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Dave Bing: Attacking the Rim

Author : Dave Bing
Publisher : Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9781641254861
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book Dave Bing: Attacking the Rim written by Dave Bing and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A young black boy, legally blind in one eye, from a hard-working family in the poorest section of Washington, D.C., leaps to the pinnacle of his sport: the NBA Hall of Fame. A rookie bank teller rises to become one of the nation's most celebrated black business leaders. A once-reluctant political neophyte answers the call to become mayor of America's most troubled city, and he establishes a mentoring program for African-American boys that serves as a model for the nation. All of these stories belong to Dave Bing. In Attacking the Rim, Bing shares this multifaceted personal saga with rare combination of modesty, moxie and powerful self-belief. Reflecting on his playing days with the Detroit Pistons, Washington Bullets, and Boston Celtics, Bing takes readers inside the exciting world of pro basketball at the moment when sensational athletes were turning a low-budget game into a high-powered, multi-million dollar entertainment spectacle. From inside the Detroit mayor's office, he offers a first-hand look at the city's plight, including intractable debt and corruption, massive unemployment, woeful city services and infrastructure, and the daily choices between the lesser of evils"--

Dave Bing

Author : Drew Sharp
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 1492581690
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Dave Bing written by Drew Sharp and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kind of person loses sight in one eye and then through dedicated practice and honed skills becomes one of the top 50 NBA players of all time? What kind of person, with limited business experience, builds a start-up company into a thriving corporation and is recognized as one of the world’s most successful black executives? What kind of person, while running a $350 million business, takes the time to reach out to black youths lacking father figures and provides counsel and support? And what kind of person, instead of enjoying a well-deserved luxurious retirement, chooses to become mayor of a large city that many long ago had written off as dead? Dave Bing, that’s who. In Dave Bing, Detroit Free Press sports columnist Drew Sharp chronicles the compelling story of a figure whose sheer will to succeed, refusal to make excuses for setbacks, and efforts to contribute to society set him apart as an anomaly—a man of virtues so rarely found in recent history. His path from Washington D.C. to Syracuse to Detroit is sometimes tumultuous, blazed by hard work, perseverance, and savvy. Much more than the stereotypical tale of celebrity ex-jock who does good, this is a story about a black male who, even as a youngster, determined to conquer whatever challenges came his way. And now, as mayor of Detroit, Bing encounters perhaps his greatest test of all. Faced with entrenched and power-hungry political foes, a series of failed and corrupt predecessors, a work force ill prepared for today’s job market, a staggering city debt, and recent health problems, Bing would appear to have little chance of surviving his office. Both the naysayers and optimists would do well to read the book.

Dave Bing

Author : Drew Sharp
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781450423526
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book Dave Bing written by Drew Sharp and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kind of person loses sight in one eye and then through practice and skill becomes one of the top 50 NBA players of all time? What kind of person, with limited business experience, builds a start-up company into a thriving corporation and is recognized as one of the world's most successful black executives? And what kind of person, instead of enjoying a well-deserved retirement, chooses to become mayor of a large city that many had written off as dead? Dave Bing, that's who. In this book, Drew Sharp chronicles the compelling story of a figure whose sheer will to succeed, refusal to make excuses for setbacks, and efforts to contribute to society set him apart as an anomaly.

Dave Bing: Attacking the Rim

Author : Dave Bing
Publisher : Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9781629378473
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (784 download)

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Dave Bing

Author : Elizabeth Schleichert
Publisher : Enslow Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780894906350
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Dave Bing written by Elizabeth Schleichert and published by Enslow Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From basketball court to boardroom, Dave Bing has had remarkable success. This NBA Hall of Famer played with the Detroit Pistons for most of his career, and after retirement from basketball became a corporate executive running a steel factory. He is a man with a big heart, starting Big Brother and Big Sister programs in Detroit. Now his dream is to continue helping young people succeed as he has. This is the first full-length biography about Dave Bing and includes exclusive interviews with family.

Legends of Syracuse Basketball

Author : Mike Waters
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1613214677
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Legends of Syracuse Basketball written by Mike Waters and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A list of legends is significant not only for who makes the list, but who gets left off of it. If there are no obvious omissions, then the list of candidates was probably less than legendary in the first place. Not so in the case of the Syracuse University Orangemen. Calling roll on Syracuse’s all-time basketball greats can take up the greater part of a day. The school produced its first All-American, Lewis Castle, in 1912. More recently, Carmelo Anthony, one of the best freshmen to ever play college basketball, led the 2003 Orangemen to the school’s first NCAA championship. In between there were legends such as the incomparable Dave Bing, Roosevelt Bouie, and Louis Orr, who together formed the Louie and Bouie Show, along with names like Derrick Coleman, Sherman Douglas, Lawrence Moten, and John Wallace. Legends of Syracuse Basketball, now newly revised, features twenty-four players, one coach, and one special team. Of the players mentioned, seventeen played in the NBA. Within the book’s pages are stories straight from the legends’ teammates, their coaches, and the legends themselves.

Dave Bing: Attacking the Rim

Author : Dave Bing
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 164125484X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Dave Bing: Attacking the Rim written by Dave Bing and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this fraught time of cutthroat business and financial dealings, racial animosity, and heartless political leaders, Dave's remarkable story has lessons for us all." —Jalen Rose, former professional basketball player, current analyst for ESPN A narrative of chance and purpose that touches all corners of society to tell the improbable tale of one man looking for something greater. A young, Black kid from one of the poorest sections of Washington, D.C., despite being legally blind in one eye, develops into a Hall of Famer. A rookie bank teller rises to become a business leader. A once-reluctant political neophyte answers the call to become mayor of Detroit and establishes a mentoring program for Black teens that serves as a model for the nation. All of these stories belong to one man: Dave Bing. In Attacking the Rim, Bing shares this multifaceted personal saga with a rare combination of modesty, moxie, and self-belief. Reflecting on his playing days with the Pistons, Bullets, and Celtics, Bing takes readers inside the exciting world of pro basketball at the moment when sensational athletes were turning a low-budget game into a high-powered, multimillion-dollar entertainment spectacle. From inside the Detroit mayor's office, he offers a firsthand look at the city's monumental challenges, including debt, corruption, unemployment, infrastructure, and the daily choices between the lesser of evils. And finally, he takes us through the?mentoring foundation he's created, cutting through the red tape of charitable work to achieve fundamental change in the young men of Detroit. Dave Bing's story is one of unbelievable perseverance and success, and in it he shares the lessons for personal growth and excellence he's learned along the way.

The Capital of Basketball

Author : John McNamara
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626167206
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Capital of Basketball written by John McNamara and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The celebration of Washington D.C. basketball is long overdue. The D.C. metro area stands second to none in its contributions to the game. Countless figures who have had a significant impact on the sport over the years have roots in the region, including E.B. Henderson, the first African-American certified to teach public school physical education, and Earl Lloyd, the first African-American to take the court in an actual NBA game. The city's Spingarn High School produced two players – Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing – recognized among the NBA’s 50 greatest at the League’s 50th anniversary celebration. No other high school in the country can make that claim.These figures and many others are chronicled in this book, the first-ever comprehensive look at the great high school players, teams and coaches in the D.C. metropolitan area. Based on more than 150 interviews, The Capital of Basketball is first and foremost a book about basketball. But in discussing the trends and evolution of the game, McNamara also uncovers the turmoil in the lives of the players and area residents as they dealt with prejudice, educational inequities, politics, and the ways the area has changed through the years.

Book from the Ground

Author : Bing Xu
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262536226
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Book from the Ground written by Bing Xu and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book without words, recounting a day in the life of an office worker, told completely in the symbols, icons, and logos of modern life. Twenty years ago I made Book from the Sky, a book of illegible Chinese characters that no one could read. Now I have created Book from the Ground, a book that anyone can read. —Xu Bing Following his classic work Book from the Sky, the Chinese artist Xu Bing presents a new graphic novel—one composed entirely of symbols and icons that are universally understood. Xu Bing spent seven years gathering materials, experimenting, revising, and arranging thousands of pictograms to construct the narrative of Book from the Ground. The result is a readable story without words, an account of twenty-four hours in the life of “Mr. Black,” a typical urban white-collar worker. Our protagonist's day begins with wake-up calls from a nearby bird and his bedside alarm clock; it continues through tooth-brushing, coffee-making, TV-watching, and cat-feeding. He commutes to his job on the subway, works in his office, ponders various fast-food options for lunch, waits in line for the bathroom, daydreams, sends flowers, socializes after work, goes home, kills a mosquito, goes to bed, sleeps, and gets up the next morning to do it all over again. His day is recounted with meticulous and intimate detail, and reads like a postmodern, post-textual riff on James Joyce's account of Bloom's peregrinations in Ulysses. But Xu Bing's narrative, using an exclusively visual language, could be published anywhere, without translation or explication; anyone with experience in contemporary life—anyone who has internalized the icons and logos of modernity, from smiley faces to transit maps to menus—can understand it.

Smoked

Author : Léon Bing
Publisher : First Glance Books
ISBN 13 : 9780060925352
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Smoked written by Léon Bing and published by First Glance Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Leon Bing--who probed the secret world of black gangs in Do or Die--returns with a shocking, true look at three affluent teenage boys who murdered their girlfriends with a shotgun. Smoked enters these kids' hidden lives, revealing exactly what happened that fateful night--and how it could happen in a world of wealth and privilege.

Going My Own Way

Author : Gary Crosby
Publisher : Fawcett
ISBN 13 : 9780449205440
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Going My Own Way written by Gary Crosby and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 1984-04-12 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dave Bing

Author : Drew Sharp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781492537984
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Dave Bing written by Drew Sharp and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detroit mayor Dave Bing has achieved an unprecedented combination of success as an athlete, businessman, and politician. Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free Press tells Bing's compelling against-all-odds tale while providing an intimate look at the basketball hall of famer and the challenges he faces in rebuilding the city in which he once starred.

The Detroit Pistons

Author : Steve Addy
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781582615530
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book The Detroit Pistons written by Steve Addy and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jim Boeheim and Syracuse Basketball

Author : Donald Staffo
Publisher : Sports Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781683582489
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Jim Boeheim and Syracuse Basketball written by Donald Staffo and published by Sports Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A must read for Syracuse basketball fans. Thumbs up.” Dick Vitale, basketball commentator, ESPN For more than forty seasons, Jim Boeheim has been one of college basketball’s most successful and compelling figures with the second-most victories of all time behind only Mike Krzyzewski. The Hall of Fame coach has led the Syracuse Orange to five Final Fours, including a memorable national championship in 2003. In Jim Boeheim and Syracuse Basketball: In the Zone, Donald Staffo examines the career of the storied SU basketball coach and the elite program that he built. Boeheim’s accomplishments as well as his considerable charitable work cannot be denied, nor can the sanctions that occurred under his watch. Both sides are covered in depth—the highs and lows that have made Boeheim a legend and Syracuse a basketball power. After taking over the program in 1977, a decade after his own playing career at the school, Boeheim transformed it into a national power behind such stars as Roosevelt Bouie, Pearl Washington, Sherman Douglas, Rony Seikaly, Derrick Coleman, Carmelo Anthony, and C. J. Fair. Staffo brings to life the wild environment in the old Manley Field House and a packed Carrier Dome. All the unforgettable moments are highlighted, including the 2003 championship win over Kansas, the epic six-overtime classic over UConn in the 2009 Big East Tournament, and the surprising run to the 2016 Final Four. It also analyzes Boeheim from a point-counterpoint standpoint as well as the image of the Syracuse basketball program compared to other hoop powers. Jim Boeheim and Syracuse Basketball is a revealing look at a basketball legend.

Syracuse Basketball

Author : Bob Snyder
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781583820179
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Syracuse Basketball written by Bob Snyder and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syracuse Basketball: A Century of Memories is a collection of the most memorable moments in the history of Syracuse basketball as selected by the editors of The Syracuse Newspapers. Fans of the Big Orange will enjoy reliving the greatest moments, including NCAA finals appearances in 1975, 1987, and 1996, and players and coaches such as Boeheim, Douglas, Bing, Seikaly, and Coleman.

Call Sign Chaos

Author : Jim Mattis
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812996844
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Call Sign Chaos written by Jim Mattis and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by General Jim Mattis—the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time—and Bing West, a former assistant secretary of defense and combat Marine. “A four-star general’s five-star memoir.”—The Wall Street Journal Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis’s storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East. Along the way, Mattis recounts his foundational experiences as a leader, extracting the lessons he has learned about the nature of warfighting and peacemaking, the importance of allies, and the strategic dilemmas—and short-sighted thinking—now facing our nation. He makes it clear why America must return to a strategic footing so as not to continue winning battles but fighting inconclusive wars. Mattis divides his book into three parts: Direct Leadership, Executive Leadership, and Strategic Leadership. In the first part, Mattis recalls his early experiences leading Marines into battle, when he knew his troops as well as his own brothers. In the second part, he explores what it means to command thousands of troops and how to adapt your leadership style to ensure your intent is understood by your most junior troops so that they can own their mission. In the third part, Mattis describes the challenges and techniques of leadership at the strategic level, where military leaders reconcile war’s grim realities with political leaders’ human aspirations, where complexity reigns and the consequences of imprudence are severe, even catastrophic. Call Sign Chaos is a memoir of a life of warfighting and lifelong learning, following along as Mattis rises from Marine recruit to four-star general. It is a journey about learning to lead and a story about how he, through constant study and action, developed a unique leadership philosophy, one relevant to us all.

Rockin' Steady

Author : Walt Frazier
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1633190994
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (331 download)

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Download or read book Rockin' Steady written by Walt Frazier and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millions of basketball fans in the 1970s, Walt “Clyde” Frazier defined the word cool. An iconic piece of basketball history and sports journalism, this meticulously documented account tells the story of one of the greatest point guards in NBA history and how he led the Knicks to their only two championships with a style and flair that was wholly his own. Now, three decades later, Rockin’ Steady is back with an all-new introduction, afterword, and everything that made it one of the most unusual sports books of all time.