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David Thompson, Skywalker

Author : David Thompson
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781582616520
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book David Thompson, Skywalker written by David Thompson and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the inspiring story of basketball legend David Thompson, chronicling his rise, fall and incredible recovery from cocaine and alcohol abuse. In college, he led the 1973-74 North Carolina State Wolfpack to its first NCAA title, and a year later, he was the No. 1 draft pick in both the NBA and ABA. When the two leagues merged, Thompson signed the largest contract in NBA history in 1978. But Thompson disappeared just as rapidly as he had arrived. In 1996, Thompson was elected to the NBA Hall of Fame and has been named numerous times as one of the five greatest college players of all-time.

David Skywalker Thompson

Author : Nathan Jones
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548002022
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book David Skywalker Thompson written by Nathan Jones and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1970's and 1980's are often referred to as the "Golden Years" of college and professional basketball. During this time frame, some of the best basketball players of all-time were either in their prime or well on their way to accomplishment. Players such as Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, and Julius Irving are just a few. Before there was the great Michael Jordan as a member of the famed North Carolina Tarheel basketball team, there was a man by the name of David Thompson. He would bring basketball to the forefront in North Carolina in several different ways. While David Thompson is often overlooked in comparison to some of the many great players in these years, his story is impressive in itself.

David Thompson Watson

Author : Frederick Thomas Reynolds (American)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (776 download)

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Download or read book David Thompson Watson written by Frederick Thomas Reynolds (American) and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ebony

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ebony written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-05 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

Reality's Pen

Author : Thomas D. Rush
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1938223187
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Reality's Pen written by Thomas D. Rush and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reality's Pen portrays the Eastside of Asheboro, NC as a mother who provides a safe cocoon filled with neighborly concern and care. This location, aka "The Hill," is a place of magic, with a sense of community pervading the air. This comfortable milieu flung author Thomas D. Rush out into the world like a cultural arrow aimed at intriguing future events. From a 1989 one-on-one, prophetic conversation with the first African-American President of the United States, to a mystical revelation from a mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr., Reality's Pen provides a mesmerizing tapestry of reflections. Rush includes his timely residence in celebratory Chicago, along with an enticing view of fellow North Carolinian Michael Jordan, as Jordan led his Chicago Bulls to their first NBA championship.

Jet

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-02-26 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.

The Road to Madness

Author : J. Samuel Walker
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469630249
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Road to Madness written by J. Samuel Walker and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NCAA men's basketball tournament is one of the iconic events in American sports. In this fast-paced, in-depth account, J. Samuel Walker and Randy Roberts identify the 1973–74 season as pivotal in the making of this now legendary postseason tournament. In an era when only one team per conference could compete, the dramatic defeat of coach John Wooden's UCLA Bruins by the North Carolina State Wolfpack ended a decade of the Bruins' dominance, fueled unprecedented national attention, and prompted the NCAA to expand the tournament field to a wider range of teams. Walker and Roberts provide a richly detailed chronicle of the games that made the season so memorable and uncover the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that set the stage for the celebrated spectacle that now fixes the nation's attention every March.

The Sons of Westwood

Author : John Matthew Smith
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252095057
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Sons of Westwood written by John Matthew Smith and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a decade, the UCLA dynasty defined college basketball. In twelve seasons from 1964 to 1975, John Wooden's teams won ten national titles, including seven consecutive championships. The Bruins made history by breaking numerous records, but they also rose to prominence during a turbulent age of political unrest and youthful liberation. When Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton--the most famous college basketball players of their generation--spoke out against racism, poverty, and the Vietnam War, they carved out a new role for athletes, casting their actions on and off the court in a political light. The Sons of Westwood tells the story of the most significant college basketball program at a pivotal period in American cultural history. It weaves together a story of sports and politics in an era of social and cultural upheaval, a time when college students and college athletes joined the civil rights movement, demonstrated against the Vietnam War, and rejected the dominant Cold War culture. This is the story of America's culture wars played out on the basketball court by some of college basketball's most famous players and its most memorable coach.

Kings of the Garden

Author : Adam J. Criblez
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501774468
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Kings of the Garden written by Adam J. Criblez and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Kings of the Garden, Adam J. Criblez traces the fall and rise of the New York Knicks between the 1973, the year they won their last NBA championship, and 1985, when the organization drafted Patrick Ewing and gave their fans hope after a decade of frustrations. During these years, the teams led by Walt Frazier, Earl Monroe, Bob McAdoo, Spencer Haywood, and Bernard King never achieved tremendous on-court success, and their struggles mirrored those facing New York City over the same span. In the mid-seventies, as the Knicks lost more games than they won and played before smaller and smaller crowds, the city they represented was on the brink of bankruptcy, while urban disinvestment, growing income inequality, and street gangs created a feeling of urban despair. Kings of the Garden details how the Knicks' fortunes and those of New York City were inextricably linked. As the team's Black superstars enjoyed national fame, Black musicians, DJs, and B-boys in the South Bronx were creating a new culture expression—hip-hop—that like the NBA would become a global phenomenon. Criblez's fascinating account of the era shows that even though the team's efforts to build a dynasty ultimately failed, the Knicks, like the city they played in, scrappily and spectacularly symbolized all that was right—and wrong—with the NBA and the nation during this turbulent, creative, and momentous time.

Young, Black, Rich, and Famous

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803233720
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book Young, Black, Rich, and Famous written by and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Young, Black, Rich, and Famous, Todd Boyd chronicles how basketball and hip hop have gone from being reviled by the American mainstream in the 1970s to being embraced and imitated globally today. For young black men, he argues, they represent a new version of the American dream, one embodying the hopes and desires of those excluded from the original version. Shedding light on both perception and reality, Boyd shows that the NBA has been at the forefront of recognizing and incorporating cultural shifts?from the initial image of 1970s basketball players as overpaid black drug addicts, to Michael Jordan?s spectacular rise as a universally admired icon, to the 1990s, when the hip hop aesthetic (for example, Allen Iverson?s cornrows, multiple tattoos, and defiant, in-your-face attitude) appeared on the basketball court. Hip hop lyrics, with their emphasis on ?keepin? it real? and marked by a colossal indifference to mainstream taste, became an equally powerful influence on young black men. These two influences have created a brand-new, brand-name generation that refuses to assimilate but is nonetheless an important part of mainstream American culture. This Bison Books edition includes a new introduction by the author.

On the Hardwood: Denver Nuggets

Author : Zach Wyner
Publisher : MVP Books
ISBN 13 : 1615709061
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book On the Hardwood: Denver Nuggets written by Zach Wyner and published by MVP Books. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring some oxygen On the Hardwood where the Denver Nuggets hold court. This team book offers a peek into the future of an entertaining franchise, a future in which a championship is the lone goal.

Loose Balls

Author : Terry Pluto
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439127522
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Loose Balls written by Terry Pluto and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. What do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. The NBA may have won the financial battle, but the ABA won the artistic war. With its stress on wide-open individual play, the adoption of the 3-point shot and pressing defense, and the encouragement of flashy moves and flying dunks, today's NBA is still—decades later —just the ABA without the red, white and blue ball. Loose Balls is, after all these years, the definitive and most widely respected history of the ABA. It's a wild ride through some of the wackiest, funniest, strangest times ever to hit pro sports—told entirely through the (often incredible) words of those who played, wrote and connived their way through the league's nine seasons.

The Story of the Denver Nuggets

Author : Nate LeBoutillier
Publisher : The Creative Company
ISBN 13 : 9781583414057
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Denver Nuggets written by Nate LeBoutillier and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of the Denver Nuggets, highlighting the team's origins, stars, and greatest moments.

Hoop Lore

Author : Connie Kirchberg
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078642673X
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Hoop Lore written by Connie Kirchberg and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age where teenage hoop stars sign multimillion-dollar endorsement deals before their first professional tip-offs, it's hard to imagine a time when basketball was among the least publicized of all professional sports. After the game's creation in 1891, establishing a viable professional league was an intense struggle, requiring decades of hard work and dedication from players, owners, coaches and fans. While the game evolved from two-handed set shots, fruit baskets, short-shorts and tiny gyms to slam dunks, shoe endorsements, global popularity and massive urban arenas, the NBA established itself as one of the world's dominant professional leagues. This work, the first comprehensive history of the National Basketball Association, offers a detailed look at how and why the NBA was able to overcome the obstacles that had crushed its predecessors and competitors to become the most successfully marketed league in professional sports. Covered here are Naismith's invention of the game; the rise and fall of the NBL, BAA, ABL and ABA; early teams like the Buffalo Germans and the Harlem Rens; basketball's Olympic debut in 1936; the first professional superstars; dominant franchises; and the current state of the league. Appendices offer lists of early professional basketball leagues and commissioners of the NBA, NBL and ABA.

Basketball

Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313061971
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Basketball written by David L. Porter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-07-30 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century to its pervasive presence in 21st-century America, basketball has grown into an undeniably important sport. The 575 entries in this biographical dictionary present concise narratives on the lives and careers on the most important names in basketball history. Entries include both classic players such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob Cousy as well as more recently established and up-and-coming stars such as Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, and LeBron James. Entries for coaches such as the Boston Celtics' Red Auerbach and Mike Krzyzewski from Duke University present the figures who have shaped the game from courtside, while the inclusion of female players and coaches such as Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi, and Pat Summitt show that basketball is not just a sport for men. From its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century to its pervasive presence in 21st-century America, basketball has grown into an undeniably important sport. The 575 entries in this biographical dictionary present concise narratives on the lives and careers on the most important names in basketball history. Entries include both classic players such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob Cousy as well as more recently established and up-and-coming stars such as Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, and LeBron James. Entries for coaches such as the Boston Celtics' Red Auerbach and Mike Krzyzewski from Duke University present the figures who have shaped the game from courtside, while the inclusion of female players and coaches such as Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi, and Pat Summitt show that basketball is not just a sport for men. This volume is an ideal reference for students seeking easily accessed information on the greats of the game.

Sport in American Culture

Author : Joyce D. Duncan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851095594
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Sport in American Culture written by Joyce D. Duncan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-11-19 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and timely exploration of the cultural impact of sport on American society, including lifestyles, language, and thinking. Sport in American Culture is the first and only reference work to provide an in-depth and up-to-date exploration of sport and its impact on American culture. Essays from more than 200 scholars, professionals, and sports enthusiasts address how sport has changed our lifestyles, language, and thinking. Arranged alphabetically, the work introduces key sport figures and national icons, with a focus on their cultural impact, examines individual sports and how they have influenced society, and discusses such phenomena as the billion-dollar athletic apparel industry, sport as big business, and the effect of sport on gender, racial views, pride, and nationalism. In addition to expected topics, the work also includes less studied areas such as myths, audience rituals, Wheaties, comic books, the hula hoop, and religion.

The Field That Wasn't Leveled

Author : Jibreel A. Rashad
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1662422628
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Field That Wasn't Leveled written by Jibreel A. Rashad and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Field That Wasn't Leveled is the true story of a young boy growing up in a lowermiddle-class neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. Against all odds, he manages to survive the tough streets of Oak Cliff while immersing himself into the world of sports, becoming a high school and college football star. For years, he was told by his coaches that the gridiron was an equal playing field. But no one ever told him about the field that wasn't. After a brief tryout with the NFL New York Giants, he would return to Dallas, Texas, only to find himself being a target in an FBI-masterminded investigation. With his faith intact, he began walking upon "The Field That Wasn't Leveled."