Basketball category: 1106 books
by David Falk
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
Superagent David Falk -- the man who called the shots for some of the greatest heroes in the history of basketball -- reveals the innovative business secrets that catapulted him to the top of his game.
David Falk is the most successful agent in the game of basketball. He has represented more...
The Secret Game
A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball's Lost Triumph
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Winner of the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
The true story of the game that never should have happened--and of a nation on the brink of monumental change
In the fall of 1943, at the little-known North Carolina College for Negroes, Coach John McLendon was on the verge...
Mr. Basketball
George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers, and the Birth of the NBA
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2008
Before Shaquille O'Neal and before Bill Russell, there was George Mikan, a six-foot-ten, 240-pound center, whose quiet demeanor and bespectacled face belied his competitive fire. A four-time All-American at DePaul and a six-time professional champion, Mikan was such an unstoppable force-and a national...
Strong Inside (Young Readers Edition)
The True Story of How Perry Wallace Broke College Basketball's Color Line
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
The inspirational true story of the first African American to play college basketball in the deeply segregated Southeastern Conference--a powerful moment in Black history.
Perry Wallace was born at an historic crossroads in U.S. history. He entered kindergarten the year that the Brown v. Board...
Dare to Dream
Connecticut Basketball's Remarkable March to the National Championship
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2000
The charismatic basketball coach at the University of Connecticut reveals the victorious secrets behind his team's breathtaking journey to the 1999 NCAA Division I National Championship--and along the way shares his philosophy for winning.
It was one of those games that basketball fans will...
Pistol
A Biography of Pete Maravich
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2007
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...
by Kevin Sivils
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Almost since the day Dr. Naismith invented basketball, the argument over which approach to offense, set plays or continuities versus rules based free-lance offense, has been raging.
Motion offense has been used by some of the most innovative and successful coaches in the game, Don Meyer (923+...
Basketball Fundamentals
A Complete Mental Training Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1987
In Basketball FundaMENTALs: A Complete Mental Training Guide, author, Jay Mikes, introduces you to the mental fundamentals of basketball by focusing on the Three Cs of Peak Performance—Concentration, Confidence and Composure. By combining the expertise and wisdom of top coaches, star athletes, psychologists,...
by John Grasso
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
In less than 120 years an activity invented by one man to alleviate winter boredom for a college gym class has evolved into a worldwide multi-billion dollar enterprise. It is impossible for Dr. James Naismith, basketball's inventor, to have envisioned the extent to which his simple game would reach....
by Teddy Stanowski
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
The history of basketball is vast. It certainly isn't as old as some other sports, but it's rapidly increased in popularity. Players are some the highest paid athletes in the world and millions of people root for their favorite teams every year.
In its infancy, basketball was merely a winter...
Basketball: Great Writing About America's Game
A Library of America Special Publication
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
From the street game to March Madness to Jordan and LeBron, the greatest writing about the grit, grace, and glory of basketball
Made in America, basketball is a sport that stirs a national passion, reaching fever pitch during the NCAA's March Madness and the NBA Finals. Masterfully assembled...
by Arm Chair Guides
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Basketball is a sport that's fun to watch yet even better to play. It helps develop teamwork and self-discipline, and at the same time keeps you in shape. How do you set a screen? What drills can you do to better your shooting form? How can you get a better feel for ball-handling? This is your basic...
Carolina Basketball
A Century of Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Boasting six national championships and scores of Hall of Fame coaches and players, Carolina Basketball has come a long way from the first season--when the campus newspaper published a notice asking an unknown culprit to return the team's basketball. These pages are packed with little-known stories...
by Nancy Lieberman
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
Arguably the greatest women’s basketball player to step onto the court and the first woman to be head coach of a professional men’s team, Nancy Lieberman has accomplished it all throughout her career. Her experience is unrivaled, and in Basketball for Women, she’s sharing her secrets, insights,...