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Author
Series
Home team novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
"It's basketball season for the home team but Gus must wrestle with prejudice when he's the only one bothered by Cassie joining the boys' team and his teammate Steve makes fun of Gus's Dominican heritage"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 208 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A premiere basketball trainer discusses ?the grind? required in pushing the limit and defying the odds and describes how he worked with some of the NBA?s greatest players to minimize weaknesses, perfect their nutrition, treat injuries and build mental toughness.
45) Basketball
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a comprehensive history of the game of basketball and includes full-color and vintage photographs of early teams and players along with information on equipment and uniforms used over the decades, stadiums, and the birth of the NBA.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kobe Bryant's death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity; the tragedy unveiled the full breadth and depth of his influence on our culture. Sielski begins on the cracked concrete basketball courts of Philadelphia in the 1960s and '70s to trace Bryant's career and life. Jeremy Treatman, a Kobe confidant, conducted a series of never-before-released interviews with Bryant not long after his senior season ended-- and...
49) The mighty Macs
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the early '70s, Cathy Rush became the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team had no gym or uniforms, and the school was in danger of being sold, Coach Rush steered her girls to their first national championship.
50) One on one
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Small-town basketball whiz deals with the pressure of playing for a big-time college team.
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books (U.S.)
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A history of the National Basketball Association, illustrated through the profiles of its top players, past and present. Also includes the histories of 30 franchises and three essays about the game.
52) Basketball Jones
Author
Language
English
Description
Aldridge James “AJ” Richardson is living the good life. He has a gorgeous town house in always-flavorful New Orleans, plenty of frequent-flier miles from jet-setting around the country on a whim, and an MBA–but he’s never had to work a regular job. He owes it all to his longtime lover, Dray Jones. Dray Jones the rich and famous NBA star. They fell in love in college when AJ was hired to tutor Dray, a freshman on the basketball...
54) Sooley
Author
Language
English
Description
In the summer of his seventeenth year, Samuel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basketball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on a airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true. Samuel is an amazing athlete, with speed, quickness, and an astonishing vertical leap. The rest of his game,...
57) Boys among men: how the prep-to-pro generation redefined the NBA and sparked a basketball revolution
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
60) Basic basketball
Author
Series
Publisher
Ronald Press Co
Pub. Date
[1962]
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
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