Basketball Books
AuthorHouse How To Play Basketball
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£12.49
Mahvl Publishing The Ball's in Your Court: A Doctor Shares Life Lessons from Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Abraham Maslowand Other Inspiring Teachers
£11.86
Triumph Books 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions (Midwest
Book SynopsisThe Kansas Jayhawks are your 2022 NCAA men's basketball champions! The Kansas Jayhawks were guided in 2022 by wisdom from the late Bill Self Sr.: "Don’t worry about the mules, just load the wagon." This call to focus on the little things, the fundamentals of their game, paid off on the biggest stage as Kansas captured the national championship for the first time since 2008. Their triumph was the culmination of a demanding regular season and a hard-fought March run. After the what-ifs of 2020 and a disappointing exit in 2021, Bill Self’s squad made their intentions known with wins over Texas Tech and Creighton. Anchored by senior Ochai Agbaji and energized by Remy Martin, they knocked off Providence and then Miami to punch their ticket to a thrilling Final Four matchup against Villanova. Load the Wagon is a celebration of this historic college basketball season, featuring insightful, probing coverage from The Athletic alongside stunning photography, documenting the Jayhawks’ remarkable run all the way up to the ultimate celebration in New Orleans. This commemorative edition also includes in-depth profiles of Self, Agbaji, Martin and Christian Braun, plus an essential retrospective on the unforgettable 1997 KU team featuring Paul Pierce and Roy Williams.
£12.71
Ingram Publishing LeBron James: The Inspiring Story of NBA
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£11.39
Books on Demand 3D Basketball 2 in 1 Tacticboard and Training
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£8.15
Not Stated The Wonder Boy Luka Doncic and the Curse of
Book SynopsisESPN'sTim MacMahonchronicles the career of the Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic and examines the pressure of building an NBA team around a prodigy. In 2018, the Dallas Mavericks landed the most hyped European teen prospect in basketball historyLuka Doncic, who has proven to be a generational NBA talent with a flair for sensational playmaking. But that's only half the story. With The Wonder Boy, MacMahon takes us beyond the highlights to the madness that ensues as the Mavericks try to avoid blowing their golden opportunity. From the internal power struggles in owner Mark Cuban's front office during the early years of Doncic's career, to the new regime's effort to earn Doncic's loyalty and put the ruthless competitor in position to win, readers will learn never-before-reported details about the saga's biggest moments, including: the blockbuster deal for Kristaps Porzingis that blew up in the Mavs' faces the divorces with coach Rick Carlisle and GM Donnie Nelson Jalen Brunson's exit after a run to the Western Conference finals the new pairing with the mercurial Kyrie Irving the improbable journey to the 2024 Finals As the clock ticks on the Mavs' quest to win it all with their irreplaceable young star, The Wonder Boy pulls back the curtain on a dilemma every NBA team would love to have.
£20.00
Triumph Books Spaced Out: The Tactical Evolution of the Modern
Book SynopsisA hands-on, illuminating deconstruction of NBA basketball, tracing the tactical evolution of the modern game. As the NBA celebrates and surpasses 75 years of existence, today's game looks nothing like it did in generations past when Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took turns ruling the league. But it's also entirely different from a decade—even half decade—ago. Today's stars enter the league with more versatility and fluidity than ever before, and they need it to handle the strategies, philosophies, schemes, skill sets, movement patterns, and measures of basketball intelligence that simply didn't exist in the past.Spaced Out tells the story of what professional basketball looks like right now and how it got here. Taking a court-level view, Mike Prada breaks down high-level play to elucidate the athleticism, strategy, and skill demonstrated on a nighty basis, while shining a light on the historical forces that have dramatically altered the shape of the game and the role of its superstars. Topics covered include the explosion of three point shooting, the rise and fall and rise again of zone defense, the impact of tighter enforcement of perimeter contact rules, and other pivotal factors impacting the pro game. From Xs and Os to keen historic analysis, this definitive volume will reveal the intricacies of a beautiful game for savvy fans, players, and coaches alike.
£24.26
University of Nebraska Press The City Game
Book SynopsisPete Axthelm follows the 196970 season of the New York Knicks and provides a parallel focus on basketball as it was then played in the black neighborhoods of New York City. Throughout, he writes clearly, intelligently, and passionately about the game, bringing alive the players' efforts, accomplishments, and failures.Trade Review"The master prose stylist portrays parallel basketball worlds in New York City: Madison Square Garden, where the Knicks won the 1969-1970 championship, and the playgrounds of Harlem, where stars such as Earl (the Goat) Manigault burned brightly but too briefly."—Sports Illustrated"The best description of basketball played in New York City streets during the sixties and seventies."—Bill Bradley, The New Yorker"Superb . . . [Axthelm] combines Knick history, player backgrounds, seasonal anecdotes and court triumphs with another phenomenon—city basketball in the crowded ghettoes of the nation. The areas he focuses on primarily are the asphalt playgrounds of Harlem and Bedford Stuyvesant. There basketball has its special code of behavior, its pecking order and its own culture heroes. . . . A few city playground aces have made it to college . . . , and a few have found an escape route to the Harlem Globetrotters or the Eastern League. But many others have become strung out on poverty or drugs or have been imprisoned. . . . The book offers absorbing insights into the most unique and gripping of all city sports."—Rex Lardner, New York Times
£16.14
University of Nebraska Press Mindgames
Book SynopsisFollows the journey of Phil Jackson to the top of basketball's coaching hierarchy.Trade Review“A must for any serious student of basketball.”—Gary Dretzka, Chicago Tribune
£21.59
Da Vinci Publishing Air Jordan Coloring Book
£14.87
Abrams Basketball and Other Things
Book Synopsis #1 New York Times bestseller“Hilarious, informative.” —Slam Magazine“The ultimate book on basketball fandom.” —NPR “Cleverly written . . . A must for any basketball fan.” —Esquire“Full of hilarious hypotheticals, fun footnotes, and magnificent illustration.” —Buzzfeed Every fan of Shea Serrano’s unconventional, hilarious, and insightful writing will want to add this hardcover edition of his wildly popular Basketball (and Other Things) to their sports book collection. This edition features a new cover and two new chapters as well as a removable basketball card that showcases Serrano’s trademark creativity and Arturo Torres’s inimitable illustration style. On first publication, this unique, eye-opening look at basketball history and stars became a nationwide bestseller. Serrano covers Trade Review“Shea Serrano’s new book… is a hilarious, informative group of passages that answer questions you never realized needed to be asked." * Slam Magazine *"Shea Serrano's Basketball (And Other Things) is equal parts hilarious and enlightening... this is the ultimate book on basketball fandom.” * NPR *“Cleverly written and beautifully illustrated… It's a must for any basketball fan.” * Esquire *“Even if you’re a basketball novice or die-hard Spurs fan like Shea, this is a perfect companion to his Rap Year Book: full of myths, what-ifs, and hyperspecific fanaticism.” * Vulture *“The book is Serrano’s testament to the great joys of basketball fandom…” * The FADER *“It's full of hilarious hypotheticals, fun footnotes, and magnificent illustrations…” * Buzzfeed *...hilarious and insightful... * Men's Journal *“With colorful, comic-book depictions of Spurs great Tim Duncan and other NBA stars by artist Arturo Torres, Serrano drops some serious and seriously funny knowledge on a sprawling range of hoops debates.“ * San Antonio Express-News *“The sports-obsessed teen will definitely love this (even if they don’t read any other books).” * Travel + Leisure *“…weird and very fun…” * The Indianapolis Star *“An original work that captures the spirit of basketball.” * Library Journal *All of the musings—the book spans 240 pages and is comprised of 33 chapters—is playfully illustrated by Arturo Torres and serves as a reminder that although basketball fans may get all riled debating GOAT status and greatest teams, the NBA, at its core, is just plain fun. * Hoop Magazine *“The questions Serrano asks and answers (and that Arturo Torres illustrates in engaging graphic-novel style) includes many barstool argument-starters ("Who's the Greatest Dunker in NBA History?," "What Year Was Michael Jordan the Best Version of Michael Jordan?") as well as some nerdily conceptual ones.“ -- Jim Higgins * The Milwuakee Journal-Sentinel *Amazing artwork by Torres adds Jack Kirby-esque crackle to the book... * The San Antonio Current *“Serrano deftly unravels the history of basketball via ridiculous debates, quirky answers and unexpected wisdom.” * Ozy *“The game’s impact and influence on everything from fashion to young POC kids’ work ethic is undeniable and some, like Shea Serrano, have always been attuned to that.” * Remezcla *“…this coffee-table-book-that-you’ll-actually-read is a perfect gift for anyone who’s up for debating which qualities make a great basketball villain—or which NBA player they’d want as an ally if The Purgehappened in real life.” * Mental Floss *
£16.19
Penguin Putnam Inc Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los
Book SynopsisDrawing from more than 250 interviews to take the first full measure of the Lakers'' epic Showtime era, this spectacular account of one of America''s greatest sports sagas is jam-packed with colorful characters, vicious rivalries and 1980s-style excess.
£17.85
Random House USA Inc Untitled 7293
£38.25
Hyperion Sacred Hoops
Book SynopsisWith a new introduction, Phil Jackson's modern classic of motivation, teamwork and Zen insight.
£11.99
Little, Brown & Company Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful
Book SynopsisDuke University's head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has proved himself a leader both on and off the court. He's led the Duke Blue Devils to five straight Final Four appearances, culminating in back-to-back championships in 1991 and '92. He has received five National Coach of the Year Awards -- and many of the players he coached in college have gone on to NBA stardom! Now Coach K offers the insights he uses to coax peak performances from his team, relying on lessons he learned as a captain in the U.S. Army, sportsmanship, respect, and a genuine gift for leading with the heart.
£15.29
University of Alberta Press The Grads Are Playing Tonight
Book SynopsisA sports-history gem! The Edmonton Grads dominated women's basketball from 1915-1940 across Canada and worldwide.Trade Review# 1 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week on January 08, 2012".the team which holds the most victories in the history of North American sport. The Edmonton Grads were a women's basketball team that held North America's attention for 25 years as the team challenged preconceptions about gender and sport. Samantha Powers, VUE Weekly, January 19-25, 2012"Over the years, the feats of the amazing Grads faded from memory. Few remember a team once heralded for many years as world champions.... The wonderful new book by Ms. Hall, emeritus professor at the University of Alberta, provides an informative and richly detailed account of the women who were sports pioneers. It is authoritative and deserving of a wide readership." Tom Hawthorn, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2012 [Full article at http://bit.ly/Aj34Al]"Three years before they were given the right to vote in Canada, a team of female basketball players in Edmonton started a 25-year journey of world-wide fame and victory, proving that women certainly had the mental and physical capacity to do more than stay prim and proper." Rebecca Medel, The Gateway, January 18, 2012 [Full article at http://thegatewayonline.ca/article/view/grads_basketball]# 2 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week on February 05, 2012# 2 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week on February 26, 2012"When a team wins 95% of its games, it earns a certain place in sports history. "The Grads are Playing Tonight! The Story of the Edmonton Commercial Graduates Basketball Club" discusses the domination by the Edmonton Grads for a quarter century under the guidance of J. Percy Page. Not only winning championships, they traveled the world to continue their domination. "The Grads are Playing Tonight!" is a strongly recommended pick..." Wisconsin Bookwatch, February 2012Hall's fine book brings the Grads to life - fierce competitors who played with joyful élan. The book is also a compelling portrait of the rough-and-tumble prairie city whose civic pride was awakened by the Grads' exploits. Bruce Ward, Ottawa Citizen, February 19, 2012# 6 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week on April 23, 2012"Almost like a fairytale, this hard-to-believe story about an almost-invincible female basketball team and their committed coach, J. Percy Page (later Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta), comes alive in the pages of The Grads are Playing Tonight! Well-written and engaging throughout its ten chapters, the book focuses on not only the adventurous tales of the Grads, but also of Edmonton coming into its own as an important city in Western Canada. In this feel-good book there is something for everyone--sports fans, history buffs, feminists, educators, scholars, politicians, and readers who dare to dream the impossible. A story within many stories, The Grads are Playing Tonight! reaffirms a city is more than a place on the map--it is the people who live there and make it home. The Grads are Playing Tonight! will continue to play itself out in readers' heads long after they shut its covers." Jury comments, Trade Non-Fiction Book Award, BPAA.#7 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week of June 24, 2012."Imagine that a Canadian sports team won ninety-six per cent of all the games it ever played - over the course of twenty-five years; that it sawed through its competition, going undefeated as it captured four consecutive Olympic championships; that it was named the best to ever play its sport, by the sport's inventor, no less. Wouldn't that team be an icon in Canada? Well, there is such a squad, but, unfortunately, the team is virtually unknown outside its native Alberta. I'm talking about the Edmonton Grads - a women's basketball team that dominated the sport between 1915 and 1940. Fortunately, M. Ann Hall has set out to cure our collective national amnesia with her new book, The Grads are Playing Tonight!... Hopefully, Hall's book will help spread the story across Canada." Mark Reid, Canada's History Magazine, June-July 2012"Reading "The Grads Are Playing Tonight!" was a nostalgic experience for me.... M. Ann Hall's book is exactly how I remember the Grads: full of grit, enthusiastic about life, inspiring and proud. And they should be. The Grads were not simply amazing basketball players. They were transformative women of their time... They played in front of the largest sporting crowds of their time. Hall is a sportswriter, so her writing style is compelling, and she provides plenty of details on the team." Tracey Peter, Herizons, Fall 2012[The Grads Are Playing Tonight!] is the first comprehensive book about the club. In an extensively researched, accessible, yet detailed read, Hall reveals new insights into the team, the organization, the coach (J. Percy Page), and the lives of the players.... Hall also effectively places the story of the Grads organization within the history of basketball in North America and Europe, discussing the debates over gender-based rules, social and medical opinion during the 1920s and 1930s about the appropriate uses of women's bodies, and the international stage of women's sport during this period... The Grads Are Playing Tonight! is an important and long-awaited contribution to women's sport history scholarship." Carly Adams, Great Plains Quarterly, Fall 2012"Ann Hall's latest contribution to the cannon of sports history is a well-written all encompassing examination of the legacy of the Edmonton Commercial Graduates basketball team. The Edmonton Commercial Graduates team (the "Grads") maintains the most outstanding winning record in the history of basketball.... Hall's thoughtful examination is extensive in scope, eloquently bringing together primary and secondary resources to provide a masterful collection of statistics, oral histories, photographs, commentaries, and newspaper accounts. Her account is the first book to provide an in-depth examination of the importance of the Edmonton Commercial Graduates basketball team across several domains of study: sports history, the sport of basketball, women's sport history and sport organization/administration.... This book would be a welcome addition to both the avid sport history scholar and the general population. Hall's writing, explorations, and explanations are highly accessible across disciplines and to those wishing to simply learn more about this outstanding basketball team." Christiane Job, Sport History Review 2012"As might be expected from the pioneering author M. Ann Hall, this is an important book that will provide the template for the collective biography of many sports teams across a variety of codes.... The seminal achievement of this book is to give the individual Grads faces and voices. Although often based on secondary, family sources, we begin to see where sport fitted into their lives as young women. Just as importantly, we find out what happened to many of them once they ceased to play.... [T]he use of official photographs and snapshots; game programmes; player memorabilia and other artefacts as integral to the history of the team is what lifts this book above so many.... The Grads Are Playing Tonight! is an inspiring challenge to those of us who want to understand both elite sport and its broader participatory culture." Jean Williams, Sport in History, November 2013Table of ContentsForeword; The Huis and Where They Came From; The Formation of the Hui Zu; The Fate of the Hui During and After the Qing Dynasty; Further Assimilation of Minorities and its effects of Muslims; How the Hui Zu Lives in China; Influential Muslim Personalities; Admiral Zheng He and His Achievements; Contributions of the Chinese Muslims; The Staunchness of the Chinese Muslims.
£23.39
Independently Published Basketball is Jazz Stories and Lessons From a
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£15.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Essential Topics in Basketball
Book SynopsisEconomic globalisation refers to the notion of mobility. In basketball, just as in other team sports, competitions are associated with a specific territorial space. Through a comparison between United States and Europe, this compilation explores the issue of the perimeter of the competition area in the new economic environment. The authors discuss the different pedagogical models that basketball coaches can apply to promote the development of an all-around player during practice sessions. The "sport education", "teaching games for understanding", "cooperative learning", and "teaching personal and social responsibility" models are discussed and analyzed from a basketball coaching perspective. The relationship between rookie players'' physical abilities on the Pre-Draft Combine and basketball performance in offense and defense in the first NBA season is assessed. The results highlight the importance of basic speed, speed strength and strength endurance. The concluding study tests the basic and specific indicators, in terms of differences, in estimating the isometric rate of force development for leg extensors in the context of a playing position in basketball. Sixty-eight basketball players performed a standardized "isometric leg press" test to assess the characteristics of isometric force from their leg extensors.
£62.04
Triumph Books Sports Illustrated Kobe Bryant: A Tribute to a
Book SynopsisIn 20 seasons in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform, Kobe Bryant ascended from teenaged rookie to 18-time All-Star and five-time NBA champion. The superstar known as the Black Mamba left his mark on basketball and popular culture as a fierce competitor who inspired those around him and never settled for less than the best. To commemorate the life and career of the most beloved Laker of his generation, these moments and memories are collected in Kobe Bryant: A Tribute to a Basketball Legend. Featuring more than 100 photographs and written coverage from the pages of Sports Illustrated this new volume provides readers a complete portrait of the international basketball superstar who transcended his sport to become a cultural icon. Relive every moment including Bryant entering the NBA draft directly out of high school, winning consecutive NBA Finals MVP awards in 2009 and 2010, the unforgettable 60-point farewell game, and the poignant tributes that followed his death in 2020.This lavish keepsake also features the best written coverage of Bryant’s career from Sports Illustrated, including pieces by Chris Ballard, Jack McCallum, Lee Jenkins, and more.
£22.91
Triumph Books 2023 NBA Champions (Western Conference Higher
Book SynopsisThis commemorative book on the NBA champions provides a visual look at the winning team's road to championship glory. Through unique words and images, this celebratory book takes readers through the momentous season. Including full color photographs and profiles of star players and the head coach, this keepsake book is an essential part of any fan’s collection.
£14.20
Bold Type Books Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood,
Book SynopsisA vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA Against a backdrop of ongoing resistance to racial desegregation and strident calls for Black Power, the NBA in the 1970s embodied the nation’s imagined descent into disorder. A new generation of Black players entered the league then, among them Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Spencer Haywood, and the press and public were quick to blame this cohort for the supposed decline of pro basketball, citing drugs, violence, and greed. Basketball became a symbol for post-civil rights America: the rules had changed, allowing more Black people onto the playing field, and now they were ruining everything. Enter Black Ball, a gripping history and corrective in which scholar Theresa Runstedtler expertly rewrites basketball’s “Dark Ages.” Weaving together a deep knowledge of the game with incisive social analysis, Dr. Runstedtler argues that this much-maligned period was pivotal to the rise of the modern-day NBA. Black players introduced an improvisational style derived from the playground courts of their neighborhoods. They also challenged the team owners’ autocratic power, garnering higher salaries and increased agency. Their skills, style, and savvy laid the foundation for the global popularity and profitability of the league we know today.
£18.75
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. Sport Psychology Library -- Basketball
Book SynopsisIf you have ever watched a champion make that impossible three-point shot in the game''s final seconds, you know that mental skills are absolutely critical to all-around success, on and off the court. No one understands this better than coaching legend Dale Brown and renowned sport consultant Dr Kevin Burke, the co-authors of this book. Together, they share their expertise and techniques to bring the mental aspect of the game under every player''s control. They stress preparation, practice, and performance in attaining these vital psychological skills: Concentration; Teamwork; Relaxation; Confidence; Strong Ethics and Fair Play. This book gives players the tools to improve their mental game plan; a way for coaches to teach successful psychology techniques; and a way for parents to be supportive and involved in a player''s development.
£13.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Spinning The Globe
£12.34
HarperCollins Out of Bounds
£12.74
HarperCollins Optimum Performance Training Basketball
Book SynopsisThrough "self-assessment and design fitness system", this book enables readers to effectively pinpoint the weaknesses in their basketball skills and tailor a workout program that will improve on all the flaws in their game. By taking advantage of skill-specific tests, readers will be able to focus their workout time on the area they most need.
£13.60
HarperCollins Free Throw
£10.44
HarperCollins Rez Ball
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£13.78
HarperCollins Ant
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£23.62
Penguin Putnam Inc The Basketball Diaries The Classic about Growing
Book SynopsisThe urban classic coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, and basketball Jim Carroll grew up to become a renowned poet and punk rocker. But in this memoir of the mid-1960s, set during his coming-of-age from 12 to 15, he was a rebellious teenager making a place and a name for himself on the unforgiving streets of New York City. During these years, he chronicled his experiences, and the result is a diary of unparalleled candor that conveys his alternately hilarious and terrifying teenage existence. Here is Carroll prowling New York City--playing basketball, hustling, stealing, getting high, getting hooked, and searching for something pure. The Basketball Diaries was the basis for the film of the same name starring Leonardo DiCaprio.I met him in 1970, and already he was pretty much universally recognized as the best poet of his generation. . . . The work was sophisticated and elegant. He had beauty. -- Patti Smith
£14.45
Penguin Putnam Inc The Last Season A Team in Search of Its Soul
Book SynopsisAn inside look at the season that proved to be the final ride of a truly great dynasty—Kobe Bryant, Shaq, and the LA Lakers For the countless basketball fans who were spellbound by the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2003–2004 high-wire act, this book is a rare and phenomenal treat. In The Last Season, Lakers coach Phil Jackson draws on his trademark honesty and insight to tell the whole story of the season that proved to be the final ride of a truly great dynasty. From the signing of future Hall-of-Famers Karl Malone and Gary Payton to the Kobe Bryant rape case/media circus, this is a riveting tale of clashing egos, public feuds, contract disputes, and team meltdowns that only a coach, and a writer, of Jackson’s candor, experience, and ability could tell. Full of tremendous human drama and offering lessons on coaching and on life, this is a book that no sports fan can possibly pass up.
£16.15
St. Martin's Publishing Group Knight
£23.46
Mariner Books Coach K
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe definitive biography of college basketball’s all-time winningest coach, Mike Krzyzewski.Mike Krzyzewski, known worldwide as “Coach K,” is a five-time national champion at Duke, the NCAA’s all-time leader in victories with nearly 1,200, and the first man to lead Team USA to three Olympic basketball gold medals. Through unprecedented access to Krzyzewski’s best friends, closest advisers, fiercest adversaries, and generations of his players and assistants, three-time New York Times bestselling author Ian O’Connor takes you behind the Blue Devil curtain with a penetrating examination of the great but flawed leader as he closes out his iconic career.Krzyzewski built a staggering basketball empire that has endured for more than four decades, placing him among the all-time titans of American sport, and yet there has never been a defining portrait of the coach and his program. Until now. O’Connor uses scores of interviews with those who know Krzyzewski best to deliver previously untold stories about the relationships that define the venerable Coach K, including the one with his volcanic mentor, Bob Knight, that died a premature death. Krzyzewski was always driven by an inner rage fueled by his tough Chicago upbringing, and by the blue-collar Polish-American parents who raised him to fight for a better life. With updated coverage of Coach K’s stunning final season, O’Connor shows you sides of the man and his methods that will surprise even the most dedicated Duke fan.“Basketball fans might feel as though they already know Coach K—or Mike Krzyzewski, the decades-long coach of the Duke Blue Devils who’s set to retire after this season. In this insightful biography, sportswriter O’Connor captures the formative experiences and inner drive that catapulted the coach to icon status. Even the most die-hard fans will learn something.” — Washington Post
£22.40
iUniverse A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Beirut
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£18.57
iUniverse A Youth Basketball Coaching Guide
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£16.59
iUniverse Mr Jordan Goes To Washington
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£15.60
iUniverse Cheering For Self An Ethnography of the Basketball Event
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£16.59
iUniverse THE FEVER A complete account of how a team from Detroit rocked the basketball world in 2004told by a fan
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£15.40
iUniverse Basketballs Biggest Upset Texas Western Changed The Sport With A Win Over Kentucky In 1966
£12.82
iUniverse Remember Westville The Story of the 1976 Westville Tigers Basketball Team Their Hopes Dreams And The Season The Town Can Not Forget
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£15.61
£14.62
iUniverse Lady Vols and UConn The Greatest Rivalry
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£11.66
iUniverse The Fever A Complete Account of How a Team from Detroit Rocked the Basketball World in 2004Told by a Fan
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£20.48
iUniverse The NBA From Top to Bottom A History of the NBA From the No 1 Team Through No 1153
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£19.57
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AuthorHouse The Boys of Winter Wisconsins State Basketball Champions 1956 1957
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£12.80
AuthorHouse The Boys of Winter Wisconsins State Basketball Champions 1956 1957
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£21.37
Penguin Random House LLC Dare To Dream Connecticut Basketballs Remarkable March to the National Championship
£11.29
Rlpg/Galleys The Bullets the Wizards and Washington DC
Book SynopsisThe nation's capital has been home to a rich basketball tradition that began more than 80 years ago with a start-up league in the 1920s and continues today with the Washington Wizards. Under Hall of Fame coach and general manager Red Auerbach, the Washington Capitols reached the finals of the Basketball Association of America in just their third year of existence, and such renowned players as Wes Unseld, Chris Webber, and Michael Jordan have all played for a Washington, DC, area team. In The Bullets, the Wizards, and Washington, DC, Basketball, Brett L. Abrams and Raphael Mazzone chronicle the area's history of professional basketball, from the sport's origins as a regional game up through the present day as a multi-billion dollar business. This book captures the highs and lows of the Bullets, the Wizards, and all the other basketball teams in Washington's history. The authors meticulously researched newspaper and magazine articles, as well as archival material from the Basketball HTable of ContentsIntroduction: An Understudied Subject 1. George Preston Marshall and the Palace Five 2. Red Auerbach and the Washington Capitols 3. Abe Saperstein, Harry Lynn, and the Washington Tapers 4. Earl Foreman, Arnold Heft, Abe Pollin, and the Baltimore Bullets 5. Earl Foreman and the Fourth Washington Capitols 6. Abe Pollin and the Baltimore Bullets 7. Abe Pollin and the Capital-Washington Bullets 8. Abe Pollin and the Washington Bullets 9. Abe Pollin, the Fab Five, and the Washington Bullets-Wizards 10. Abe Pollin, Ted Leonsis, Michael Jordan, and the Washington Wizards Conclusion: The Teams, the Fans, and the Current State of Basketball in DC Bibliography Index
£59.00
