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Have you been longing for a book that provides deep analysis on the worst basketball team of all time? One whose author also likens his work to that of the great mid-century existentialist philosoph……続きを見る

Kenny Sailors was a basketball star, and the inventor of the jump shot. He attended the University of Wyoming and was MVP in 1943 in college AA basketball. After WWII, he spent five years as an earl……続きを見る

SEMI-PRO-AM is the untold true story of a Basketball Reality you never knew existed. A world where NBA All Stars matchup against Footlocker Employees, where FIBA World Champions face High School Wan……続きを見る

The Season Never Ends is a collection of charming stories about the game of basketball and life lessons learned on the court. Written over a 26 year period of time, they are stories about his youth ……続きを見る

The Best Game Ever is a revealing look at the University of North Carolina Tar Heels' 1956–57 season, one of the most storied in college basketball history. From the first day of practice, when forw……続きを見る

Sportswriter Shawn Fury's Rise and Fire: The Origins, Science, and Evolution of the Jump Shot presents an exploration of the play that revolutionized basketball and provided the greatest moments in ……続きを見る

Dr. Michael Levi, a Southern California podiatrist, as a youth admired UCLA basketball Coach John Wooden. He attended several of his summer camps and regularly went to UCLA basketball games at Paule……続きを見る

March 15, 1969: a dozen overachieving teenagers, none taller than 6-foot-2, made Montana high school history. The Laurel Locomotives toppled the larger (in terms of school enrollment and lineup size……続きを見る

Sarunas Jasikevicius is one of the most recognizable players in the modern era of European basketball. He turned pro in 1998 and won 23 titles with his clubs (Barcelona, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Panathinai……続きを見る

In the 2015–16 NBA season, the Jewish presence in the league was largely confined to Adam Silver, the commissioner; David Blatt, the coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers; and Omri Casspi, a player for t……続きを見る

Get ready to board the same roller coaster that the North Carolina Tar Heels rode all the way to the 2009 national championship. Dan Wiederer, who covered the team as a reporter with The Fayettevill……続きを見る

Utilizing the myriad of experiences and people he has met and worked with in a six-decades career as the Official Scorer for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA, Herb Turetzky has authored a collection o……続きを見る

Based on his own experience and others who were entrenched in the university athletic system, Rashad reveals how academic fraud continues to steal a “real” education from young black athletes. Rasha……続きを見る

Salvatore Sollazzo was a Sicilian jeweler who gained great notoriety as a gambler who fixed NCAA basketball games. Many of the games were played at New York's famed sports venue Madison Square Garde……続きを見る

No one had really heard of Chaminade Universityーa tiny NAIA Catholic school in Honolulu with fewer than eight hundred undergraduatesーuntil its basketball game against the University of Virginia on……続きを見る

NBA List Jam! is an entertaining and informative collection of 125+ ranked lists that discuss and debate the people, games, events, and ephemera that have made the NBA the spectator sport of choice ……続きを見る

This "part memoir, part sports story" (Wall Street Journal) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bam chronicles the clash of NBA titans over seven riveting gamesーCeltics versus Lak……続きを見る

Have you tried and failed to will your short body to dunk a basketball? Learn how even the most vertically challenged players can slam the ball home with ease. Have you been told you're far too shor……続きを見る

Wildcat Wisdom for the Big Blue Nation! For more than a century, the University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team has built a winning tradition that feeds the Big Blue Nation. The history o……続きを見る

Almost a generation ago, a small school from the Northwest made its first noise in college basketball. For the first time, the Gonzaga Bulldogs won games in the NCAA tournament of 1999, going all th……続きを見る

Discover The "Positive Mental Advantage" Join us for another winning addition of The Positivity Tribe series. In this follow-up to the bestselling book, Westchester State brings us into their locker……続きを見る

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Boston Red Sox, a big bowl of bad, were never any good, and they were constantly cannon fodder for the ……続きを見る

Known to millions as simply "Sister Jean," the Loyola Chicago matriarch and college basketball icon invites you into her remarkable memoir filled with history, wonder, and common-sense wisdom for th……続きを見る

Celebrate the championship glory and Hall of Fame personalities that make the Los Angeles Lakers one of the most iconic franchises in all of sports Standard-bearers for basketball greatness, the Los……続きを見る

In February, in what looked like a simple journey WNBA Star Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia where she was detained. She was subsequently sentenced to 9 years in prison with a fine of 1million……続きを見る

Two brothers in the pursuit to achieve higher education face difficulties every step of the way. Basketball as their only way to afford it, their mentality to be "undeniable" would motivate them thr……続きを見る

Maury Wills (also known as Maurice Morning Wills) was an American professional baseball manager and base-stealer. He was born on October 2, 1932, in Washington, D.C., and died on September 19, 2022,……続きを見る

Two brothers in the pursuit to achieve higher education face difficulties every step of the way. Basketball as their only way to afford it, their mentality to be "undeniable" would motivate them thr……続きを見る

Este libro es la historia de mi vida, de mi trayectoria para alcanzar la NBA y de mi viaje para apoyar a mi hijo, que sí ha llegado a ser una estrella de la NBA. Es la historia de mi viaje desde que……続きを見る

Sports aren't only for entertainment, it's also a religion with a blueprint built on principles aimed for attaining success in all areas of life. Motivational speaker, Jonas N. Strickland believes w……続きを見る