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Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"This social, cultural and political look at the life of LeBron James shows how he uses his celebrity not to transcend Blackness, but to give it a place of cultural prominence, exposing the frictions between Blackness and a country not fully comfortable with its presence" --
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
277 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
NBA All-Star and ESPN commentator Carlos Boozer shares his full story in this memoir about overcoming trauma, achieving your dreams and staying true to who you are in the process.
5) Remember us
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The summer before seventh grade, as the constant threat of housefires looms over her Brooklyn neighborhood, basketball-loving Sage is trying to figure out her place in her circle of friends, when a new kid named Freddy moves in" --
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
New to Cincinnati, where her father is now coach of the University basketball team, eighth-grader Aurora (called Rory) finds herself isolated by the heated team rivalries--especially when it turns out her new friend Abby's father has a mysterious feud with Rory's father that threatens her new friendship.
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xi, 254 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The G League is the official minor league of the National Basketball Association. Life in the G is about the arduous quest to achieve an improbable goal: making it to the NBA. Zeroing in on the Birmingham Squadron and four of its players-Jared Harper, Joe Young, Zylan Cheatham, and Malcolm Hill-Alex Squadron details the pursuit of a dream in what turned out to be the most remarkable season in the history of minor league sports"--
9) Why I stand
Author
Publisher
DW Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
208 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On July 31, 2020, the Orlando Magic starting forward Jonathan Isaac was the lone NBA player not to kneel for the national anthem amid a league-wide demonstration in support of Black Lives Matter. In Why I Stand, he shares the journey of how--through a series of divine connections and a willingness to follow Christ--his fear and insecurity-driven life was transformed into one of confidence and purpose.
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