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Bigger Than Basketball

Author : Larry Hansgen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781954020009
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Bigger Than Basketball written by Larry Hansgen and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dayton Flyers were 2020 outright A-10 Champs, were heading to Brooklyn as the number one seed in the A-10 Championship, and were projected to be a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament. But in less than a week it was all gone-the Flyers' post-season dreams a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic that soon held the entire world in its grip. In Bigger Than Basketball, Larry Hansgen, long-time radio play-by-play voice of the Flyers, tells the story of a group of young men and their coaches who survived adversity, overcame obstacles and tragedies, and ended up having the greatest season in Dayton Flyer history. Larry takes you through an unprecedented moment of history and sheds light on a unique and resilient team. The 2019-2020 Dayton Flyers ended up standing as a beacon of coming together and sacrificing for the greater good, at a time when the Dayton, Ohio community, and the nation at large, was reeling from loss.

Intangible

Author :
Publisher : Mountain Arbor Press
ISBN 13 : 9781665302883
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Intangible written by and published by Mountain Arbor Press. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think somewhere between a sneeze and a seed. The form, emotion, and pace feel like a sneeze: impulsive, frenetic, comforting, and starts and stops on dimes. The seed is the content solely derived from twenty-six first-person accounts of Virginia Men's Basketball from 2009, when head coach Tony Bennett and his staff arrived in Charlottesville, until 2019, when the program won its first National Championship, and after it became the first #1 seed to lose to a #16 seed in the NCAA Tournament the year prior. Back in his coaching days, Dick Bennett, Tony's father, created a value system known as the Five Pillars (Humility, Passion, Unity, Servanthood, and Thankfulness). Tony continued the tradition at Virginia and gradually transformed the culture of the cellar-dwelling program he inherited into an elite, sustainable family that develops men of character, patience, potential, and tenacity to unlock that potential in basketball and beyond. I spent a year-plus gathering video interviews averaging 45 minutes, and the initial transcriptions spanned over 225,000 words. I took myself out, culled for quality, humor, adversity, and wisdom, and edited the remnants for clarity while keeping them raw enough to mimic natural conversation. From there, I broke them into paragraphs and lines arranged in sections, themes, and years, and proceeded to stitch them together to form a collective memoir organized into an oral history of a decade. The resulting 90,000 words let the players, coaches, staff members, and student managers tell their own tale. After the National Championship Game in 2019, journalists from all over the country hammered the two-year turnaround from the biggest upset in college basketball history in 2018, but that comeback story doesn't happen without the previous eight seasons' teams building upon one another and providing the platform for the National Championship to occur. So, I made this: intangible.

By the Grace of the Game

Author : Dan Grunfeld
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1641257008
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book By the Grace of the Game written by Dan Grunfeld and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multi-generational family epic detailing history's only known journey from Auschwitz to the NBA When Lily and Alex entered a packed gymnasium in Queens, New York in 1972, they barely recognized their son. The boy who escaped to America with them, who was bullied as he struggled to learn English and cope with family tragedy, was now a young man who had discovered and secretly honed his basketball talent on the outdoor courts of New York City. That young man was Ernie Grunfeld, who would go on to win an Olympic gold medal and reach previously unimaginable heights as an NBA player and executive. In By the Grace of the Game, Dan Grunfeld, once a basketball standout himself at Stanford University, shares the remarkable story of his family, a delicately interwoven narrative that doesn't lack in heartbreak yet remains as deeply nourishing as his grandmother's Hungarian cooking, so lovingly described. The true improbability of the saga lies in the discovery of a game that unknowingly held the power to heal wounds, build bridges, and tie together a fractured Jewish family. If the magnitude of an American dream is measured by the intensity of the nightmare that came before and the heights of the triumph achieved after, then By the Grace of the Game recounts an American dream story of unprecedented scale. From the grips of the Nazis to the top of the Olympic podium, from the cheap seats to center stage at Madison Square Garden, from yellow stars to silver spoons, this complex tale traverses the spectrum of the human experience to detail how perseverance, love, and legacy can survive through generations, carried on the shoulders of a simple and beautiful game.

LeBron James

Author : Katie Kawa
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1534536876
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book LeBron James written by Katie Kawa and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LeBron James is known as one of the best basketball players of all time. He makes a difference every time he steps on the court, but he also makes a big difference off the court. From speaking out on social issues to starting a school to help kids in need find a path to success, he's become a role model that young people can look up to. His inspiring life story is presented to readers through empowering content, quote boxes with words from King James himself, full-color photographs, and graphic organizers.

MediaSport

Author : Lawrence Wenner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134826044
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book MediaSport written by Lawrence Wenner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MediaSport is a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which sport and the media interact. It is written by leading experts from around the world in the field of sports studies, sports journalism and leisure studies. Among the subjects covered are: * sports ethics * sport and race * sport and gender * sport and violence on television * the globalization of sports * marketing sports on the Internet.

Bigger Than the Game

Author : Dirk Hayhurst
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 0806534877
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Bigger Than the Game written by Dirk Hayhurst and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The best writer in a baseball uniform." --Tyler Kepner, The New York Times After nearly a decade in the minors, Dirk Hayhurst defied the odds to climb onto the pitcher's mound for the Toronto Blue Jays. Newly married, with a big league paycheck and a brand new house, Hayhurst was ready for a great season in the Bigs. Then fate delivered a crushing hit. Hayhurst blew out his pitching shoulder in an insane off-season workout program. After surgery, rehab, and more rehab, his major-league dreams seemed more distant than ever. From there things got worse, weirder, and funnier. In a crazy world of injured athletes, autograph-seeking nuns, angry wrestlers, and trainers with a taste for torture, Hayhurst learned lessons about the game--and himself--that were not in any rulebook. Honest, soul'searching, insightful, hilarious, and moving, Dirk Hayhurst's latest memoir is an indisputable baseball classic. Praise for The Bullpen Gospels and Out of My League "Dirk Hayhurst writes about baseball in a unique way. Observant, insightful, human, and hilarious." --Bob Costas "A fun read. . .This book shows why baseball is so often used as a metaphor for life." --Keith Olbermann "Entertaining and engaging. . .reminiscent of Jim Bouton's Ball Four." --Booklist "A rare gem of a baseball book." --Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated "A humorous, candid, and insightful memoir of Hayhurst's rookie season in the majors. . .Grade: Home Run." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

A Father First

Author : Dwyane Wade
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062136186
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book A Father First written by Dwyane Wade and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat is one of the superstars of the NBA—and a Gold Medal winner at the Bejing Olympics—but he’s A Father First. In this moving and triumphant memoir, Wade shares his inspiring thoughts about fathers and sons, writing poignantly about the gratifying responsibilities of being a single dad to his two sons, Zaire and Zion, while recounting his own growing up years and his memorable rise to the top echelon of professional basketball.

The Coach

Author : Thomas B. Speaker
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1617390704
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Coach written by Thomas B. Speaker and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Coach, The newest novel from author Tom Speaker, follow 'Dart' Darnell through eight years of playing elementary, middle school, and high school basketball, four army years during WWII, four years of playing college basketball, and forty-one years of coaching. Coach with him, not just through the X and O's, but the ecstasy of winning, The lessons learned from losing, And The joy of his experiences as he see young kids grow to success in basketball, but more importantly grow to be successful in life and becoming good fathers and family men. Make the decisions with him as he balances the opportunities of coaching success with the most important successes in life of being a good husband, father, and Christian. 'It was one of the most positive and touching reading experiences I've had this year.' Although this is a fictional book, author William Joseph Palmer says, 'I really liked the way the author tied his plotting To The real historical events of the decades as they unfolded and interwove the fictional characters with real characters like Oscar Robertson and Ray Crowe.' —William Palmer, award-winning author of the Dickens Series

Woman Up

Author : Carrie Dunn
Publisher : Legend Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1915643503
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Woman Up written by Carrie Dunn and published by Legend Press Ltd. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the triumph of England’s Lionesses at Euro 2022, the women’s game has been in the spotlight like never before, enjoying unprecedented media attention.

No Malice

Author : Metta World Peace
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1633198456
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (331 download)

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Download or read book No Malice written by Metta World Peace and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metta World Peace knows what it means to be both the hero and the villain. In his 17-season professional basketball career, he's darted back and forth between extremes, taking on the roles of youthful phenom, league-wide disgrace, All-Star, unlikely international ambassador, and fan favorite. Along the way, there have been awards, teammate rifts, an NBA championship trophy, plus a name change or two. It's more than the guy born Ronald William Artest, Jr. might have imagined for himself as a kid growing up in Queens. In No Malice, World Peace speaks candidly about his life on and off the court, from his difficult upbringing, to his time as a star athlete and budding math major at St. Johns; from the infamous "Malice at the Palace" brawl in Detroit, where he earned one of the lengthiest suspensions the NBA has ever handed down, to his sunnier days as a Los Angeles Laker. World Peace also opens up on such diverse subjects as his forays into business and entertainment, the truth behind his volatile, unbelievable antics which have puzzled fans and team management alike, as well as his outspoken advocacy for mental health awareness. No topic is off the table, making this a must-read for hoops fans in Indianapolis, LA, Chicago, China, and any place in between.

Yes Ma'am, No Sir

Author : Coach Carter
Publisher : Business Plus
ISBN 13 : 1455502332
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Yes Ma'am, No Sir written by Coach Carter and published by Business Plus. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the same vein as major bestsellers as Tony Dungy's Quiet Strength, Coach K's Leading with the Heart, and Bo'sLasting Lessons by Bo Schembechler, Coach Ken Carter brings us a highly personal motivational and inspirational book of dedicated life lessons. Accountability . . . Overcoming adversity . . . Taking charge of your life . . . Learning how to succeed when others expect you to fail. These are the essences of Coach Carter's basic building blocks for winning in life. From learning about the quality of one's character to the love of learning-as well as the importance of self-discipline and spirituality-Coach Carter takes you through his own life experiences and shows you how you, too, can become successful in your everyday life. His fundamental belief is that you must start with respect for others, your community, and your environment before you can attain your own goals, both personally and professionally. As the no-nonsense head coach of the Richmond High School boys' basketball team from 1997-2002, Ken "Coach" Carter gained nationwide fame when he locked his undefeated team out of the gym in order to push them to improve their grades. Since then, Coach Carter has remained in the public eye as a highly sought-after speaker-partaking in more than 125 speaking engagements per year-for youth groups and educational panels worldwide. In January 2012, Coach Carter opened the Coach Carter Impact Academy, which provides room and board, as well as a business school for developing entrepreneurs. Over the years, the author has received numerous awards and continues to help at-risk youth daily through the Coach Ken Carter Foundation. Yes Ma'am, No Sir spells out Coach's 12 lessons for success. Inspirational, motivational, and informational, this is must-reading for anyone who truly wants to know how to get ahead.

Bigger Than Basketball

Author : Ashley Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735615806
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book Bigger Than Basketball written by Ashley Evans and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bigger Than Basketball, Ashley provides new perspectives for daily use on the court and off the court. Whether you are an amateur or a professional in your career, renewing your mind will be beneficial in all aspects of your life. God has great plans for you that go beyond what you do.

The Circus Is in Town

Author : Lisa Doris Alexander
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496836510
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book The Circus Is in Town written by Lisa Doris Alexander and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions by Lisa Doris Alexander, Matthew H. Barton, Andrew C. Billings, Carlton Brick, Ted M. Butryn, Brian Carroll, Arthur T. Challis, Roxane Coche, Curtis M. Harris, Jay Johnson, Melvin Lewis, Jack Lule, Rory Magrath, Matthew A. Masucci, Andrew McIntosh, Jorge E. Moraga, Leigh M. Moscowitz, David C. Ogden, Joel Nathan Rosen, Kevin A. Stein, and Henry Yu In this fifth book on sport and the nature of reputation, editors Lisa Doris Alexander and Joel Nathan Rosen have tasked their contributors with examining reputation from the perspective of celebrity and spectacle, which in some cases can be better defined as scandal. The subjects chronicled in this volume have all proven themselves to exist somewhere on the spectacular spectrum—the spotlight seemed always to gravitate toward them. All have displayed phenomenal feats of athletic prowess and artistry, and all have faced a controversy or been thrust into a situation that grows from age-old notions of the spectacle. Some handled the hoopla like the champions they are, or were, while others struggled and even faded amid the hustle and flow of their runaway celebrity. While their individual narratives are engrossing, these stories collectively paint a portrait of sport and spectacle that offers context and clarity. Written by a range of scholarly contributors from multiple disciplines, The Circus Is in Town: Sport, Celebrity, and Spectacle contains careful analysis of such megastars as LeBron James, Tonya Harding, David Beckham, Shaquille O’Neal, Maria Sharapova, and Colin Kaepernick. This final volume of a project that has spanned the first three decades of the twenty-first century looks to sharpen questions regarding how it is that reputations of celebrity athletes are forged, maintained, transformed, repurposed, destroyed, and at times rehabilitated. The subjects in this collection have been driven by this notion of the spectacle in ways that offer interesting and entertaining inquiry into the arc of athletic reputations.

Sweet Charlie, Dike, Cazzie, and Bobby Joe

Author : Taylor H. A. Bell
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252090489
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Sweet Charlie, Dike, Cazzie, and Bobby Joe written by Taylor H. A. Bell and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In urban and rural high schools throughout Illinois, basketball is a Friday night ritual. Local games are often the biggest thing happening all week, and the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and state tournaments attract fanatical fans by the thousands. Far from the jaded professionals, the stories in Taylor Bell's Sweet Charlie, Dike, Cazzie, and Bobby Joe are of hungry young men playing their hearts out, where high-tops and high hopes inspire "hoop dreams" from Peoria to Pinckneyville, and Champaign to Chicago. Bell, a life-long fan and authority on high school basketball in Illinois, brings together for the first time the stories of the great players, teams, and coaches from the 1940s through the 1990s. The book is titled for four players who reflect the unique quality of high school basketball, and whose first names are enough to trigger memories in fans who love the sport -- Sweet Charlie Brown, Dike Eddleman, Cazzie Russell, and Bobby Joe Mason. Bell offers exciting accounts of their exploits, told with a journalistic flair. Beyond a lifetime spent covering the sport, Bell's research includes three hundred and fifty personal interviews with coaches, administrators, family members, and fans. He has attended the Elite Eight finals of every boys' state basketball tournament since 1958, and met and written about many of the most outstanding teams, coaches, and players who helped to make Illinois one of the most exciting arenas for high school basketball in the United States. Sixty photographs add depth to the accounts. By a fan, for the fans, Sweet Charlie, Dike, Cazzie, and Bobby Joe is the authoritative book on high school basketball in Illinois, and will elate anyone who has thrilled to the poignant highs and shattering lows of high school sports.

1001 Basketball Trivia Questions

Author : Dale Ratermann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1613216807
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book 1001 Basketball Trivia Questions written by Dale Ratermann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basketball has evolved to one of the most commonly played sports worldwide. Regardless of how well you think you know basketball, there’s bound to be questions in this book to challenge and entertain, to stimulate discussion, and to start and settle arguments. Featuring questions from the professional, collegiate, and women's games, this book covers it all—the players, the coaches, the arenas, the Olympics, and much more. Some of the questions the book answers include: &bull Why is uniform No. 6 retired by the Sacramento Kings? &bull Who holds the record for most points in Game 7 of the NBA Finals? &bull At what Big Ten school was baseball slugger Frank Howard also a basketball standout? &bull Where was the first NCAA Final Four in 1939? &bull Who was the MVP in the WNBA’s first season? &bull And 996 more! Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius

Author : Nick Greene
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683359208
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius written by Nick Greene and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game creators, magicians, therapists, and more Basketball is the second-most popular sport in the world—an insanely complicated game built on a combination of athleticism, craftiness, rules, intangibles, and superstardom. However, while it’s enjoyable to watch, the real reason it works is because it’s a game of culture, art, and all the things that make us human. How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius deconstructs the sport from top to bottom and then puts it back together again, detailing its intricacies through reporting and dozens of interviews with experts. These experts, however, are a diverse group: wine critics weighing in on LeBron’s ability to delegate on the fly, magicians analyzing Chris Paul’s mystifying dribbling techniques, cartographers breaking down Steph Curry’s deadeye three-point shooting. Every chapter treats basketball to a multi-disciplined study that adventures far beyond the lines of the court, examining key elements of the sport from some surprising and revealing angles. There’s a reason it has conquered the world, and every game is a chance to learn about pop culture, fashion, history, science, art, and anything else that bounces our way.

Take the Shot

Author : Susan White
Publisher : Affirm Press
ISBN 13 : 1922419141
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (224 download)

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Download or read book Take the Shot written by Susan White and published by Affirm Press. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bug has a secret. Actually, he has a lot of secrets ... NUMBER ONE: he's formed a basketball team at his new school based on a giant lie. NUMBER TWO: his parents don't know he's playing basketball again. NUMBER THREE: his new team-mates have no idea he isn't allowed to play, and they definitely don't know why. Bug will do ANYTHING to keep his secrets, keep his new team and keep his life from falling apart. Because no one can know THE BIGGEST SECRET OF ALL ... Bug risks his life every time he steps out onto the basketball court.