Basketball

"During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the circumstances facing the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association mirrored events transpiring in New York City, when the Bronx burned and hip-hop culture developed from local Black and Latinx youth"--

For some of us, Big Ten basketball will always mean the original ten great teams that comprised the league. But for all fans, the teams during this time period bring back memories of some of the best teams and players that have ever played basketball.  In the sweeping history of two decades of Big Ten basketball, Murry Nelson chronicles the conference when it was the most successful of any basketball conference in the nation. Coaches such as Lute Olson, Lou Henson, Johnny Orr, Gene Keady, and Bob Knight led the nation in national titles, influencing the league with their playing styles, changes to rules, recruitment and, of course, intensity. Follow Joe Barry Carroll as he leads the Purdue Boilermakers to the Final Four in 1980, Steve Alford as he takes the Hoosiers to a national championship win, Kent Benson's undefeated conference record, and Magic Johnson as he leads the Michigan State Spartans to multiple titles and championships.  With chapters devoted to each season from 1972 to 1992, you can relive the action as if you were attending the games.

En definitiva, "La paternidad deportiva" nos invita a explorar cómo eldeporte puede ser una herramienta fundamental en el desarrollo integral denuestros hijos y en la construcción de una relación sólida y enriquecedoraentre padres e hijos. Este libro representa una guía práctica y reflexiva paraaquellos padres comprometidos que desean aprovechar al máximo elpotencial del deporte como motor de crecimiento físico, emocional y espiritualen sus vidas y en las de sus hijos

There is a great deal more than Madness lurking within the Division 1 NCAA Basketball Tournament.Mark Mehler and Jeff Tiberii take a close look at the magnificent seven--Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA, North Carolina, Duke, Indiana, and the University of Connecticut--examining how they have managed over multiple decades to establish themselves as American basketball royalty.

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 when viewed as such, we can use the strategies of winning teams as inspiration to achieve our own personal goals and ambitions. Devotion: 21 Days of Cultivating the Winning Habits of the Golden State Warriors is a practical guide formed around the keys to success of the six-time NBA champions, the Golden State Warriors. While recapping some of the most significant moments of NBA history, Devotion provides daily insights, action points, and declarations to help guide you in life, your career, or relationships.Day by day, you'll learn how to think and act like a champion, grow through mentorship and leadership, and hone your legacy. Ideal for sports fans, basketball enthusiasts, and young athletes who enjoy the game of building peak performance, this book is the ticket to your winning season!

Brian McCormick's Hard2Guard Player Development Newsletters, Volume 8 provides real world and well-researched answers to the questions many do not think to ask. Is there a better way to train to prevent non-contact ACL injuries? Why is it easier to include a new drill than exclude drills? How low is too low? What is the purpose of drills?Volume 8 of the Hard2Guard Player Development Newsletter was published bi-weekly in 2018, while McCormick coached an NJCAA Division 1 women's basketball team.Volume 8 views basketball differently. What should scouts really be looking for? Are mistakes the path to mastery or encoding an incorrect performance? Should every player do push-ups? How important is sleep?Volume 8 covers a variety of subjects, and each chapter contains information and ideas a player or coach can implement into their practices and development today.

From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A'ja Wilson comes an inspirational collection on what it means to grow up as a Black girl in America.This is a book for all the girls with an apostrophe in their name.This is for all the girls who are "too loud" and "too emotional."This is for all the girls who are constantly asked, "Oh, what did you do with your hair? That's new."This is for my Black girls.In this empowering and deeply personal collection-adapted from and expanded upon the piece of the same name in The Players' Tribune-WNBA star A'ja Wilson shares stories from her life. Despite gold medals, championships, and a list of accolades, Wilson knows how it feels to be swept under the rug. To not be heard, to not feel seen, to not be taken seriously. As a fourth grader going to a primarily white school in South Carolina, she was told she'd have to stay outside for a classmate's birthday party. "Huh?" she asked. Because the birthday girl's father didn't like Black people.Wilson tells stories like this: stories that held her down but didn't stop her. She shares her contribution to "The Talk," and how to keep fighting, all while igniting strength, resilience, and passion. Dear Black Girls is one remarkable author's necessary and meaningful exploration of what it means to be a Black woman in America today-and an of-the-moment rally cry to lift up women and girls everywhere.

A collection of more than 400 quotes from LeBron James, basketball mega-star, activist, philanthropist, and cultural icon, providing readers a unique look into the mind of one of the most recognizable and influential athletes of our era. Part of the In Their Own Words series.

Third revised edition, now in paperback, of the book which illustrates in terrific action photographs and profiles the very best professional basketball players - the greatest and most exciting stars - in the great history of the game.

From Larry Legend to Kevin Garnett, the Truth to Bill Russell, Celtics Legends Alphabet is a full-court rundown of the greatest hoopers ever to lace 'em up in Beantown. Stunningly illustrated and expertly penned, this book is an all-net 3-pointer for Celtics fans of all ages.

By NAACP Image Award winner Jeff Burlingame, this book tells the story of a trailblazing Gonzaga basketball coach, record-setting Rose Bowl referee, and sportswriter who covered the Olympic gold medal-winning "Boys in the Boat."

The college basketball season is a seven-month long drama. Like life, there are ups and downs with many uncertainties. In this compelling book, author Jack Vande Zande takes readers on an exciting journey following the ACU basketball team from fall workouts through March Madness. For Such a Time as This by Assistant Coach Jack Vande Zande is an inspiring book which follows the Arizona Christian University Firestorm men's basketball team through the uncertainty of the 2020-21 season due to COVID and into the 2021-22 season, where God put team members and coaches in place for a memorable season. Each chapter begins with Scripture that ties into the theme of the particular chapter, and the book includes game summaries from all thirty-six games with play-by-play and quotes from players and coaches. Live action photos are also included so readers can put a face to each name, as well as vignettes which give a taste of life during a college basketball season. While many books have been written about power five conference collegiate athletic programs, whether about a particular championship team or coach, For Such a Time as This shines a unique spotlight on a successful basketball team at a small private National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Christian university. You will be encouraged and uplifted as you follow the Firestorms' action-packed journey.

NBA Scrapbook is packed with rare photographs images and on the page facsimile memorabilia and provides an incredible insight into the history NBA and its legendary players and coaches. Featuring a wide variety of superb on the page rare memorabilia from the archives covering the NBA's hugely successful history including match tickets match programs cards and promotional material. Spanning the decades and covering all the NBA's most iconic eras, we uncover the fascinating stories and incredible accomplishments of the greatest basketball players of all time, from the game's first superstars, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell and Jerry West, to the modern-day greats of the late Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Kevin Garnett.

Basketball Parents...Here is Your Blueprint.In the United States, youth athletics is a $19 billion industry. Compare that to the NFL ($15 billion) or theNBA ($10 billion), and you will understand why coaches refer to youth basketball as "a business."The players are on a congested road in a complex system.This book is to assist parents in the navigation.With captivating commentary from parents, players, and coaches, it is a data-driven resource based on the author's seven-year journey with her son-from travel teams and high school gyms to college arenas.It is a must-have resource if you are a part of The Parent's Section: Outside The Locker Room."Over the years, I've found too many parents, including myself, struggling through the youth basketball world.With all of the changing rules and regulations, unwavering competition, and limited spots, trusting the process is notenough. From one basketball parent to another, here is the first written guide to ensure your student-athlete has a fair shot at finding the right coaches, teams, and schools."--Simone Joye

Bridges sports and cultural commentary: This book has been an improbable favorite among southern sports nuts and cultural critics alike.Targets general readers: Fight Songs is not a scholarly book, but it’s beautifully argued, full of relevant historical detail, and it is funny.Well-known regional author: Ed Southern, as the director of the largest writers’ organization in the South, is a well-known person in the book business, as is his wife—director of Bookmarks and this year’s SIBA president.Promotion on sports talk radio: Since the book’s hardcover publication, Ed has been a frequent guest on sports talk shows and this will continue with the paperback coming out at the beginning of the college football season.

Larry Holley grew up in the tiny town of Jameson, Missouri, and he never forgot his roots. Even after becoming a standout three-sport student-athlete at William Jewell College and later the 10th winningest coach in four-year college basketball history, Holley was still the same guy-rooted, supportive and friendly to competitor and colleague alike. His story is about so much more than his 918 wins. It's about treating people with respect and making them feel like they were important to him-because they were. You will be encouraged to live your life in a more meaningful way after reading the subtle but transformative story of what made Larry Holley the man he was. Written before his sudden and surprising death, this story is in his words.

Missing Pieces Pt. 2 is the sequel to the first project by Marc Mitchell Jr. It takes a deeper dive into the hardships and challenges that Marc faced. In the book, Marc talks about almost dying multiple times. Marc talks about how he is paving a way for not only himself but everyone and it shows how big of a heart he has and shows a little bit of personality. Marc's courage to display that in not only his 1st book but his second book is superhero-like. Being a student-athlete is very stressful if you are one currently you understand and in this story, you will read about the ugly and the beauty of not only being a student-athlete but being a successful young black man in today's society. With all the odds against you will you double down?

"Rich Paul grew up in a Cleveland that hadn't won a sports championship in decades. He and his siblings lived with their mother, who struggled with addiction, in a one-bedroom apartment in the poverty-stricken Glenville neighborhood. Young Rich dreamed of becoming a star athlete but realized quickly that his small stature would make it nearly impossible. A serious child with a mind for detail, he went to private school and then college at his shop-owner father's encouragement. But he quit when his father died of cancer, devoting himself to becoming the family's next entrepreneur. Paul began selling vintage jerseys out of the trunk of his car, and during one stint at the Akron-Canton Airport, a seventeen-year-old NBA prospect complimented the Warren Moon jersey that Rich was wearing. They struck up a friendship and exchanged contact information. By the next year, LeBron James signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Rich Paul was working alongside him. Paul was finally in the big leagues, but the industry wasn't necessarily ready to accept him. With grit, passion, and an unwavering sense of self, Paul forged a new path, and the NBA hasn't been the same since. Lucky Me is the memoir of that extraordinary journey told in Paul's blunt, philosophical style, but it is also so much more. It is a book full of inspiration and insight, and a testament to never compromising who you are for anyone"--

Sometimes you are forced to lead without a title. Being an Unexpected Leader is about recognizing and filling a need when you are committed to achieving a goal!Rising to a position of leadership is both a choice and a journey. Not all great leaders seek leadership from the beginning, and not all who seek leadership are prepared for the demands involvedThe Unexpected Leader is an excellent resource for all types of leaders, from the new leader who is working to develop an effective leadership style, to the long-time leader who has grown complacent over the years-and everyone in between.This is a powerful parable that teaches you how to lead positively... from wherever you are. The men's basketball team from a small private high school finds itself struggling through a dreary season, when their coach is called away... Enter a wise and mysterious janitor, who not only accepts the reins of leadership for the team during that absence, but becomes a mentor to a talented young man named Matthew.The Unexpected Leader also addresses how to recover quickly when failure happens-and how to prevent mistakes from becoming obstacles to long-term success." - K. VandeverWritten in the form of a short, engaging tale, The Unexpected Leader illustrates how different leadership styles affect a team, and how one can become a more effective leader by following a simple five-step process.

Landon "Sonny" Cox, a jazz musician from Cincinnati, made a pit stop in Chicago on the way to California and never left. He became the basketball coach at King High School. But Chicago already has a "King" of the hardwood, the Simeon Wolverines. They've won the last two city championships and are gunning for a threepeat while the upstart, King had yet to even make it to the championship game. An outsider in a foreign land, coach Cox is not welcome neither is his brand of basketball. Taking down the Wolverines is a tall task and in the Windy City, their is only room for one King. Will Simeon be deposed or will "Sonny" Cox remain the court jester?