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The Summer League

Author : David W. Kennedy
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book The Summer League written by David W. Kennedy and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year was 1987 in midstate North Carolina. School had released for the summer, and the summer league baseball program was about to begin. This summer would be different than the previous years of youth baseball. This league was for serious players with ambitions in baseball. Witness the adventures of a "last minute" coach, an all-star third baseman, and a brokenhearted thirteen-year-old boy stepping onto a baseball diamond for the first time. That summer, I witnessed God's Providence at work and completely overlooked what, I believe, our team had accomplished until I was in my late forties. Enjoy the story of joy and overcoming and the fact that with God, all things are possible.

The Book of Basketball

Author : Bill Simmons
Publisher : ESPN
ISBN 13 : 0345520106
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Basketball written by Bill Simmons and published by ESPN. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The NBA according to The Sports Guy—now updated with fresh takes on LeBron, the Celtics, and more! Foreword by Malcom Gladwell • “The work of a true fan . . . it might just represent the next phase of sports commentary.”—The Atlantic Bill Simmons, the wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining basketball addict known to millions as ESPN’s The Sports Guy, has written the definitive book on the past, present, and future of the NBA. From the age-old question of who actually won the rivalry between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain to the one about which team was truly the best of all time, Simmons opens—and then closes, once and for all—every major pro basketball debate. Then he takes it further by completely reevaluating not only how NBA Hall of Fame inductees should be chosen but how the institution must be reshaped from the ground up, the result being the Pyramid: Simmons’s one-of-a-kind five-level shrine to the ninety-six greatest players in the history of pro basketball. And ultimately he takes fans to the heart of it all, as he uses a conversation with one NBA great to uncover that coveted thing: The Secret of Basketball. Comprehensive, authoritative, controversial, hilarious, and impossible to put down (even for Celtic-haters), The Book of Basketball offers every hardwood fan a courtside seat beside the game’s finest, funniest, and fiercest chronicler.

Summer League

Author : Connie Fleishauer
Publisher : Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc
ISBN 13 : 9781627466424
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (664 download)

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Download or read book Summer League written by Connie Fleishauer and published by Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While on deck, Dave began to daydream... The summertime had finally come for guys like him. The smell of the grass, the chalk line, the warmth of the air beckoned one more time, to step between the lines and win. This was Church League Softball, one more chance for Dave to wipe out some of his past failures. The game featured the two best teams in the league, and Dave didn't just want to win, he wanted to beat the tar out of 'em! You see, this game was against his longtime rival and nemesis, Brock Stanton. Dave's train of thought was broken by that all too familiar voice, Well, if it ain't the strikeout king himself. How you doin', Janzen? I'll give you some credit, at least you showed up for the game. I don't know exactly why. You can't beat us - never have, never will. Dave Janzen has been through quite a lot, and just like millions of other washed-up athletes and weekend warriors, the softball diamond was a welcome retreat. Sports can teach a person a lot about themselves, but it can also teach them a lot about God. This is Dave's journey.

The Coach’s Guide to Teaching

Author : Doug Lemov
Publisher : John Catt
ISBN 13 : 1913808718
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book The Coach’s Guide to Teaching written by Doug Lemov and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mark of a great coach is a constant desire to learn and grow. A hunger to use whatever can make them better. The best-selling author of Teach Like a Champion and Reading Reconsidered brings his considerable knowledge about the science of classroom teaching to the sports coaching world to create championship caliber coaches on the court and field. What great classroom teachers do is relevant to coaches in profound ways. After all, coaches are at their core teachers. Lemov knows that coaches face many of the same challenges found in the classroom, so the science of learning applies equally to them. Unfortunately, coaches and organizations have a mixed level of understanding of the research and study of the science of learning. Sometimes coaches and organizations build their teaching on myths and platitudes more than science. Sometimes there isn’t any science applied at all. While there are thousands of books and websites a coach can consult to better understand technical and tactical aspects of the game, there is nothing for a coach to consult that explicitly examines the teaching problems on the field, the court, the rink, and the diamond. Until now. Intended to offer lessons and guidance that are applicable to coaches of any sporting endeavor including everyone from parent volunteers to professional coaches and private trainers, Lemov brings the powerful science of learning to the arena of sports coaching to create the next generation of championship caliber coaches.

The League

Author : Thatcher Heldring
Publisher : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0385741812
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book The League written by Thatcher Heldring and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old Wyatt, hoping to impress a girl and ward off a bully, decides to join his older brother's summer football league, "The League of Pain," against the advice of his parents, who think golf is the right sport for him.

Girls of Summer

Author : Lois Browne
Publisher : HarperAudio
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Girls of Summer written by Lois Browne and published by HarperAudio. This book was released on 1992 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful chronicle of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, as recalled by the very women and men who were a part of it. From Philip K. Wrigley, the chewing-gum mogul who had the idea for the league, to "Gabby" Ziegler, captain of the Grand Rapids Chicks, Girls of the Summer is about dreams and about making those dreams come true.

Summer Ball

Author : Mike Lupica
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101200626
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Summer Ball written by Mike Lupica and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Travel Team! When you’re the smallest kid playing a big man’s game, the challenges never stop—especially when your name is Danny Walker. Leading your travel team to the national championship may seem like a dream come true, but for Danny, being at the top just means the competition tries that much harder to knock him off. Now Danny’s leaving Middletown for the summer and heading to Right Way basketball camp, where he’s out of his element and maybe out of his league. The country’s best ballers are in attendance, and Danny will need to raise his game if he wants to match up. But it won’t be easy. Old rivals and new battles leave Danny wondering if he really has what it takes to stand tall. “Lupica is at his best when he puts the reader right in the center of the action on the court. His game descriptions are fast, accurate, and exciting. Young sports-fiction fans will eat this up.” –Booklist “Sports fans will relish the on-court action, expertly rendered in Lupica's taut prose. This worthy sequel to Travel Team should earn a wide audience.” –School Library Journal “Lupica knows his basketball and knows how to spin a page-turner of a story. Those who enjoyed the first installment of Danny's story will be thrilled to read a sequel, and even those middle school readers who are not huge sports fans will want to cheer for Danny Walker, who proves that determination can be a whole lot bigger than height.” –VOYA

The Last Best League

Author : Jim Collins
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780738209012
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Last Best League written by Jim Collins and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-03-16 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling story of a single season in the world's finest amateur baseball league

Boxed out of the NBA

Author : Syl Sobel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538145030
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Boxed out of the NBA written by Syl Sobel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eastern Professional Basketball League (1946-78) was fast and physical, often played in tiny, smoke-filled gyms across the northeast and featuring the best players who just couldn’t make the NBA—many because of unofficial quotas on Black players, some because of scandals, and others because they weren’t quite good enough in the years when the NBA had less than 100 players. In Boxed out of the NBA: Remembering the Eastern Professional Basketball League, Syl Sobel and Jay Rosenstein tell the fascinating story of a league that was a pro basketball institution for over 30 years, showcasing top players from around the country. During the early years of professional basketball, the Eastern League was the next-best professional league in the world after the NBA. It was home to big-name players such as Sherman White, Jack Molinas, and Bill Spivey, who were implicated in college gambling scandals in the 1950s and were barred from the NBA, and top Black players such as Hal “King” Lear, Julius McCoy, and Wally Choice, who could not make the NBA into the early 1960s due to unwritten team quotas on African-American players. Featuring interviews with some 40 former Eastern League coaches, referees, fans, and players—including Syracuse University coach Jim Boeheim, former Temple University coach John Chaney, former Detroit Pistons player and coach Ray Scott, former NBA coach and ESPN analyst Hubie Brown, and former NBA player and coach Bob Weiss—this book provides an intimate, first-hand account of small-town professional basketball at its best.

The Spencer Haywood Rule

Author : Marc J. Spears
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1641253851
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book The Spencer Haywood Rule written by Marc J. Spears and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you are a basketball fan, you should be aware of Spencer Haywood's immense historical importance. If you're not aware, you should be." —Bob Ryan, The Boston Globe Hall of Famer, Olympic gold medalist, MVP, and All-Star could all be used to describe the illustrious career of Spencer Haywood on the hardwood. From picking cotton in rural Mississippi to the historic 1968 Olympics to Winning ABA MVP to the battle with the NBA that would go all the way to the Supreme Court and change the league forever, Spencer Haywood's life has been a microcosm of 20th-century sports and culture. One of the most dominant big men of his era, Haywood burst onto the international scene as a teenager with a revelatory performance at the Mexico City Olympics. Yet, while his basketball career was just beginning back in that summer of '68, it was only one of many notable moments in the extraordinary and fateful life of the big man from Silver City, Mississippi. In The Spencer Haywood Rule, Marc J. Spears of ESPN's The Undefeated and Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe worked with Spencer to tell the remarkable story of a man who was born into indentured servitude in rural Mississippi, and all of the unbelievable trials, tribulations, successes, failures, and redemptions that followed. Haywood would go on to be the ABA Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season, but his triumphs on the court are only part of the?legend. His winding journey off the court saw him challenge the NBA's draft-entry rules and win at the Supreme Court level; run in New York City high-fashion circles in the mid-70s with his then-wife, supermodel Iman; and bottom out with alcohol and drug addiction during the infancy of the Showtime Lakers dynasty.? Spears and Washburn explore how Haywood's impact was felt throughout the NBA and in society at large—and still is to this day—culminating in Haywood's inspiring second act as an advocate for current and retired NBA players alike.

Pitching Democracy

Author : April Yoder
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477326766
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Pitching Democracy written by April Yoder and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book focuses on the history of baseball in the Dominican Republic, especially the sport's political ramifications. Yoder argues that Dominicans kept their sense of democratic idealism in part because they were intertwined with the aspirations of baseball as it developed into a transnational industry. Baseball became economically central to the Dominican Republic at the same time as the country was turning toward concerns of development, resulting in an economic and political "Third Way" that drew from both the Cuban and US models"--

A Championship Life Forever

Author : Derrick Copeland SR
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1640284621
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book A Championship Life Forever written by Derrick Copeland SR and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Championship Life Forever: The Chesterfield Community High School Story 2005-2006-this story is about a group of high school basketball players who learn the understanding and key principles of pride, education, and winning life through the teaching at a small high school with the help, love, and passion of the founder, teachers, staff, and basketball coaches. The story will show you how young men from different walks of life came together by setting goals that enable them to activate their God-given gifts and be successful on and off the basketball court for the rest of their life. This story was seen through the eyes of the author, Derrick J. Copeland Sr., whose two sons, James and David, were a part of that great team. The story will show how young boys turn to men and brought a change to a school, basketball program, and community forever. You will learn the blueprint for living and winning a successful life.

Seven Seconds Or Less

Author : Jack McCallum
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743298136
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Seven Seconds Or Less written by Jack McCallum and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the Phoenix Suns' 2005-2006 basketball season, discussing players, coaches, games, organizational changes, and more.

Leagues of Their Own

Author : Jon C. Stott
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786411306
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Leagues of Their Own written by Jon C. Stott and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This history and analysis traces the emergence of independent leagues and teams and follows them year by year. It profiles in detail one team from each of the leagues operating in 1999: the Bridgeport (Connecticut) Blue Fish of the Atlantic League, the Kalamazoo (Michigan) Kodiaks of the Frontier League, the Tri-City (Washington) Posse of the Western League, the Ozark (Missouri) Mountain Ducks of the Texas-Louisiana League, and the Duluth-Superior (Minnesota) Dukes of the Northern League West. Also included are profiles of individual players, managers, owners, umpires, and fans."--BOOK JACKET.

Away Games

Author : Marcos Bretón
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826322326
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Away Games written by Marcos Bretón and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Latino players in the major leagues from the perspective of Miguel Tejada, who overcomes abject poverty to succeed, and also of the many who were discarded along the way. Tejeda was named American League MVP for 2002.

Black Baseball Out of Season

Author : William F. McNeil
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476600627
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Black Baseball Out of Season written by William F. McNeil and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Negro League ballplayers, earning paychecks comparable to those of blue-collar workers, needed an off-season source of income to make ends meet. Many of them found the answer in baseball, by joining racially integrated barnstorming teams that toured the country after the regular season ended, or by playing in the organized winter leagues that operated in Florida, California, and several Caribbean and Central and South American countries. This history recounts the experiences of American black ballplayers outside of the Negro Leagues--often in places where a lack of prejudice contrasted sharply with conditions at home. Tracing the development of the game in each location and the unique character of each winter league, it details the contributions of the Negro League players and collects their statistics in each of the winter leagues.

The Pride of Havana

Author : Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019028711X
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Pride of Havana written by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-05-24 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first amateur leagues of the 1860s to the exploits of Livan and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, here is the definitive history of baseball in Cuba. Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria expertly traces the arc of the game, intertwining its heroes and their stories with the politics, music, dance, and literature of the Cuban people. What emerges is more than a story of balls and strikes, but a richly detailed history of Cuba told from the unique cultural perch of the baseball diamond. Filling a void created by Cuba's rejection of bullfighting and Spanish hegemony, baseball quickly became a crucial stitch in the complex social fabric of the island. By the early 1940s Cuba had become major conduit in spreading the game throughout Latin America, and a proving ground for some of the greatest talent in all of baseball, where white major leaguers and Negro League players from the U.S. all competed on the same fields with the cream of Latin talent. Indeed, readers will be introduced to several black ballplayers of Afro-Cuban descent who played in the Major Leagues before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier once and for all. Often dramatic, and always culturally resonant, Gonzalez Echevarria's narrative expertly lays open the paradox of fierce Cuban independence from the U.S. with Cuba's love for our national pastime. It shows how Fidel Castro cannily associated himself with the sport for patriotic p.r.--and reveals that his supposed baseball talent is purely mythical. Based on extensive primary research and a wealth of interviews, the colorful, often dramatic anecdotes and stories in this distinguished book comprise the most comprehensive history of Cuban baseball yet published and ultimately adds a vital lost chapter to the history of baseball in the U.S.