wisconsin Parkside’s career leader in points scored (2,262) and rebounds (1,237) and he holds records in the top four of seven other single-game, single-season and career statistical categories. He twice scored 47 points in a game, one of the top records for a single game scoring performance. He was a member of two NAIA National Tournament teams in 1974 and 1975 and was named an NAIA All-American in 1975 and 1976. Jeelani was signed by the NBA’s Detroit Pistons on September 2, 1977 but was waived a month later , prior to the start of the 1977-78 season. He played one season with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1979 80 and was made available in the expansion draft on May 28, 1980, where he was taken by the Dallas Mavericks prior to their inaugural season in 1980 81. He was part of the |
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Basketball in Catalonia: Catalan Basketball Coaches, Catalan Basketball Players, Catalan Basketball Teams, Pau Gasol, Ricky Rubio $20.59 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. Chapters: Catalan Basketball Coaches, Catalan Basketball Players, Catalan Basketball Teams, Pau Gasol, Ricky Rubio, Fc Barcelona Bàsquet, Ce Europa, Ce Lleida Bàsquet, Marc Gasol, Raúl López, Catalan Basketball League, Edu Torres, Álex Mumbrú, Roger Grimau, Jordi Villacampa, Cb L’hospitalet, Joan Plaza, Jordi Trias, Jaume Comas Font, Ferran Martínez, Sergi Vidal, Albert Miralles, Ricard Casas, Josep Maria Margall, Leb Catalan Basketball League, Víctor Sada, Cb Cornellà, Cb Prat, Josep Maria Guzmán, Ub-Barça, Marc Fernández, Cb Tarragona, Rafael Jofresa, Joaquim Costa Puig, Rafael Vecina, Xavier Pascual, Raimundo Barneda, Jordi Puig. Excerpt: Pau Gasol i Sáez (pronounced IPA in Catalan) (born July 6, 1980 in Barcelona,Spain) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born to Marisa Sáez and Agustí Gasol, and he spent his childhood in Spain. Gasol was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2001 NBA Draft, but his rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, with whom he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He currently holds the Memphis Grizzlies franchise records for career games played, minutes played, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, offensive, defensive, and total rebounds, blocked shots, turnovers, and points. After seven seasons with the team, Gasol was traded to the Lakers on February 1, 2008. His younger brother, Marc Gasol is also a professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. Gasol began playing basketball with his school team called Alvirne, and he eventually signed with Cornellà. When he was sixteen, he began playing for |
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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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Celticology Trivia Challenge $5.95 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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Chicago Bears Personnel: Chicago Bears Coaches, Chicago Bears Executives, Sid Gillman, George Allen, George Halas, Mike Shula, Buddy Ryan $32.1 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: Chicago Bears Coaches, Chicago Bears Executives, Sid Gillman, George Allen, George Halas, Mike Shula, Buddy Ryan, Dave Wannstedt, Ron Turner, Todd Haley, Greg Schiano, Jerry Angelo, Mike Martz, Gary Moeller, Jim Finks, Rod Marinelli, Ron Rivera, Ed Hughes, Jim Ringo, Mike Sweatman, Phil Handler, Ted Marchibroda, Gary Crowton, Harry Hiestand, Jim Dooley, Richard Dent, Matt Cavanaugh, Abe Gibron, Perry Fewell, Tom Rossley, Terry Shea, Wade Wilson, Ken Meyer, Mike Tice, Dale Lindsey, Paddy Driscoll, Rex Norris, Danny Abramowicz, Jimmy Carr, Fred O’connor, Karl Dunbar, Tim Spencer, Bob Shaw, Dave Mcginnis, John Shoop, Luke Butkus, Hardy Nickerson, Bob Babich, Cliff Stein, Vance Bedford, Ivan Fears, Pat Flaherty, Vince Tobin, Joe Fortunato, Don Shinnick, Keith Armstrong, Tom Bettis, Luke Johnsos, Greg Blache, Edward Sternaman, Ralph Jones, Bob Slowik, Earle Mosley, Ted Phillips, George Halas, Jr., Shane Day. Excerpt: George Herbert Allen (April 29, 1918 December 31, 1990) was an American football coach in the National Football League and the United States Football League. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002. Allen was born in Detroit, Michigan, where his father, Earl Raymond Allen, was recorded in the 1920 and 1930 U.S. census records for Wayne County, Michigan as working as a chauffeur to a private family. He earned varsity letters in football, track and basketball at Lake Shore High School in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Allen went to Alma College and later at Marquette University, where he was sent as an officer trainee in the U. S. Navy’s World War II V-12 program. He graduated with a B.S. in education from Eastern Michigan University. He attended the University of Michigan where he earned his M.S. in Physical Education… More: |
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Cinderella Ball: A Look Inside Small-College Basketball in West Virginia $19.95 For most of the twentieth century, West Virginia was a college basketball hotbed. Its major programs were a success, but perhaps even more successful was the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, composed of fifteen schools that rarely earned headlines but set many records and became an identifiable part of small town culture and a source of state pride. This ethos exists today in small town Kentucky and Indiana but struggles to survive in West Virginia. Part of the reason is the state’s population decline since the 1950s. That, author Bob Kuska argues, along with the rise of cable and satellite TV and the major college basketball empire, stole the thunder—and the crowds—from these small town communities. And yet, these teams play on in obscurity and still find success. Against the backdrop of West Virginia’s great small college history, Kuska chronicles the day-to-day struggles and triumphs of one modern school, Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia. What happened to that team during a rags-to-riches yearlong stretch would’ve been remarkable at any level, let alone at a school with very low athletic department budgets and low visibility that makes recruiting talented players almost impossible. As he alternates between coaches and players, past and present, Kuska contrasts the fan enthusiasm of the conference’s early years with the apathy that plagues the teams of the twenty-first century. If sports fans can get past the media and the madness that has made college basketball increasingly similar to professional basketball in its self-indulgence and sensationalism, they are left with leagues like the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference—scrappy, intelligent, and spirited—and still finding ways to succeed and thrive. |
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College Men’s Basketball in the United States: Ncaa Men’s Division I Tournament Bids by School and Conference $22.44 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ncaa Men’s Division I Tournament Bids by School and Conference, Ncaa Men’s Division I Tournament Bids by School, List of Ncaa Division I Men’s Basketball Players With 2000 Points and 1000 Rebounds, Ncaa Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament All-Time Team Records, Nit All-Time Team Records, Naia National Men’s Basketball Championship, Ncaa Men’s Division I Basketball Alignment History, Ncaa Men’s Division I Final Four Appearances by School, List of Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Champions, Ncaa Men’s Division I Basketball Championship Upsets, Nit Championships and Semifinal Appearances, Ncaa Men’s Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Alignment History, Coaching Legacy of Bob Knight, List of Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Champions, Cbi Bids by School, List of Ncaa Division I Men’s Basketball Players With 3000 Points, List of Teams With the Most Victories in Ncaa Division I Men’s College Basketball, Ncit Bids by School, Cit Bids by School, List of Teams With the Highest Winning Percentage in Ncaa Division I Men’s College Basketball, Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, Ncaa Men’s Basketball All-Americans, Say No Classic. Excerpt: The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook is an annual publication which includes preseason previews of every NCAA Division I men’s college basketball team in the United States . Created in 1981 by future Boston Celtics general manager Chris Wallace , it is currently compiled by a team of college basketball writers led by Chris Dortch. The 384-page publication has been described as the “Bible” of college basketball, and its preseason rankings and awards predictions are widely reported in the press. Since 2000, Blue Ribbon Publications has also produced an annual college football yearbook.Notes Websites (URLs online) A |
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Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office $15 “I’m not a businessman-I’m a business, man.” —Jay-ZSome people think Jay-Z is just another rapper. Others see him as just another celebrity/mega-star. The reality is, no matter what you think Jay-Z is, he first and foremost a business. And as much as Martha Stewart or Oprah, he has turned himself into a lifestyle.You can wake up to the local radio station playing Jay-Z’s latest hit, spritz yourself with his 9IX cologne, slip on a pair of his Rocawear jeans, lace up your Reebok S. Carter sneakers, catch a Nets basketball game in the afternoon, and grab dinner at The Spotted Pig before heading to an evening performance of the Jay-Z-backed Broadway musical Fela! and a nightcap at his 40/40 Club. He’ll profit at every turn of your day.But despite Jay-Z’s success, there are still many Americans whose impressions of him are foggy, outdated, or downright incorrect. Surprisingly to many, he honed his business philosophy not at a fancy B school, but on the streets of Brooklyn, New York and beyond as a drug dealer in the 1980s.Empire State of Mind tells the story behind Jay-Z’s rise to the top as told by the people who lived it with him- from classmates at Brooklyn’s George Westinghouse High School; to the childhood friend who got him into the drug trade; to the DJ who convinced him to stop dealing and focus on music. This book explains just how Jay-Z propelled himself from the bleak streets of Brooklyn to the heights of the business world.Zack O’Malley Greenburg draws on his one-on-one interviews with hip-hop luminaries such as DJ Clark Kent, Questlove of The Roots, Damon Dash, Fred “Fab 5 Freddy” Brathwaite, MC Serch; NBA stars Jamal Crawford and Sebastian Telfair; and recording industry executives including Craig Kallman, CEO of Atlantic Records. He also includes new information on Jay-Z’s various business dealings, such as:• The feature movie about Jay-Z and his first basketball team that was filmed by Fab 5 Freddy |
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Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office $18.99 “I’m not a businessman-I’m a business, man.” —Jay-ZSome people think Jay-Z is just another rapper. Others see him as just another celebrity/mega-star. The reality is, no matter what you think Jay-Z is, he first and foremost a business. And as much as Martha Stewart or Oprah, he has turned himself into a lifestyle.You can wake up to the local radio station playing Jay-Z’s latest hit, spritz yourself with his 9IX cologne, slip on a pair of his Rocawear jeans, lace up your Reebok S. Carter sneakers, catch a Nets basketball game in the afternoon, and grab dinner at The Spotted Pig before heading to an evening performance of the Jay-Z-backed Broadway musical Fela! and a nightcap at his 40/40 Club. He’ll profit at every turn of your day.But despite Jay-Z’s success, there are still many Americans whose impressions of him are foggy, outdated, or downright incorrect. Surprisingly to many, he honed his business philosophy not at a fancy B school, but on the streets of Brooklyn, New York and beyond as a drug dealer in the 1980s.Empire State of Mind tells the story behind Jay-Z’s rise to the top as told by the people who lived it with him- from classmates at Brooklyn’s George Westinghouse High School; to the childhood friend who got him into the drug trade; to the DJ who convinced him to stop dealing and focus on music. This book explains just how Jay-Z propelled himself from the bleak streets of Brooklyn to the heights of the business world.Zack O’Malley Greenburg draws on his one-on-one interviews with hip-hop luminaries such as DJ Clark Kent, Questlove of The Roots, Damon Dash, Fred “Fab 5 Freddy” Brathwaite, MC Serch; NBA stars Jamal Crawford and Sebastian Telfair; and recording industry executives including Craig Kallman, CEO of Atlantic Records. He also includes new information on Jay-Z’s various business dealings, such as:• The feature movie about Jay-Z and his first basketball team that was filmed by Fab 5 Freddy |
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Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office $25.95 “I’m not a businessman-I’m a business, man.” —Jay-ZSome people think Jay-Z is just another rapper. Others see him as just another celebrity/mega-star. The reality is, no matter what you think Jay-Z is, he first and foremost a business. And as much as Martha Stewart or Oprah, he has turned himself into a lifestyle.You can wake up to the local radio station playing Jay-Z’s latest hit, spritz yourself with his 9IX cologne, slip on a pair of his Rocawear jeans, lace up your Reebok S. Carter sneakers, catch a Nets basketball game in the afternoon, and grab dinner at The Spotted Pig before heading to an evening performance of the Jay-Z-backed Broadway musical Fela! and a nightcap at his 40/40 Club. He’ll profit at every turn of your day.But despite Jay-Z’s success, there are still many Americans whose impressions of him are foggy, outdated, or downright incorrect. Surprisingly to many, he honed his business philosophy not at a fancy B school, but on the streets of Brooklyn, New York and beyond as a drug dealer in the 1980s.Empire State of Mind tells the story behind Jay-Z’s rise to the top as told by the people who lived it with him- from classmates at Brooklyn’s George Westinghouse High School; to the childhood friend who got him into the drug trade; to the DJ who convinced him to stop dealing and focus on music. This book explains just how Jay-Z propelled himself from the bleak streets of Brooklyn to the heights of the business world.Zack O’Malley Greenburg draws on his one-on-one interviews with hip-hop luminaries such as DJ Clark Kent, Questlove of The Roots, Damon Dash, Fred “Fab 5 Freddy” Brathwaite, MC Serch; NBA stars Jamal Crawford and Sebastian Telfair; and recording industry executives including Craig Kallman, CEO of Atlantic Records. He also includes new information on Jay-Z’s various business dealings, such as:• The feature movie about Jay-Z and his first basketball team that was filmed by Fab 5 Freddy |
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Eric Murdock $82.4 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Eric Lloyd Murdock is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Utah Jazz in the 1st round of the 1991 NBA Draft. Murdock grew up in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, and played high school basketball at Bridgewater-Raritan High School. A 6’1″ point guard from Providence College, Murdock broke a host of school records, including career steals, most points in conference games in a season, most points in a game and most free throws in a season. His skills at PC earned him the nickname “the Man of Steal”. Murdock played 9 seasons in the NBA from 1991-2000. He played for the Jazz, Milwaukee Bucks, Vancouver Grizzlies, Denver Nuggets, Miami Heat, New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers. His best year as a pro came during the 1993-94 season as a member of the Bucks, appearing in 82 games and averaging 15.3 ppg. In his NBA career, Murdock played in 508 games and scored a total of 5,118 points. |
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Euroleague: Euroleague Basketball, Euroleague Individual Statistics, European Cup and Euroleague records and statistics, ULEB League Rankings $14.14 Source: Wikipedia,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC |
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Fiba World Championship $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: 2006 Fiba World Championship Squads, 2006 Fiba World Championship, 2002 Fiba World Championship, 1994 Fiba World Championship, 1990 Fiba World Championship, National Team Appearances in the Fiba World Championship, 1998 Fiba World Championship, 1950 Fiba World Championship, 1959 Fiba World Championship, 1986 Fiba World Championship, Fiba World Championship Records, 1954 Fiba World Championship, 1978 Fiba World Championship, 1963 Fiba World Championship, 1982 Fiba World Championship, 1974 Fiba World Championship, 1967 Fiba World Championship, 1970 Fiba World Championship, 2002 Fiba World Championship Squads, 2014 Fiba World Championship, Naismith Trophy. Excerpt: The 1950 FIBA World Championship (also called the 1st World Basketball Championship – 1950) was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires , Argentina , from October 22 to November 3, 1950. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament.All competition was held at the Luna Park , Buenos Aires .Competing nations : : end{sloppypar Preliminary rounds Brackets First phase Second phase begin{sloppypar item Argentina, Brazil, Egypt and USA advance to the final round. item Chile and France advance advance to the first repass round item Peru … |
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Florida International Golden Panthers Men’s Basketball Players $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. Excerpt: Carlos Alberto Arroyo Bermúdez (born July 30, 1979 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player currently playing for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Arroyo is the fifth player from Puerto Rico to play in the NBA. In the 2008-09 season, he played for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Super League, winning the league’s championship and being named the final’s Most Valuable Player. Arroyo has played in the NBA, NCAA, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with the Cangrejeros de Santurce and Fajardo. Arroyo has also played internationally in Spain. Arroyo was a member of the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team that defeated the United States at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament. He also represented Puerto Rico at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. Arroyo began his career in the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico, where he debuted with the Fajardo Cariduros and subsequently played for the Santurce Crabbers, where he was a teammate of then starting center of the Puerto Rico National Basketball Team, José Ortiz. During his participation with the team the Crabbers won four consecutive national titles in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003, winning five league championships in six years. Arroyo also studied in Florida International University from 1998 to 2001, where he played for the campus’ team, the Golden Panthers. He was a four-year letterman in the university having completed his baccalaureate and played with the team four years, establishing several records in the team’s history. Among this records is the all-time lead in assists scored, having made 459 successful passes. Arroyo is also the only player in Florida Internation… More: |
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Huskyology Trivia Challenge: UConn Huskies Basketball $5.96 Updated with fun and interesting facts through the end of the 2008-09 basketball season, Huskyology Trivia Challenge – UConn Huskies Basketball offers Huskies fans the opportunity to relive UConn’s greatest moments, including:• National 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:• Who was the Huskies’ first-ever head basketball coach?• Has UConn ever had a player drafted number one overall in the NBA Draft? 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 Huskyology Trivia Challenge – UConn Huskies Basketball a great gift foryourself or for friends and family. |
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International Club Basketball 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. Chapters: Euroleague Basketball, Euroleague Individual Statistics, Eurocup Women 2008-09, Uleb Eurocup, Aba Nlb League 2009-10, Vtb United League 2009-10, List of Euroleague Finals, European Cup and Euroleague Records and Statistics, Euroleague Women, Eurochallenge, Fiba European Champions Cup and Euroleague History, Fiba Asia Champions Cup, Asean Basketball League, Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes, Aba Nlb League 2008-09, Aba Nlb League 2007-08, Aba Goodyear League 2004-05, Aba Goodyear League 2005-06, Bibl 2008/2009, Aba Nlb League 2006-07, Waba Champions Cup, Aba Goodyear League 2002-03, Aba Goodyear League 2003-04, Balkan International Basketball League, Aba Goodyear League 2001-02, Liga Sudamericana, Fiba Americas League, Fiba World Club Championship, Bibl 2009/2010, Vtb United League Promo-Cup 2008, Eurocup Challenge, Fiba Africa Clubs Champions Cup, 2009 Gomelsky Cup, Brunei Cup, North European Basketball League, Central European Basketball League, Fiba Europe Supercup Women, Seaba Championship 2009. Excerpt: Euroleague Basketball, commonly known simply as the Euroleague, is the highest level and most important professional basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different European countries. The competition is operated by ULEB, a Europe-wide consortium of leading professional basketball leagues. Clubs from Israel, entirely within Asia, are also part of the system. During the season, the Euroleague is broadcast on television in 191 countries and can be seen by up to 200 million television viewers weekly in China. The Euroleague Final Four is broadcast on television in 197 countries. The league usually, but not always, includes domestic champions from the leading countries. Depending on the country, places in the Euroleague m… More: |
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Jazzology Trivia Challenge: Utah Jazz Basketball $5.96 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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Kobe: The Story of the NBA’s Rising Young Star Kobe Bryant $6.99 Meet Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers' young basketball prodigy and the heir apparent to the great Michael Jordan himself. Here, for the first time, is the whole story of this incredible athlete—how he became the great person and incredible gifted, driven player he is today. Follow Kobe's life from growing up as the son of an NBA player through his decision to turn pro at 17, his rookie season, the All-Star Game, and his amazing second year in the pros.A must for every fan, Kobe includes eight pages of color photos, personal stats, and the rising star's career records.Author Biography: Joe Layden is a freelance magazine writer and the author of several books, including All the Rage with Charles Haley. His home is in New York. |
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Lakerology Trivia Challenge $4.54 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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Los Angeles Lakers: 50 Amazing Years in the City of Angels, Revised and Expanded Edition-Updated for 2009-10 NBA Championship Season $19.75 The Los Angeles Lakers, 2010 NBA Champions and one of the most storied and illustrious franchises in the National Basketball Association, celebrate 50 years in Los Angeles in 2010. Since moving from Minneapolis in 1960, pioneering the NBA s expansion to the West Coast, The Lakers have won 11 NBA Championships, 25 Western Conference/Division titles, and 21 Pacific Division titles, and finished in the playoffs all but four seasons in the last half century. Some of the greatest players in NBA history have worn the Lakers jersey including Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Gail Goodrich, James Worthy and four of the NBA s Most Valuable Players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O Neal and Kobe Bryant. Several LA Lakers were inducted into the Hall of Fame, as were head coaches Bill Sharman, Pat Riley and Phil Jackson. The team holds the record for the longest consecutive win streak in professional sports (33) and several NBA records including the most regular season wins and highest winning percentage over the past three decades. The Los Angeles Lakers: 50 Amazing Years in the City of Angels takes a look back at the heartbreaking rivalry with the Boston Celtics in the 60s, fast-break Showtime basketball of 80s, and dominance as five-time NBA champions since 2000. The story is told in more than 300 archival photos from Getty Images and text from the Los Angeles Times sports staff, including columns from the late Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Murray, with a foreword by Phil Jackson. |
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Love, Pain & Passion The Heart Of A Champion $17.37 Mine is a basketball story unlike any other. It is an inspiring and heart breaking story about love, truimphs, disappointmnets and resilency. It is about a young girl from Philadelphia who fell in love with basketball and had a vision. She shattered the basketball record books, bruised many egos and seized the country’s consciousness.It is a true story about how Linda ” Hawkeye” Page scored 100 pointss in a high school basketball game to break Wilt Chamberlain’s high school records and become the #1 recruit in the nation. It talks about how she perservered at N.C. State playing for Kay Yow and how her unwavering determination and faith in God enabled her to lead the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring three seasons straight to become an ACC Legend. |
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Mad Seasons $18.95 As the popularity of women’s basketball burgeons, Karra Porter reminds us in Mad Seasons that today’s Women’s National Basketball Association, or WNBA had its origins in a ragtag league twenty years earlier. Porter tells the story of the Women’s Professional Basketball League WBL, which pioneered a new era of women’s sports. Formed in 1978, the league included the not-so-storied Dallas Diamonds, Chicago Hustle, and Minnesota Fillies. Porter’s book takes us into the heart of the WBL as teams struggled with nervous sponsors, an uncertain fan base, and indifferent sportswriters. Despite bouncing paychecks, having to sleep on floors, and being stranded on road games, the players endured and thrived. Karra Porter brings to life the pioneers of the WBL: “Machine Gun” Molly Bolin, who set lasting scoring records—then faced an historic custody battle because of her basketball career; Connie Kunzmann, a popular player whose murder rocked the league; Liz Silcott, whose remarkable talents masked deeper problems off the court; Ann Meyers, who went from an NBA tryout to the league she had rebuffed; Nancy Lieberman, whose flashy play and marketing savvy were unlike anything the women’s game had ever seen. A story of hardship and sacrifice, but also of dedication and love for the game, Mad Seasons brings the WBL back to life and shows in colorful detail how this short-lived but pioneering league ignited the imagination of a new generation of female athletes and fans. |
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Michael Jordan $30 With the possible exceptions of boxer Muhammad Ali and baseball player Babe Ruth, no athlete has made a greater impact on American society-or in the world-than Michael Jordan. Follow the life of one of the most recognizable athletes and living brands inside this engaging and balanced biography.He is among the best-known and wealthiest athletes in the history of organized sports. With the possible exceptions of boxer Muhammad Ali and baseball player Babe Ruth, no athlete has made a greater impact on American society-or in the world-than Michael Jordan. Follow the life of one of the most recognizable athletes and living brands inside this engaging and balanced biography.When basketball stars Larry Bird and Magic Johnson retired in the early 1990s, Michael almost single-handedly propelled the NBA to stratospheric levels of success and international visibility. As a player for the Chicago Bulls, he generated instant crowd thrills with his record-setting drives and dunks, selling countless books, newspapers, videotapes, NBA game tickets, and hours of television time. The NBA promoted Michael, basing its popularity on his image as the greatest showman in sports history. Yet his sports hero status extends beyond NBA records. Michael changed the game by becoming the most effectively marketed athlete of his generation. Nike and many other companies rode-and continue to ride-on the coattails of Air Jordan’s legend. Author David Porter highlights Jordan’s on and off the court accomplishments and examines his relationship with Chicago Bulls’ coaches, his commercial endorsements, and his current role as part-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. A chronology, photos, career stats, and a bibliography of print and electronic resources round out this biography of one of the most influential athletes of the twentieth century. |
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Michael Jordan $35 With the possible exceptions of boxer Muhammad Ali and baseball player Babe Ruth, no athlete has made a greater impact on American society-or in the world-than Michael Jordan. Follow the life of one of the most recognizable athletes and living brands inside this engaging and balanced biography.He is among the best-known and wealthiest athletes in the history of organized sports. With the possible exceptions of boxer Muhammad Ali and baseball player Babe Ruth, no athlete has made a greater impact on American society-or in the world-than Michael Jordan. Follow the life of one of the most recognizable athletes and living brands inside this engaging and balanced biography.When basketball stars Larry Bird and Magic Johnson retired in the early 1990s, Michael almost single-handedly propelled the NBA to stratospheric levels of success and international visibility. As a player for the Chicago Bulls, he generated instant crowd thrills with his record-setting drives and dunks, selling countless books, newspapers, videotapes, NBA game tickets, and hours of television time. The NBA promoted Michael, basing its popularity on his image as the greatest showman in sports history. Yet his sports hero status extends beyond NBA records. Michael changed the game by becoming the most effectively marketed athlete of his generation. Nike and many other companies rode-and continue to ride-on the coattails of Air Jordan’s legend. Author David Porter highlights Jordan’s on and off the court accomplishments and examines his relationship with Chicago Bulls’ coaches, his commercial endorsements, and his current role as part-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. A chronology, photos, career stats, and a bibliography of print and electronic resources round out this biography of one of the most influential athletes of the twentieth century. |
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Michael Jordan: The Best Ever $25.32 Tells the story of basketball superstar Michael Jordan, from his youth to his highly successful professional career, which includes six NBA titles and numerous records and awards. |
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Michael Jordan: The Best Ever $4.58 Tells the story of basketball superstar Michael Jordan, from his youth to his highly successful professional career, which includes six NBA titles and numerous records and awards. |
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Montana Grizzlies Men’s Basketball Coaches: Mike Montgomery $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. Excerpt: Mike Montgomery (born February 27, 1947) is the current head coach of the California Golden Bears men’s basketball team. He was also the men’s basketball coach of at Stanford from 1986 to 2004 and at the University of Montana for eight seasons prior to coaching at Stanford. He also coached the Golden State Warriors in the NBA from 2004 to 2006. Montgomery compiled a 547-244 (.692) overall record in 18 years at Stanford (1986-2004) and eight seasons at the University of Montana (1978-1986). He boasts 25 winning seasons in his 26 years as a head coach at both Stanford and Montana. Montgomery’s Stanford teams reached the NCAA tournament ten straight times from 1995-2004. Stanford reached the Final Four under Montgomery in 1998, the school’s first Final Four appearance in 56 years. He made his third appearance along the USA Basketball sidelines in 2002 when he was named an assistant under George Karl for the US national team in the 2002 FIBA World Championship. In 2000, Montgomery was named the Naismith and Basketball Times Coach of the Year. He was also named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year four times. Following his career at Stanford, he was awarded the John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Lifetime Achievement Award. Montgomery left Stanford to become the head coach of the Golden State Warriors on May 21, 2004. He coached the Warriors for two seasons, during each of which the team compiled identical 34-48 records. Montgomery was terminated as Warriors coach on August 29, 2006. On August 30, 2007, Stanford University announced that Montgomery was returning to the university as Assistant to the Athletic Director on a part-time basis. According to the announcement, “his duties will include fund raising and public relations while also serving as a ment… More: |
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Naissance Akron $14.14 Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l’essai gratuite au club de livres de l’éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d’un million d’ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d’articles Wikipedia sur : Lebron James, Shirley Fry, Ray Wise, Mark Mothersbaugh, Brad Warner, Jim Jarmusch, Angie Everhart, Susan George, Tyrone Evans, William Boyett, Jaroslav Pelikan, Nate Thurmond, Sydne Rome, Richard Quick, Steve Johnson, Joseph Arthur, Lola Albright, Hayes Alan Jenkins, Stephen Curry, Melina Kanakaredes, Vaughn Monroe, David Jenkins, Judith A. Resnik, Robert Quine, Richard Smalley, James Ingram, Michael Dokes, Joseph Blair, James Harrison, John Dean, Tim Owens, Beanie Wells, Chrissie Hynde, Rita Dove, Hugh Downs, Rowland Brown, Charlie Share, Michael Buckley. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : LeBron Raymone James (né le 30 décembre 1984 à Akron dans l’Ohio), est un joueur de basket-ball américain évoluant dans le club NBA des Miami Heat. Il mesure 2m03 et pèse environ . Il s’est surnommé King James et The Chosen One (« L’Elu »). Malgré son jeune age, il a déjà établie de nombreux records. Son transfert en été 2010 des Cleveland Cavaliers aux Miami Heat a été le plus médiatisé de tous les temps. LeBron James attire l’attention des médias alors qu’il n’est encore qu’au lycée de Saint. Vincent Saint. Mary dans l’Ohio. Ses performances individuelles qui portent son équipe lui valent d’être nommé Mr. Basketball de l’Ohio et sélectionné dans la All-USA First Team par le magazine USA Today pendant trois saisons consécutives. Avant sa dernière année de lycée, il tente de contourner le règlement de la NBA qui oblige un joueur à accomplir ses années de lycée avant de pouvoir |
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National Basketball Association $19.99 Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l’essai gratuite au club de livres de l’éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d’un million d’ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d’articles Wikipedia sur : Liste Des Joueurs de Nba, Records Nba, Nba All-Rookie Team, Nba All-Defensive Team, Maillots Retirés, Liste Des Joueurs de Nba Avec 60 Points et Plus Sur Un Match, Finales Nba, Liste Des Meilleurs Marqueurs En Nba par Saison, Liste Des Meilleurs Rebondeurs En Nba par Saison, Conférence Ouest de Nba, Liste Des Joueurs de Nba Avec 24 Passes Décisives et Plus Sur Un Match, Conférence Est de Nba, Liste Des Joueurs de Nba Avec 40 Rebonds et Plus Sur Un Match, Larry O’brien, Liste Des Joueurs Les Plus Titrés En Nba, J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, Division Centrale de Nba, Plafond Salarial, Ballottage, Nba Tv, David Stern, Division Atlantique de Nba, Division Pacifique de Nba, Best Nba Player Espy Award, Nba Europe Live Tour 2006, Nba Europe Live Tour 2008, Nba Europe Live Tour 2007, Division Sud-Ouest de Nba, Division Sud-Est de Nba, Gary Bettman, Division Nord-Ouest de Nba, Maurice Podoloff, National Basketball Association Summer League. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Cette liste regroupe l’ensemble des joueurs ayant évolué en National Basketball Association. Les joueurs actuels sont inscrits en gras. Cette liste inclut des joueurs de la National Basketball League (NBL), de la Basketball Association of America (BAA) et de la American Basketball Association (ABA). Toutes ces ligues ont contribué à la construction de la NBA. Les joueurs ayant évolué en NBL avant la fusion en 1949 avec la BAA sont inscrits en italique, n’étant pas référencé comme des joueurs officiels de NBA. …http://booksllc.net/?l=fr |
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National Basketball Association lists: 2002 NBA Draft, 2004 NBA Draft, List of foreign NBA players, List of NBA All-Stars, NBA records $30.24 Source: Wikipedia,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC |
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Ncaa Division I Women’s Basketball Conference Tournaments $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: Acc Women’s Basketball Tournament, Big East Women’s Basketball Tournament, America East Women’s Basketball Tournament, Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament, Sec Women’s Basketball Tournament, Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament, Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament, Big Ten Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament, the Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament, Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament, Atlantic Sun Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament, Wac Women’s Basketball Tournament, Caa Women’s Basketball Tournament, Conference Usa Women’s Basketball Tournament, Big Sky Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament, West Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament, Patriot League Women’s Basketball Tournament. Excerpt: The ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1978, several years before the first NCAA championships for women. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Championship. § tied at 60 at end of regulation. + tied at 69 at end of regulation; tied at 79 at end of OT1; tied at 91 at end of OT2. • record attendance. Wake Forest reached the semifinals in 1986 and 1988; Florida State reached the semifinals in 2001; Virginia Tech reached the quarterfinals in 2006 and 2007; Boston College reached the semifinals in 2010; Miami reached the quarterfinals in 2005. The tournament will be played in Greensboro, North Carolina from 2009 to 2015 unless the ACC uses its one-year option to move during that p… More: |
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New Rochelle, New York $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: Norman Rockwell, New Rochelle, New York, the Dick Van Dyke Show, Terrytoons, Frederic Remington, Iona Preparatory School, History of New Rochelle, New York, New Rochelle High School, J. C. Leyendecker, E. L. Doctorow, Thornton-Donovan School, Hutchinson River Parkway, Wykagyl, Salesian High School (New Rochelle, New York), Jacob Leisler, Wykagyl Country Club, Thomas Paine Cottage, College of New Rochelle, the New York Athletic Club, New Rochelle, Davids’ Island, Wvox, Westchester Flames, Thanhouser Company, Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights Historic District, Fort Slocum, 2009-10 Iona Gaels Women’s Basketball Team, New Roc City, National Register of Historic Places Listings in New Rochelle, New York, New York State Route 125, City School District of New Rochelle, Lispenard-Rodman-Davenport House, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (New Rochelle, New York), Sound Shore Medical Center, Iona Gaels, Leland Castle, Wildcliff, Glen Island Park (New Rochelle, New York), Davenport House (New Rochelle, New York), Thomas Paine National Historical Association, Trump Plaza, First Presbyterian Church and Lewis Pintard House, the Pelham Islands, Trinity-St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (New Rochelle, New York), Frank X. Leyendecker, Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway, List of New Rochelle Neighborhoods, Knickerbocker Building, Neptune Island, U.s. Post Office (New Rochelle, New York), Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., St. John’s Wilmot Church (New Rochelle, New York), Columbia Island, Huckleberry Island, William B. Ward Elementary School, Pioneer Building (New Rochelle, New York), Daniel Webster Elementary School, Mazzella Field, Bridge Records, Inc., Isle of San Souci, City Park Stadium. Excerpt: textbackslashr textbackslashn textbackslashr textbackslashn end{sloppypar The 200910 Iona Gaels women’s basketball team |
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No Boundaries: Passion and Pain On and Off the Pitch $29.95 Growing up in Bolton, Ronnie Irani was good at all sports – football, tennis, basketball and even kick-boxing. But he excelled at cricket and after several schoolboy records, was snapped up as a professional by Lancashire aged just 16. Frustrated at constantly playing in the “stiffs,” Ronnie took his courage in both hands and moved to Essex—even though he was only vaguely aware it was somewhere near the Dartford Tunnel. Under the guidance of Keith Fletcher and Graham Gooch, he became one of the country’s all-time great players, went on to captain them to three trophies and became a legend with the fans. Despite being picked out as international quality by the likes of Geoffrey Boycott, Richie Benaud, and Ian Botham, Ronnie was often overlooked by England, but each time he battled back and earned a recall, including winning a place in the 2003 World Cup squad. Ronnie is typically honest about his relationships in the game, both good and bad; he relates how he used unconventional medical advice to overcome career-threatening injuries; he takes you out to the crease and back in the dressing room and he gives you vivid insights into the humor and the heartache, the trials and the triumphs of being a top sports star. And time and time again he shows why he became a favorite with cricket supporters around the world and why Frank Dick also said: “Telling Ronnie Irani that what he wants to achieve can’t be done is like lighting a fuse.” |
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No Feta Cheese $3.99 An American in Finland, a Finnish contemporary jazz band and corporate sabotage all combine to make “No Feta Cheese”, a unique journey through a land of endless lakes, forests and quiet people. Karl Hafstad, a Norwegian-American, left his quiet life in Boise, Idaho, for a job in the Scandinavian music business. Peter Bengstromm was a boss unlike any he had ever had. Although he appeared to be a playboy and a sports addict, he was actually implementing a secret plan that could devastate musicians and record stores throughout Europe and Scandinavia. Skiing, tennis and meeting beautiful women all seemed to be higher priorities for Peter, than his career in music marketing, for Polydonn Records. Karl could tell something was going on behind the scenes, that just didn’t make sense. Mina Tervonen had a voice like no one else and wanted to make a name for her band, along with Pekka, Teemu and Hannu, beyond their small town in central Finland. Karl shared the challenging and difficult journey of adapting to Scandinavian life with two American friends. Karen Dosher was an old college friend and an investment consultant for an American venture capitol firm. Gerald Bingham was a professional basketball player in the European League, playing for a team in Warsaw. It would be his last shot to make a living from his athletic talent, before returning to a dreary life, back in Baltimore. They learned that their employers had quite a different sense of ethics and that working and living in Europe was dramatically different than being a tourist in Stockholm or Milan. While the band toured all over Europe, only Karl knew that the future of the band and an entire segment of the Scandinavian musicindustry could collapse in a matter of weeks. He was faced with one of the toughest decisions of his life, which could dramatically change his life in ways he could only imagine. Selling records and managing a jazz band, developed into something that was both exciting and eventually |
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Official 2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Records Book $17.95 National Collegiate Athletic Association,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Triumph Books |
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Olympic Competitors for the Gambia: Olympic Athletes of the Gambia, Olympic Boxers of the Gambia, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Badou Jack, Adama Njie $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. Chapters: Olympic Athletes of the Gambia, Olympic Boxers of the Gambia, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Badou Jack, Adama Njie, Suwaibou Sanneh, Fatou Tiyana. Excerpt: Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (born 1 July 1984 in Bakau) is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from the Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances. He has a bronze medal from the African Championships and several top-three placings in IAAF Golden League meets and the IAAF World Athletics Final. Saidy was born in Bakau, Western Gambia, and raised by his mother. His first experience in the sprint events came in high school in his hometown. He reportedly took up the 200 metres event in order to avoid beating his friend, who already had taken up the 100 metres event. In June 2001 Saidy entered the West African Championships in Lagos, and won the 200 metres in 21.27. The result was a new Gambian record time. However, setting a national record did not inspire him to commence serious training, as he still preferred to play basketball and volleyball for fun with his schoolmates. In 2002, Saidy moved to Oslo, capital city of the Northern European country Norway. A number of relatives already lived in the vicinity, most importantly Saidy’s father who had lived in Norway since the 1970s. Searching for a leisure activity, Saidy decided to take up athletics again and joined one of the athletics clubs in the Norwegian capital, IL i BUL, whose training sessions were held in the internationally known Bislett stadion. Here, his talent was soon discovered and Saidy was put in contact with coach Olav Magne Tveitå, who still coaches him. Saidy later established … More: |
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Orangeology Trivia Challenge: Syracuse Orange Basketball $5.96 Updated with fun and interesting facts through the end of the 2008-09 basketball season, Orangeology Trivia Challenge – Syracuse Orange Basketball offers Orange fans the opportunity to relive Syracuse’s greatest moments, including:• National 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:• Who was the Orange’s first-ever head basketball coach?• Has Syracuse ever had a player drafted number one overall in the NBA Draft? 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 Orangeology Trivia Challenge – Syracuse Orange Basketball a great giftfor yourself or for friends and family. |
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Pau Gasol $47.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pau Gasol i Sáez (pronounced IPA [Ë?paÊ?Ì? gÉ™Ë?zÉ"É?]) (born July 6, 1980 in Barcelona, Spain) is a 2.13 m (7 ft.) Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born to Marisa Sáez and Agustí Gasol, and he spent his childhood growing up in Spain. Gasol’s brother, Marc Gasol, is also a professional basketball player. Gasol was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2001 NBA Draft, but his rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, where he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He currently holds the Memphis Grizzlies franchise records for career games played, minutes played, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, offensive, defensive, and total rebounds, blocked shots, turnovers, and points. After seven seasons with the team, Gasol was traded to the Lakers on February 1, 2008. |
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People From Valparaiso, Indiana $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: Wolfgang Rübsam, Newton Arvin, Jon Costas, Jeff Samardzija, Robbie Hummel, Heather Kuzmich, Jill Long Thompson, Orville Redenbacher, Harry Benham, Bryce Drew, Carly Schroeder, Maurice E. Crumpacker, Mark N. Brown, Earl F. Landgrebe, Kurt Squire, Mark L. de Motte, Jon Sorenson, Henry C. Gordon, Edgar D. Crumpacker, Carl Daniel Gioia, Michael Essany, Kevin Brown, Fred Doelling. Excerpt: Bryce Drew Bryce Homer Drew (born September 21, 1974 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana ) is the associate coach, and former member, of the Valparaiso University Crusader men’s basketball team. His father, Homer Drew , currently serves as the head coach of the men’s basketball team, and his brother Scott Drew is the head coach of Baylor University ‘s men’s basketball team after having served 9 years as assistant coach at Valparaiso and one year as head coach. Bryce Drew is best known for his buzzer-beating shot in the first round of Valparaiso’s improbable run in the 1998 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament. High school career After having been exposed to basketball for years through his father’s head coaching position, Bryce played basketball as the point guard for Valparaiso High School in Valparaiso, Indiana . As he progressed through high school though, Drew developed a rapid heartbeat, which required three surgeries to repair. Despite this difficulty, he led his team to the state final game, and was named Indiana’s Mr. Basketball of 1994. College career Though recruited by dozens of schools, Drew eventually decided to attend Valparaiso University, then a member of the Mid-Continent Conference , for men’s basketball. In his four years playing, Drew collected dozens of honors and records, including being ranked in the top 15 nationally in 3-point field goal and free throw percentage |
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Pistol: A Biography of Pete Maravich $12.99 Pistol is more than the biography of a ballplayer. It’s the stuff of classic novels: the story of a boy transformed by his father’s dream — and the cost of that dream. Even as Pete Maravich became Pistol Pete — a basketball icon for baby boomers — all the Maraviches paid a price. Now acclaimed author Mark Kriegel has brilliantly captured the saga of an American family: its rise, its apparent ruin, and, finally, its redemption. Almost four decades have passed since Maravich entered the national consciousness as basketball’s boy wizard. No one had ever played the game like the kid with the floppy socks and shaggy hair. And all these years later, no one else ever has. The idea of Pistol Pete continues to resonate with young people today just as powerfully as it did with their fathers. In averaging 44.2 points a game at Louisiana State University, he established records that will never be broken. But even more enduring than the numbers was the sense of ecstasy and artistry with which he played. With the ball in his hands, Maravich had a singular power to inspire awe, inflict embarrassment, or even tell a joke. But he wasn’t merely a mesmerizing showman. He was basketball’s answer to Elvis, a white Southerner who sold Middle America on a black man’s game. Like Elvis, he paid a terrible price, becoming a prisoner of his own fame. Set largely in the South, Kriegel’s Pistol, a tale of obsession and basketball, fathers and sons, merges several archetypal characters. Maravich was a child prodigy, a prodigal son, his father’s ransom in a Faustian bargain, and a Great White Hope. But he was also a creature of contradictions: always the outsider but avirtuoso in a team sport, an exuberant showman who wouldn’t look you in the eye, a vegetarian boozer, an athlete who lived like a rock star, a suicidal genius saved by Jesus Christ.A renowned biographer — People magazine called him “a master” — Kriegel renders his subject |
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Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich $15 “Pistol” Pete Maravich (1947-88) sported floppy socks and a bushy head of hair, but on a basketball court he could defy the laws of physics. Even before he reached college, his feats were legend. Long before the 3-point rule, he scored 3,667 points in his three varsity years at Southeastern Louisiana College, setting one of many NCAA records that he still holds. “Pistol” wasn’t just a shooting phenom; his dribbling and passing skills were also unexcelled. In the NBA, he was a five-time All-Star, but his virtuosity grated against team-oriented systems. Off the court, Maravich was an eccentric, often reclusive outsider. After injury forced his retirement in 1980, he sank into alcoholism and depression. He had just settled peacefully into his conversion to evangelical Christianity when a heart attack struck him down while he was playing in a church pickup game. Mark Kriegel’s biography places Maravich’s bumpy journey and astonishing accomplishments in bold relief. |
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Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich $0.18 “Pistol” Pete Maravich (1947-88) sported floppy socks and a bushy head of hair, but on a basketball court he could defy the laws of physics. Even before he reached college, his feats were legend. Long before the 3-point rule, he scored 3,667 points in his three varsity years at Southeastern Louisiana College, setting one of many NCAA records that he still holds. “Pistol” wasn’t just a shooting phenom; his dribbling and passing skills were also unexcelled. In the NBA, he was a five-time All-Star, but his virtuosity grated against team-oriented systems. Off the court, Maravich was an eccentric, often reclusive outsider. After injury forced his retirement in 1980, he sank into alcoholism and depression. He had just settled peacefully into his conversion to evangelical Christianity when a heart attack struck him down while he was playing in a church pickup game. Mark Kriegel’s biography places Maravich’s bumpy journey and astonishing accomplishments in bold relief. |
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Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich $34.99 “Pistol” Pete Maravich (1947-88) sported floppy socks and a bushy head of hair, but on a basketball court he could defy the laws of physics. Even before he reached college, his feats were legend. Long before the 3-point rule, he scored 3,667 points in his three varsity years at Southeastern Louisiana College, setting one of many NCAA records that he still holds. “Pistol” wasn’t just a shooting phenom; his dribbling and passing skills were also unexcelled. In the NBA, he was a five-time All-Star, but his virtuosity grated against team-oriented systems. Off the court, Maravich was an eccentric, often reclusive outsider. After injury forced his retirement in 1980, he sank into alcoholism and depression. He had just settled peacefully into his conversion to evangelical Christianity when a heart attack struck him down while he was playing in a church pickup game. Mark Kriegel’s biography places Maravich’s bumpy journey and astonishing accomplishments in bold relief. |
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Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich $14.34 “Pistol” Pete Maravich (1947-88) sported floppy socks and a bushy head of hair, but on a basketball court he could defy the laws of physics. Even before he reached college, his feats were legend. Long before the 3-point rule, he scored 3,667 points in his three varsity years at Southeastern Louisiana College, setting one of many NCAA records that he still holds. “Pistol” wasn’t just a shooting phenom; his dribbling and passing skills were also unexcelled. In the NBA, he was a five-time All-Star, but his virtuosity grated against team-oriented systems. Off the court, Maravich was an eccentric, often reclusive outsider. After injury forced his retirement in 1980, he sank into alcoholism and depression. He had just settled peacefully into his conversion to evangelical Christianity when a heart attack struck him down while he was playing in a church pickup game. Mark Kriegel’s biography places Maravich’s bumpy journey and astonishing accomplishments in bold relief. |
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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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Prince William Cannons Players $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: Brad Ausmus, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Mike Cameron, Adam Kennedy, Pete Rose, Jr., Braden Looper, Ray Lankford, David Lundquist, Andy Benes, Andre King, Ryan Karp, Jason Karnuth, José Jiménez, Luis Saturria, Paul Gonzalez, José León, Jeff Motuzas. Excerpt: Adam Kennedy item Career highlights and awards item Adam Thomas Kennedy (born January 10, 1976, in Riverside , California ) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Washington Nationals . He previously played for the Oakland Athletics , the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim , and had two stints with the St. Louis Cardinals . He was also signed to a minor league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays organization in 2009, but never played for the Rays themselves. He signed with the Nationals on February 5, 2010. Terms of the deal were not disclosed and, according to Bill Ladson of MLB.com , this precludes the planned position switch of Cristian Guzmán from shortstop to second base School Kennedy attended J.W. North High School in Riverside, California , playing baseball and basketball. He is the son of Clinton O’Stah a former minor league player in the 1970′s. He attended Cal State Northridge , where he played shortstop for the Matador baseball squad. He set school records in career hits , RBI and batting average and was a three-time All American . He led the nation in hits as a sophomore and junior. St. Louis Cardinals Kennedy was drafted in the first round (twentieth overall) by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1997. He made his major league debut in 1999 for the Cardinals. Anaheim Angels/Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Kennedy was traded the following year to the Anaheim Angels with Kent Bottenfield for Jim Edmonds . Kennedy matched a team record with eight RBI against the Blue |
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Secrets of Professional Sports Betting $0.99 It’s time to win now! You’ll learn how to separate the truths from the myths of sports betting and make money in the real world with practical strategies. The major betting sports are covered with a special emphasis on football, basketball, baseball and hockey, along with concepts, tips, theories and techniques that apply to all sports. In addition to hard-hitting specific strategies for recognizing opportunities and finding value — money line wagering, buying points, hedging bets, trends versus systems, incomplete rosters, over/under plays, prop bet opportunities, connected wagers, betting games (not spreads) and much more — you’ll learn the mental aspects necessary for winning: keeping records, money management, analyzing wagers, and how to think differently from the average losing gambler. Kochan includes over 50 real-world examples of great bets! |
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Secrets of Professional Sports Betting $9.99 It’s time to win now! You’ll learn how to separate the truths from the myths of sports betting and make money in the real world with practical strategies. The major betting sports are covered with a special emphasis on football, basketball, baseball and hockey, along with concepts, tips, theories and techniques that apply to all sports. In addition to hard-hitting specific strategies for recognizing opportunities and finding value — money line wagering, buying points, hedging bets, trends versus systems, incomplete rosters, over/under plays, prop bet opportunities, connected wagers, betting games (not spreads) and much more — you’ll learn the mental aspects necessary for winning: keeping records, money management, analyzing wagers, and how to think differently from the average losing gambler. Kochan includes over 50 real-world examples of great bets! |
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Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics $10 Something in the Air is Richard Hoffer’s gripping sports narrative that tells the individual stories of the athletes who gathered in Mexico City in 1968, a year of dramatic upheaval around the world. Racial tensions were high on the U.S. Olympic team, where inflamed black athletes had to choose between demands for justice, on the one hand, and loyalty to country, on the other. Although basketball star Lew Alcindor (later to become the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) decided not to participate, heavyweight boxer George Foreman not only competed and won a gold medal but waved a miniature American flag at foreign judges. Sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos became as famous for their raised-fist gestures of protest as their speed on the track. No one was prepared for Bob Beamon’s long jump, which broke the world record by a staggering twenty-two inches. And then there was Dick Fosbury, the goofball high jumper whose backward, upside-down approach to the bar (the “Fosbury Flop”) baffled his coaches while breaking records. Filled with human drama, Something in the Air is a powerful, unforgettable tale that will resonate with sports fans and readers of social history alike. |
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Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics $17.99 Something in the Air is Richard Hoffer’s gripping sports narrative that tells the individual stories of the athletes who gathered in Mexico City in 1968, a year of dramatic upheaval around the world. Racial tensions were high on the U.S. Olympic team, where inflamed black athletes had to choose between demands for justice, on the one hand, and loyalty to country, on the other. Although basketball star Lew Alcindor (later to become the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) decided not to participate, heavyweight boxer George Foreman not only competed and won a gold medal but waved a miniature American flag at foreign judges. Sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos became as famous for their raised-fist gestures of protest as their speed on the track. No one was prepared for Bob Beamon’s long jump, which broke the world record by a staggering twenty-two inches. And then there was Dick Fosbury, the goofball high jumper whose backward, upside-down approach to the bar (the “Fosbury Flop”) baffled his coaches while breaking records. Filled with human drama, Something in the Air is a powerful, unforgettable tale that will resonate with sports fans and readers of social history alike. |
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Spartanology Trivia Challenge: Michigan State Spartans Basketball $1.99 Updated with fun and interesting facts through the end of the 2007-08 basketball season, Spartanology Trivia Challenge – Michigan State Spartans Basketball offers Spartans fans the opportunity to relive Michigan State’s greatest moments, including: -National 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: -Who was the Spartans’ first-ever head basketball coach?-Has Michigan State ever had a player drafter number one overall in the NBA Draft? 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 Spartanology Trivia Challenge – Michigan State SpartansBasketball a great gift for yourself or for friends and family. |
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Sport In Colombia $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: Sport in Colombia, List of Colombian Records in Swimming, Colombian Professional Baseball League, 1971 Pan American Games, Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, Colombia at the Pan American Games, Coleo, Tejo, Coldeportes. Excerpt: The 6th Pan American Games were held in Cali, Colombia , from July 30 to August 13, 1971. (One source dates the Games from July 25 to August 8.) The then called “Salsa World Capital”, located at the foot of the Andes Mountains , hosted a total of 2,935 athletes from 32 countries, who participated in seventeen sports. (One source says 4,000 athletes) The highlight of the opening ceremony was a synchronised dance routine involving 12,000 young girls dressed in native costumes.Host city election At the 1967 PASO meeting in Winnipeg , Cali narrowly beat out Champ, Missouri (Near St. Louis ), USA , for the right to host the sixth Pan American Games .Highlights Venues The main stadium was the Estadio Pascual Guerrero . Some events were held in the Coliseo El Pueblo . Boxing was staged in the Plaza de Toros Cañaveralejo, a Cali bullring . Some complaints were made about the barracks-style housing, which was woefully overcrowded. In an effort to protect the athletes from students who had protested the amount of money that Colombia was spending on the games, security-minded officials surrounded the athletes’ village with barbed wire and guards carrying rifles. The overcrowding caused it to be dubbed “Claustrophobia Manor” by the athletes. Other concerns centered on mosquitoes, the altitude, faulty plumbing, dysentery and pickpockets.Medal table Although the usually dominant U.S. team did manage to win heavily in athletics and women’s gymnastics , Argentina and Brazil pulled surprise wins in rowing, as did Cuba in basketball . The United States |
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Sport in Israel by Sport: American Football in Israel, Badminton in Israel, Baseball in Israel, Basketball in Israel, Chess in Israel $33.96 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: American Football in Israel, Badminton in Israel, Baseball in Israel, Basketball in Israel, Chess in Israel, Cricket in Israel, Figure Skating in Israel, Football in Israel, Handball in Israel, Ice Hockey in Israel, Rugby Union in Israel, Swimming in Israel, Tennis in Israel, List of Israeli Records in Swimming, Beersheba, Israel National Football Team, Israel Baseball League, Israel Davis Cup Team, Maccabi Tel Aviv Past Rosters, Israeli Basketball Super League, Israel Tennis Centers, Israel National Handball Team, Israel Tennis Association, Israel National Rugby Union Team, Israeli Figure Skating Championships, Israel National Cricket Team, Israeli Basketball State Cup, Skate Israel, Winner Cup 2006, Israeli Chess Championship, Boris Gelfand, Israeli Basketball State Cup 2008-09, Football Records in Israel, Aba Goodyear League 2002-03, Israel Ice Hockey Federation, Israeli National Badminton Championships, Israeli Basketball State Cup 2009-10, Israeli Football League, Rugby Union at the Maccabiah Games, Israel International, Maccabi Rishon Lezion, Leo Camron, Israel National Ice Hockey Team, Footballer of the Year – Israel, Liga Leumit, List of Israeli Chess Players, 2007 Israel Baseball League Season, Israel Football Association, Israel National Under-21 Basketball Team, Haifa Wild Boars, Wingate Institute, Winner Cup 2007, La Familia, American Football Israel, Winner Cup 2009, Israel Fed Cup Team, Yizre’el, 1949-50 Liga Meuhedet, Israeli Basketball State Cup 2007-08, Maccabi Haifa B.c. Past Roster, Israel Basketball Association, Canada Stadium, Netanya Chess Tournament, Israeli Football Hall of Fame, Hapoel Netanya, Israel Rugby Union, Israel National Baseball Team, Herzliya Municipal Stadium, 16th Chess Olympiad, 22nd Chess Olympiad, I… More: |
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Sport in Kenya by Sport: Athletics in Kenya, Basketball in Kenya, Cricket in Kenya, Field Hockey in Kenya, Football in Kenya $22.72 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: Athletics in Kenya, Basketball in Kenya, Cricket in Kenya, Field Hockey in Kenya, Football in Kenya, Motorsport in Kenya, Rugby Union in Kenya, Tennis in Kenya, Kenya National Cricket Team, Kenyan Records in Athletics, Kenyan Football in 2009, Kenyan Football in 2008, Kenya National Football Team, Athletics at the 1987 All-Africa Games, 2007 Iaaf World Cross Country Championships, East Africa Rugby Union Team, 2010 Associates Twenty20 Series in Kenya, Kenyan Football in 2007, Kenya at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, 2007 African Olympic Field Hockey Qualifier, Fiba Africa Championship 1993, Kenya at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, Kenya National Field Hockey Team, Athletics Kenya, Baringo Half Marathon, Kenya National Under-20 Football Team, Kenya National Rugby Union Team, Kenya Women’s National Rugby Union Team, Kenya Football Federation, Kenya Rugby Football Union, Kenya National Women’s Cricket Team, Nairobi Marathon, 2010 African Championships in Athletics, Kenya National Basketball Team, Rhino Charge, Kenya Davis Cup Team, Kenya Fed Cup Team. Excerpt: The Kenya national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international cricket matches. They are considered one of the strongest of the associate member nations of the International Cricket Council, especially since reaching the semi-final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup. They currently have One Day International status until 2013. Cricket was brought to Kenya by colonial settlers, the British and was first played in Mombasa from where it spread inland. The first match took place in Mombasa was in 1899, in 1910 a three-day fixture between Officials and Settlers started, this remained the highlight of the domestic calendar until 1964. Another… More: |
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Sport in Malaysia by Sport: Badminton in Malaysia, Baseball in Malaysia, Basketball in Malaysia, Field Hockey in Malaysia, Football in Malaysia $35.26 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: Badminton in Malaysia, Baseball in Malaysia, Basketball in Malaysia, Field Hockey in Malaysia, Football in Malaysia, Futsal in Malaysia, Horse Racing in Malaysia, Motorsport in Malaysia, Rugby Union in Malaysia, Swimming in Malaysia, Tennis in Malaysia, 2002 Men’s Hockey World Cup, 2010 Malaysia Super Series, Fiba Asia Under-16 Championship 2009, 2007 Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy, 1997 Men’s Hockey World Cup Qualifier, Super League Malaysia, 2010 Super League Malaysia, Malaysia Hockey League, Malaysia Open, 2009 Asian Five Nations, 2008 Asian Five Nations, List of Malaysian Records in Swimming, Malaysia Fam Cup, A1 Team Malaysia, Malaysia National Basketball League, Malaysia Cup, Football Association of Malaysia, 2009 Malaysia Fa Cup, Premier League Malaysia, Malaysia National Futsal Team, Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race, National Futsal League Malaysia, Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix, Malaysian All-Star League Baseball, President Cup Malaysia, 2010 Malaysia Fa Cup, Malaysia National Basketball Team, Sapura Hc, Ernst |
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Sports Clubs Established In 1946 $20.77 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: San Francisco 49ers, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks, Montreal Alouettes, Los Angeles Rams, Nottingham Panthers, Houston Cougars Football, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Kk Union Olimpija, First and Third Trinity Boat Club, Dinamo Riga, Pallacanestro Varese, Hc Cska Moscow, Toronto Huskies, Hc Spartak Moscow, Swatragh Gac, Kk Hemofarm, Kk Cibona, Chicago Stags, Nuova Amg Sebastiani Basket Napoli, Hc Dynamo Moscow, Roseto Basket, Basket Napoli, Man-O-War Gaa, Dromid Pearses Gaa, Chambersburg Cardinals, Visalia Rawhide, Modesto Nuts, Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars, Górnik WaÅ?brzych, Washington Capitols, Providence Steamrollers, Anderson Packers, Bluefield Orioles, St. Cloud Rox, St. Louis Bombers, Cleveland Rebels, Ok Partizan, if Boltic, Detroit Falcons, Waterloo White Hawks, Gwardia Koszalin, Kiltale Gaa, Kilcavan Gaa, Oneonta Red Sox, Spårvägens Sf, Il Gular, Il Tjalg, Lufkin Foresters, Pittsburgh Ironmen, Kk Celik, Thibodaux Giants. Excerpt: The Anderson Packers also known as the Anderson Duffy Packers was a professional basketball team based in Anderson , Indiana , in the 1940s and 1950s.The Packers played in the National Basketball League from 1946 to 1949. The team moved into the National Basketball Association for the 1949-50 season. The franchise withdrew from the NBA on April 11, 1950 when the organization was absorbed by the League. After that season the team moved to the National Professional Basketball League .Season-by-season records Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, % = WinLoss % See also (online edition) References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional |
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Sports Illustrated Almanac 2011 $14.99 America’s favorite sports almanac since its introduction 20 years ago, the Sports Illustrated Almanac now has 2010 covered, from football to fencing, hockey to handball, and everything in between. The Sports Illustrated Almanac features essays by top Sports Illustrated writers; all-time stats and records; and ticketing and venue information for pro baseball, basketball, football and hockey.The Sports Illustrated Almanac 2011 is the ultimate guide to the year in sports. |
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Sports Venues In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $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: Basketball Venues in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Defunct Sports Venues in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Veterans Stadium, Franklin Field, Spectrum, Citizens Bank Park, Shibe Park, Lincoln Financial Field, Baker Bowl, the Arena, John F. Kennedy Stadium, Wachovia Center, Penmar Park, Temple Stadium, Merion Golf Club, Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center, Philadelphia Arena, Palestra, Meiklejohn Stadium, Philadelphia Park Racetrack, Columbia Park, the Blue Horizon, Hagan Arena, Mccarthy Stadium, Hilldale Park, Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Liacouras Center, Skip Wilson Field, the Pavilion, Racquet Club of Philadelphia, Daskalakis Athletic Center, Aronimink Golf Club, Frankford Stadium, Class of 1923 Arena, Villanova Stadium, Mcgonigle Hall, Tom Gola Arena, Recreation Park, Jefferson Street Grounds, Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society, Jake Nevin Field House, Oakdale Park, Marple Sports Arena, Forepaugh Park, Centennial Grounds, Keystone Park, Philadelphia Country Club. Excerpt: Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse was a 3,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The arena, home to the Saint Joseph’s University Hawks basketball opened in 1949 and was inaugurated on November 26 with a loss to the University of Rhode Island . The first women’s varsity home game was a loss to Immaculata University on January 17, 1974. The building was dedicated to all college soldier-heroes on its dedication day, Veterans Day 1949. The Hawks were 305-76, winning 80 % of their games, in the Fieldhouse. They only had 2 losing records in 57 seasons in the Fieldhouse.In addition to serving as an arena for the basketball teams, Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse also contains locker rooms for students, faculty, and other varsity teams, an additional recreation room, squash courts, a |
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Terrapinology Trivia Challenge: Maryland Terrapins Basketball $4.96 Updated with fun and interesting facts through the end of the 2008-09 basketball season, Terrapinology Trivia Challenge – Maryland Terrapins Basketball offers Terps fans the opportunity to relive Maryland’s greatest moments, including:• National 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:• Who was the Terrapins’ first-ever head basketball coach?• Has Maryland ever had a player drafted number one overall in the NBA Draft? 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 Terrapinology Trivia Challenge – Maryland Terrapins Basketball agreat gift for yourself or for friends and family. |
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The Everything Kids’ Basketball Book: The all-time greats, legendary teams, today’s superstars – and tips on playing like a pro $0.58 Kids can dribble, shoot, and swish with hours of gaming fun in this new guide! Featuring thirty puzzles, this fun and educational book is a must-have for basketball players and fans. Children will learn the rules of basketball, the history of this popular sport, and tips for enhancing their game, as well as:The inspirational stories of basketball stars of yesterday and todayVarious offensive and defensive playsUp-to-date statistics and records of NBA teamsThe scoop on the NCAA, WNBA, and Olympic basketballFun basketball alternatives like ‘Around the World,’ ‘Street Ball,’ and ‘H-O-R-S-E’Most importantly, this guide shows kids the importance of teamwork and motivates them to stay active and healthy. This book will score points with kids and parents alike! |
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The Everything Kids’ Basketball Book: The all-time greats, legendary teams, today’s superstars – and tips on playing like a pro $7.95 Kids can dribble, shoot, and swish with hours of gaming fun in this new guide! Featuring thirty puzzles, this fun and educational book is a must-have for basketball players and fans. Children will learn the rules of basketball, the history of this popular sport, and tips for enhancing their game, as well as:The inspirational stories of basketball stars of yesterday and todayVarious offensive and defensive playsUp-to-date statistics and records of NBA teamsThe scoop on the NCAA, WNBA, and Olympic basketballFun basketball alternatives like ‘Around the World,’ ‘Street Ball,’ and ‘H-O-R-S-E’Most importantly, this guide shows kids the importance of teamwork and motivates them to stay active and healthy. This book will score points with kids and parents alike! |
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The Greatest Basketball Records $9.55 Matt Doeden,Hardcover,Series: Sports Records Series, English-language edition,Pub by Capstone Press |
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The McGillicuddy Book of Personal Records $9.99 Lee loves setting personal records for himself – he’s obsessed with them, in fact, but he’s not interested in going public with them. Walking a marathon with his dog Santiago, bouncing a basketball for twelve hours straight – above all, he seeks to escape being ordinary. And when he’s confronted with the greatest challenge of his thirteen-year-old life – saving his pesky friend from certain death – the strength of his character and purpose demonstrate that he is anything but ordinary. |
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The McGillicuddy Book of Personal Records $1.99 Lee loves setting personal records for himself – he’s obsessed with them, in fact, but he’s not interested in going public with them. Walking a marathon with his dog Santiago, bouncing a basketball for twelve hours straight – above all, he seeks to escape being ordinary. And when he’s confronted with the greatest challenge of his thirteen-year-old life – saving his pesky friend from certain death – the strength of his character and purpose demonstrate that he is anything but ordinary. |
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The Nba From Top To Bottom $18.79 What NBA team was the greatest ever? For basketball fans, that question can lead to widespread debate.Sports journalist and basketball enthusiast Kyle Wright has created a new and unique computer formula to rank every team in NBA history. Coining it as the POST formula, Wright assigns ratings to all NBA teams based on how they stack up to other comparable teams during any year-from the number of wins and losses to points scored and points allowed. The result is a complete ranking that takes you from number one to number 1,153.Wright brings to light other game-stopping details that sports lovers will appreciate, including: The most dominant teams to ever play The teams with brilliant records but no titles The unimpressive teams that won championships The teams that lost the most through the yearsThe NBA from Top to Bottom is for every diehard basketball fan. It achieves nothing but net as it comprehensively identifies and profiles the best and worst teams ever to grace the court. |
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The Ultimate Collection of Pro Basketball Records $8.95 Tyler Omoth,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Coughlan Publishing |
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The Unofficial Guide to Basketball’s Nastiest and Most Unusual Records $12.95 This irresistible guide serves up sex scandals, crimes, drugs, and financial chicanery that have rocked the world of basketball, and also includes obscure and offbeat stats-based records for the hardcore fan. Wickedly humorous, the book includes candid commentary, amazing anecdotes, comic quotes, fascinating biographical sketches, and little-known trivia. From the star who credited LSD with improving his game to the player charged with sexual harassment during a game, this fun read covers the good, the bad, and the ugly in this mega-popular sport. |
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The Unofficial Guide to Basketball’s Nastiest and Most Unusual Records $12.95 This irresistible guide serves up sex scandals, crimes, drugs, and financial chicanery that have rocked the world of basketball, and also includes obscure and offbeat stats-based records for the hardcore fan. Wickedly humorous, the book includes candid commentary, amazing anecdotes, comic quotes, fascinating biographical sketches, and little-known trivia. From the star who credited LSD with improving his game to the player charged with sexual harassment during a game, this fun read covers the good, the bad, and the ugly in this mega-popular sport. |
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They Call Me Coach $16.95 The classic autobiography of UCLA basketball’s legendary coach”They Call Me Coach is grass-roots Americana, a story bigger than basketball. One of those rare sports books that is must reading for everyone.”—Chicago TribuneFor 27 years, John Wooden led the UCLA basketball team to unsurpassed victories and records. His dedication and inspiration made him America’s “winningest” coach. In this classic bestselling autobiography—updated with a new foreword by Hall-of-Famer Bill Walton—the college basketball legend reflects on his record-breaking career, his life behind the scenes, and how his top players went on to shape and change the NBA. From the everyday basics to important life lessons (“It’s not how tall you are, but how tall you play”), Wooden shares his worldly wisdom on and off the court to offer a personal history of an unforgettable time in college basketball, answering the most-asked questions about his life, his career, and the players who made his teams unbeatable.”What Knute Rockne was to football, Connie Mack to baseball, and Wilbur and Orville Wright to flying, John Wooden is to basketball. This book captures the full flavor of the man, the philosophies that work in life, and the philosophies that work on the court. I commend it to people who want to succeed at either—or both.”—Los Angeles TimesJohn Wooden (1910-2010), guided the UCLA Bruins to ten NCAA basketball championships over a 12-year period, including four perfect seasons and an 88-game winning streak. He was named ESPN’s “Greatest Coach of the 20th Century” and voted “#1 Coach of All Time” by The Sporting News. Sports Illustrated said it best when they said: “There’s never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach.” In 2003 John Wooden was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. |
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Titan Clash $1.24 Jack Spencer has more to worry about than being kicked off his high school’s basketball team. He uncovers suspicious circumstances surrounding the car crash that severely injured his mother and learns of his father’s arrest for fraud. Jack’s dad is tough on him, but he has learned to live with it. For the most part, he has it pretty good. Jack is a star player on his high school basketball team with everything going for him-scoring records, popularity and an easy path to a college scholarship. Almost as fast as the crash that put his mom in the hospital, everything Jack believes in starts to crumble. His only hope is to discover what’s really going on, and quickly. If he doesn’t, Jack may lose much more than a basketball career. |
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Titan Clash $7.99 Jack Spencer has more to worry about than being kicked off his high school’s basketball team. He uncovers suspicious circumstances surrounding the car crash that severely injured his mother and learns of his father’s arrest for fraud. Jack’s dad is tough on him, but he has learned to live with it. For the most part, he has it pretty good. Jack is a star player on his high school basketball team with everything going for him-scoring records, popularity and an easy path to a college scholarship. Almost as fast as the crash that put his mom in the hospital, everything Jack believes in starts to crumble. His only hope is to discover what’s really going on, and quickly. If he doesn’t, Jack may lose much more than a basketball career. |
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Tssaa Mr. Basketball: Lee Humphrey, Thaddeus Young, Tony Delk, Marc Gasol, Corey Brewer $8.87 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: Lee Anthony Humphrey (born April 23, 1984 in Maryville, Tennessee) is an American basketball player, currently a shooting guard for Ratiopharm Ulm in the Basketball Bundesliga. From 2003 through 2007, he played for the Florida basketball team, winning an NCAA National Championship in both his junior and senior seasons. He set both the season and career records at Florida for 3-point field goals made, making 113 in back-to-back seasons and 288 in his career. Humphrey hails from Maryville, Tennessee where he graduated from Maryville High School in 2003. He was named Tennessee’s Class AAA Mr. Basketball for the 2002-03 season after averaging 21.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists. Humphrey emerged as a prolific weapon from outside the arc during the 2005-2006 season in which he hit several clutch three-pointers, including three in the Final Four against George Mason and the championship game against UCLA. The 73-57 win over UCLA was the clincher of Florida’s first ever national basketball championship. The Gators finished the season with a 33-6 mark. Humphrey’s dominance continued during the 2006-2007 campaign and with the other members of the starting five returning, the Gator rolled to a 35-5 record. On March 23, 2007 in the St. Louis regional NCAA tournament game against the Oregon Ducks, the game was delayed 10 minutes after a three-point shot Humphrey made damaged the net . During the 2007 Final Four, he hit four three point shots in his team’s 76-66 victory against UCLA in becoming the record holder for most three pointers made during the NCAA tournament, surpassing former Duke star Bobby Hurley. On April 2, 2007 he won a second NCAA basketball championship with the Florida Gators, scoring 14 points in an 84-75 victory over the Ohio St… More: |
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Ultimate Collection of Pro Basketball Records, The $33.99 Tyler Omoth,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Coughlan Publishing |
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Voices from the Heartland $14.95 A thought-provoking collection of essays on life and livingVoices from the Heartland is a celebration of women’s contributions to Oklahoma’s recent past. It records defining moments in women’s lives—whether surviving the Oklahoma City bombing or surviving abuse—and represents a wide range of professions, lifestyles, and backgrounds to show how extraordinary lives have grown from the seeds of ordinary girlhoods.From former Cherokee principal chief Wilma Mankiller, First Lady Kim Henry, novelist Billie Letts, and prima ballerina Maria Tallchief, to OU basketball coach Sherri Coale, the authors share their personal reflections on finding balance as they look back on defining moments in their lives, mull over what they wish they had learned sooner, and convey the wisdom they’ve unearthed on their journeys thus far.Touching on topics from adultery to left-handedness, from losing children to losing perspective, these essays speak from the heart to reveal what it means to be an American woman today. Readers will meet activists and writers, advocates and artists—some of whom are household names, while others work outside the public eye.Voices from the Heartland speaks to readers all across America and demonstrates that women in Oklahoma represent the heart of us all. |
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West Virginia Mountaineers Men’s Basketball Players $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: Jerry West, Bob Huggins, Joe Alexander, Rod Hundley, Alex Ruoff, Frank Young, Kevin Pittsnogle, Gale Catlett, Mike Gansey, Devin Ebanks, Jarrett Brown, Fred Schaus, Petar Arsic, Rod Thorn, Jay Jacobs, D’or Fischer, Johannes Herber, John Flowers, Jarmon Durisseau-Collins, Marcus Goree, Jonnie West, Marshall Glenn, Fred Graham, Jerome Anderson, Ron Williams, Deniz Kiliçli, Wayne Yearwood, Mark Workman, Gordon Malone, Ed Beach, Lowes Moore, Bobby Smith. Excerpt: Alex Ruoff Alexander Marc Ruoff (born August 29, 1986) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Belgacom Liège from the Belgium basketball league . A former starting shooting guard for West Virginia Mountaineers college basketball team, Ruoff holds the school records for most 3-pointers made in a game and most career 3-point field goals. Early life Ruoff was born in Hamilton, Ohio , and relocated to Spring Hill, Florida in 1999. He attended Central High School in Brooksville, Florida , where he was a four year varsity player. As a senior, Ruoff averaged 30 points and 12 rebounds before injuring his foot in December. Among other accolades, Ruoff earned all-state honors, Hernando County player of the year, and was nominated as a McDonald’s All-American. He holds school records for assists, blocks, and steals, and ties the school record for points in a game. Ruoff was the first Hernando County Boy’s basketball player to sign with a division one university. He was the 46th ranked senior in the nation according to hoopmasters.com Collegiate career Freshman season As a freshman, Ruoff played in 21 games averaging only four minutes in each game. Ruoff then scored his first collegiate basket against LSU . He averaged one point per game and 0.5 rebounds per game. Sophomore season After |
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What It Means to Be a Tarheel: Roy Williams and North Carolina’s Greatest Players $24.95 When Roy Williams talks to a player, they listen. For some reason, coaches with 618-114 lifetime records command attention. (At North Carolina, his slate is an awesome 200-48.) What It Means to Be a Tarheel takes readers into the games and team meetings of one of basketball’s greatest dynasties. |
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What It Means to Be a Tarheel: Roy Williams and North Carolina’s Greatest Players $24.95 When Roy Williams talks to a player, they listen. For some reason, coaches with 618-114 lifetime records command attention. (At North Carolina, his slate is an awesome 200-48.) What It Means to Be a Tarheel takes readers into the games and team meetings of one of basketball’s greatest dynasties. |
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Women’s National Basketball Association $30.34 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: Women’s National Basketball Association, Phoenix Mercury, Houston Comets, Connecticut Sun, List of Women’s National Basketball Association Head Coaches, Wnba Records, Indiana Fever, Detroit Shock, Washington Mystics, 2008 Wnba Season, Sacramento Monarchs, List of Women’s National Basketball Association Players, New York Liberty, Charlotte Sting, Seattle Storm, Tulsa Shock, Minnesota Lynx, 2010 Wnba Season, Chicago Sky, 1999 Wnba Draft, 2000 Wnba Draft, Orlando Miracle, Connecticut Sun All-Time Roster, List of Wnba All-Stars, 2007 Wnba Draft, Wnba Expansion Draft History, All-Wnba Team, Utah Starzz, 1997 Wnba Draft, Kristi Toliver, 2009 Wnba Draft, Portland Fire, Wnba Draft, Wnba’s All-Decade Team, Cleveland Rockers, 2002 Wnba Draft, 2006 Wnba Draft, 2010 Wnba Draft, 2001 Wnba Draft, List of Current Women’s National Basketball Association Head Coaches, Wnba Finals, 1998 Wnba Draft, 2004 Wnba Draft, 1997 Wnba Season, 2005 Wnba Draft, Val Ackerman, Wnba All-Defensive Team, Wnba All-Star Game, Wnba Peak Performers, Wnba Rookie of the Year Award, Best Wnba Player Espy Award, Eastern Conference, Western Conference, Wnba Most Valuable Player Award, Wnba All-Rookie Team, Donna Orender, List of Wnba Career Scoring Leaders, Wnba Defensive Player of the Year Award, Wnba Coach of the Year Award, Wnba Elite Draft, List of Women’s National Basketball Association Season Scoring Leaders, Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, Wnba Most Improved Player Award, List of Wnba Career Rebounding Leaders, List of Wnba First Overall Draft Choices, Wnba Sixth Woman of the Year Award, List of Current Wnba Team Rosters, Lady Grooms. Excerpt: The 1997 WNBA Draft was the first annual draft held by the WNBA through which teams could select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women’s |
