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The history of basketball is chock-full of famous buzzer-beating shots, amazing game-saving plays, and thrilling maneuvers that defy gravity. All fans have their favorite memory, just as they have their favorite team and their favorite player. Now here's a book that offers a look back at more than fifteen of the sport's best moments. The Block, The Steal, The Shot. Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, Bird, Jordan, and James. Each entry captures the nail-biting tension of the minutes leading up to the play, as well as information about the superstar players that made them and the teams that they played for. Packed with facts and action, this is a book young basketball fans will reach for again and again -- and because it comes from Matt Christopher, [More..] | |
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This book is the inside story of the University of Kentucky basketball point shaving scandal that shocked the college basketball world in the 1940s-50s. For the first time the story of how the UK players became caught up in the point shaving events and tried to rid themselves of gamblers is told with information never before revealed. [More..] | |
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Your favorite NBA players, explained by nonsensical jokes. [More..] | |
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From shooting slumps to clutch free throws, this easy-to-use book will help coaches and players learn the psychological basics of basketball. [More..] | |
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Included in this collection are over 60 satiric pieces on the sports issues and personalities of the day, including stories on A-Rod, Michael Phelps, Lance Armstrong, Manny Ramirez, Tonya Harding, Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, and a host of other headline superstars with ego and agents. With rapier wit and unrelenting parody, the quick barbs of Russo skewer some of the worst foibles and deplorable venalities of the modern athlete. Drawing on Shakespeare, Dickens, Aesop, Longfellow, and Swift, these nasty essays are not your usual sports page items or tabloid tidbits, but they are arsenic filled cookies. [More..] | |
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Did you know LeBron James averaged more than 30 points a game as a senior in high school? Discover how an amazing high school player went on to become an outstanding NBA star! [More..] | |
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Successful Sports Officiating will help prepare aspiring and inexperienced officials for the rigors of the job. Written by leading experts in the officiating field—boasting experience at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels—this second edition has been completely revised and updated and includes new chapters on the current state of officiating, officiating as a career, and mental training. Enlightening discussions on developing an officiating philosophy and the psychology of officiating help you understand what it takes to be a successful official beyond just knowing the rules and mechanics. Chapters on developing skills in the areas of communication, decision making, and conflict management will assist you in man [More..] | |
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"Coach Hatchell's book is a must-read for every girls' basketball coach. She is fantastic in every phase of the game, and I love watching her teams play."—Roy Williams, head men's basketball coach, University of North Carolina, and Associated Press Coach of the Year, 2006 What does it take to turn a good coach into a great one? You need to be a teacher, a motivator, a guru of X's and O's. Coach Sylvia Hatchell shows you how she manages all these roles and gives you her winning advice to creating a team of champions. Head coach of the University of North Carolina's women's team, Coach Hathcell combines the Tar Heels' longstanding tradition of basketball greatness with her personal dedication to guiding young women as she teaches you [More..] | |
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Guaranteed to make you say, "Wow!"THE POP-UP BOOK OF SPORTS takes you up-close and personal with some of the greatest athletes of all time. The action in this attention-grabbing photo book literally jumps out at you, bringing to life David Tyree's miraculous catch fhr the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII and skateboarder Danny Way's leap over the Great Wall of China. Buckle up - WOW! THE POP-UP BOOK OF SPORTS brings the world of sports to life in a whole new way. Take a Look Inside This Book (Click on each image below to see a larger view) [More..] | |
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9 year old Kayla loves the sport of basketball, it’s all she dreams about is becoming a WNBA player. While her twin sister Kela is better at everything basketball is the one thing that Kayla feels is her "thing". Every day she faces ridicule from her peers, coaches, and even her friends. If she's gonna play basketball Kayla must overcome some of her most inner secret obstacles. Kayla was given a journal as a birthday present on her 9th birthday. It is unique in that it’s the only gift she received that her twin sister Kela did not get too. She uses this journal to document her adventures and daily life. All of her most inner secrets are recorded in this journal. Sit back and see the world through the eyes of this ambitious 9 year old as [More..] | |
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