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Basketball Jones

Author : Todd Boyd
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814713165
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Basketball Jones written by Todd Boyd and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It began with Magic, Bird, and Dr. J. Then came Michael. The Dream Team. The WNBA. And, most recently, "Spree" Latrell Sprewell--American Dream or American Nightmare?--the embodiment of everything many believe is wrong--and others believe is exciting--about the game. Today, despite the NBA strike, despite home run derbies, despite football's headlock on network television ratings, despite the much-heralded return of baseball, basketball has assumed a role in American culture and consciousness impossible to imagine 20 years ago, when arenas were empty and the NBA finals were broadcast via tape delay in the wee hours. So what happened? How did a "black sport," plagued by drug scandal and decimated by white flight, come to achieve such prominence? What are the subtle and not-so-subtle racial codes that define how the game is played and perceived, and the reception of its high-profile stars? What does the shift in popularity from the predominantly white, working-class ethos of baseball to the black, urban ethos of basketball suggest about contemporary life in America? What linkages exist between basketball and hip-hop culture and how did these develop? How has the arrival of women on the scene changed the equation? Bringing together journalists, cultural critics, and academics, this wide-ranging anthology has something for everyone, from hard-core fan to casual observer. Contributors: Todd Boyd, Kenneth L. Shropshire, Gerald Early, James Peterson, Susan J. Rayl, Davis W. Houck, Mark Conrad, Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Earl Smith, Sohail Daulatzi, Larry Platt, Tina Sloan Green, Alpha Alexander, Tara McPherson, Aaron Baker.

A Mile Above the Rim

Author : Charles Rosen
Publisher : Arbor House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780877951377
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book A Mile Above the Rim written by Charles Rosen and published by Arbor House Publishing. This book was released on 1976 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Michael Jordan

Author : Robert Lipsyte
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062036009
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Michael Jordan written by Robert Lipsyte and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Jordan was a late bloomer.Cut from the Varsity basketball team in high school when he first tried out, Michael nonetheless became the best basketball player that ever lived—Rare Air Jordan.The true story of how Michael Jordan achieved this amazing level of success as a basketball player—and as the high king of commercial endorsements—underscores one of the new roles of athletes in our society today.Here's a fascinating look at both the evolution of basketball and Michael Jordan's stunning climb to the peak of his sport, and his season in minor league baseball.

Basketball Strength and Conditioning

Author : Jon Sanderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692765432
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Basketball Strength and Conditioning written by Jon Sanderson and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basketball Strength and Conditioning, Above the Rim with Camp Sanderson is a Basketball specific training book. This book covers all areas of training basketball athletes including strength, power, speed, conditioning, mobility, nutrition, and much more. This book also provides sample workouts and many diagrams to help coaches and athletes start implementing what they learn into their own workouts.

Got Game

Author : Pat Williams
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 9780849957550
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Got Game written by Pat Williams and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2002-02-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Got Game draws profound and practical life lessons from the world of NBA Basketball and the words of Christian NBA stars. With powerful quotes, funny anecdotes, and dramatic stories, this book puts the reader right at center court, offering a first-hand look at life in the NBA. Read many insights to motivate the reader to live a supercharged, entusiastic, rewarding life - a life "above the rim." And who better to write this book than Pat Williams? He's the past general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, the Chicago Bulls, the Atlanta Hawks, and is currently executive vice president of the team he helped establish, the Orlando Magic. Inside you'll find a strong Christian message that is not preachy or religious-sounding. Each of the eight chapters focuses on one aspect of the game of basketball as a metaphor to illustrate an important truth about life and the Christian faith. sample chapters include Fast Break Keep Out of Foul Trouble Home Court Advantage Above The Rim

On the Rim

Author : Mark Neumann
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452903910
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book On the Rim written by Mark Neumann and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Teetering on the Rim

Author : Lesley Gill
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231505000
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Teetering on the Rim written by Lesley Gill and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this age when many trumpet the shrill fanfares of market triumphalism, few stop to ask how global political and economic restructuring is affecting impoverished states and transforming the daily lives of ordinary people. Teetering on the Rim asks just that question as it offers a critique "from below" of what has been called neoliberalism—the latest set of capitalist-inspired policies that posit "the market" as the remedy for all social and economic problems. Focusing on an impoverished city on the periphery of La Paz, the Bolivian capital, Lesley Gill examines the ways in which neoliberal policies reorder social relations among poor men and women—and between them and the state. These vulnerable low-income people teetering on the edge of survival are forced to contend not only with the state but with each other as well as an array of international organizations to get what they need to continue to live. In an effort to understand ordinary people's changing sense of what is, and is not, possible, collectively and individually, after more than a decade of economic restructuring, Teetering on the Rim reveals the vast and relentless changes wrought in the fabric of social life and offers an instructive example of just what is wrong with the global economic order.

Life on the Rim

Author : David Levine
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Life on the Rim written by David Levine and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in the National Basketball Association is the Big Time. But for many former college stars, the NBA is still a bus ticket away, and to stay sharp, they play in the NBA's official minor league--the Continental Basketball Association. Levine provides a hilarious account of minor league basketball at its very best--or worst! 8-page photo insert.

Year of the Dunk

Author : Asher Price
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0804138044
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Year of the Dunk written by Asher Price and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By embarking on a quest to dunk a basketball at the age of 34, journalist Asher Price investigates the limits of human potential—starting with his own. We all like to think that (with a little practice) we could run faster, learn another language, or whip up a perfect soufflé. But few of us ever put those hopes to the test. In Year of the Dunk, Asher Price does, and he seizes on basketball’s slam dunk--a feat richly freighted with distinctly American themes of culture, race, and upward mobility--as a gauge to determine his own hidden potential. The showmanship of the dunk mesmerized Asher as a child, but even with his height (six foot plus) and impressive wingspan, he never pushed himself to try it. Now, approaching middle age, Asher decides to spend a year remaking his body and testing his mind as he wonders, like most adults, what untapped talent he still possesses. In this humorous and often poignant journey into the pleasures and perils of exertion, Asher introduces us to a memorable cast of characters who help him understand the complexity of the human body and the individual drama at the heart of sports. Along the way he dives into the history and science of one of sports' most exuberant acts, examining everything from our genetic predisposition towards jumping to the cultural role of the slam dunk. The year-long effort forces him to ask some fundamental questions about human ability and the degree to which we can actually improve ourselves, even with great determination.

The Silencing of Emily Mullen and Other Essays

Author : Fred Hobson
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807130971
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Silencing of Emily Mullen and Other Essays written by Fred Hobson and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the preeminent contemporary scholar of southern letters, Fred Hobson is adept at cutting through the many myths and self-illusions spun about the South and exposing a far more intriguing reality. In his inaugural collection of essays, Hobson offers both an astute and deeply personal take on American and southern life. He touches on history, literature, religion, family, race, and sports as he ponders various famous and obscure biographical and autobiographical figures. Rife with stimulating writing and thought, The Silencing of Emily Mullen informs, moves, and entertains all at once. Hobson's own great-grandmother inspires the title essay, in which he investigates the whispered family rumor that Emily Mullen Gregory committed suicide by jumping down a well in the late nineteenth century. Besides the facts of Mullen's death, Hobson inquires into the plight of southern middle-class women's lives generally in that era. A happier female relative animates another absorbing chapter: Hobson's great aunt who left the benighted South with the intent of bringing enlightenment to China as a missionary and teacher from 1909 to 1941, and who became both friend and critic of Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Ruminative appraisals of H. L. Mencken, W. J. Cash, progressive journalist Gerald W. Johnson, social critic James McBride Dabbs, man of letters Louis D. Rubin, Jr., African American author Mary Mebane, novelist Richard Ford, and twentieth-century southern literature add incrementally to the collection's overall intellectual pleasures. Hobson's concluding three pieces take a more intimate turn. He reflects on his connection to the hills of North Carolina, the impact the book The Mind of the South had on him, and the love of college basketball he shared with his father. The Silencing of Emily Mullen captures both the richness and deficiencies of the South within the American society at large. It is a book that makes for exceptionally rewarding and enjoyable reading.

Life Above the Rim

Author : Terry Crowder Jr
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1664228071
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Life Above the Rim written by Terry Crowder Jr and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a conversation for those who felt like the sad times would always be. I want you to know that God acknowledges you as a amazing ,extraordinary and intelligent person created by him .I love to inspire those who had to inspire themselves in those dark days. I am one of you!

Dagon

Author : H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8726597160
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Dagon written by H. P. Lovecraft and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man is addicted to morphine, and can think of nothing but death. Only morphine has made his life barely tolerable. He is in this fragile mental state because of the things that happened in the past; because of the things he was forced to encounter. During the First World War he ended up alone on an island – an island that was pure horror. ‘Dagon’ is a horror short story written by H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published in 1917. H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an American horror writer. His best known works include ‘The Call of Cthulhu’ and ‘the Mountains of Madness’. Most of his work was originally published in pulp magazines, and Lovecraft rose into fame only after his death at the age of 46. He has had a great influence in both horror and science fiction genres.

Above the Rim

Author : Gary Tuell
Publisher : Sports Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781583820490
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Above the Rim written by Gary Tuell and published by Sports Pub. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lords of the Rim

Author : Sterling Seagrave
Publisher : Corgi
ISBN 13 : 9780552168120
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book Lords of the Rim written by Sterling Seagrave and published by Corgi. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Be so subtle that you are invisible. Be so mysterious that you are intangible. Then you will control your rivals's fate' un Tzu, from The Art of War A community of fifty five million expatriates. Up to two trillion dollars in assets. A highly integrated interconnected network of influence and favour. A firm base on the Pacific Rim. Ambitions to influence the West. Imagine the potential power of such an organisation. You don't have to. This is the Overseas Chinese. Sterling Seagrave's brilliant new book, Lords of the Rim, uncovers a complex web of operations which already dominates the Far East and which is already making inroads into the West. It is a superbly researched and spectacularly told account of an extraordinary phenomenon, telling just who the Overseas Chinese are and how they became so powerful. Spanning thousands of years it encompasses stories of murder and betrayal, bravery and corruption; of triads, syndicates, kingmakers, merchants, emperors, generals, spies and pirates. In telling this masterful and entertaining history, Seagrave provides the reader with a cautionary tale- that Chinese strategies so effective for centuries are just as succesful today."

Life Above the Rim

Author : Terry Crowder, Jr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781664228085
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Life Above the Rim written by Terry Crowder, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a conversation for those who felt like the sad times would always be. I want you to know that God acknowledges you as a amazing, extraordinary and intelligent person created by him .I love to inspire those who had to inspire themselves in those dark days. I am one of you!

Above the Rim

Author : Jen Bryant
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1647001617
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Above the Rim written by Jen Bryant and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Elgin Baylor, basketball icon and civil rights advocate, from an all-star team Hall-of-famer Elgin Baylor was one of basketball’s all-time-greatest players—an innovative athlete, team player, and quiet force for change. One of the first professional African-American players, he inspired others on and off the court. But when traveling for away games, many hotels and restaurants turned Elgin away because he was black. One night, Elgin had enough and staged a one-man protest that captured the attention of the press, the public, and the NBA. Above the Rim is a poetic, exquisitely illustrated telling of the life of an underrecognized athlete and a celebration of standing up for what is right.

The Rim of Space

Author : A. Bertram Chandler
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1473211298
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (732 download)

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Download or read book The Rim of Space written by A. Bertram Chandler and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derek Calver touches down on Lorn and is determined to join the Rim Runners to explore desolate planets. He joins the crew of Lorn Lady and sets forth for Mellise, inhabited by intelligent amphibians; for Groller, where the natives have just qualified as humanoids; for Stree with its tea loving lizards; and for Tharn, home of a pre-industrial civilization.