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Book Synopsis Living the Dream by : Hakeem Olajuwon
Download or read book Living the Dream written by Hakeem Olajuwon and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The star of the Houston Rockets chronicles the cross-cultural journey from his Nigerian childhood to the heights of fame with the NBA, discussing his life on and off the court, rivalry with other players, confrontations with owners and referees, and religious faith. 100,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo. Tour.
Download or read book Hakeem Olajuwon written by Miles Harvey and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the Spring 1995 titles, each player's career stats will be included.
Book Synopsis Sports Great Hakeem Olajuwon by : Ron Knapp
Download or read book Sports Great Hakeem Olajuwon written by Ron Knapp and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life and career of the noted Houston Rockets basketball player, from his childhood to the present.
Book Synopsis On the Court With... Hakeem Olajuwon by : Matt Christopher
Download or read book On the Court With... Hakeem Olajuwon written by Matt Christopher and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-12-19 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The star running back of the NFL. The All-Star center leading his team to the championship. Matt Christopher delves into the life of both of these sports stars, exploring the paths they have traveled, the hardships they have overcome, and the highs and lows of their careers. Each book contains exciting black-and-white action photos, the player's stats, and a list of his career highlights. Real-life sports action plus Matt Christopher's easy-to-read style equals a series not be missed.
Book Synopsis Hakeem Olajuwon by : George R. Rekela
Download or read book Hakeem Olajuwon written by George R. Rekela and published by LernerSports. This book was released on 1993 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the career of the NBA center from his journey from Nigeria to the University of Houston through his success in professional basketball.
Download or read book Giannis written by Mirin Fader and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s extraordinary rise from poverty in Athens, Greece, to superstardom in America with the Milwaukee Bucks—becoming one of the most transcendent players in history and an NBA Champion—from award-winning basketball reporter and feature writer at The Ringer Mirin Fader. As the face of the NBA’s new world order, Giannis Antetokounmpo has overcome unfathomable obstacles to become a symbol of hope for people all over the world; the personification of the American Dream. But his backstory remains largely untold. Fader unearths new information about the childhood that shaped “The Greek Freak”—from sleeping side by side with his brothers to selling trinkets on the street with his family to the racism he experienced. Antetokounmpo grew up in an era when Golden Dawn, Greece’s far-right, anti-immigrant party, patrolled his neighborhood, and his status as an illegal immigrant largely prevented him from playing for the country’s top clubs, making his NBA rise all the more improbable. Fader tells a deeply human story of how an unknown, skinny, Black Greek teen, who played in the country’s lowest pro division and was seen as a draft gamble, transformed his body and his game into MVP material. Antetokounmpo’s story has been framed as a feel-good narrative in which everyone has embraced him—watching him grow up, sign a five-year supermax contract extension worth $228 million, and lead the underdog Bucks to the NBA Championship in 2021. Giannis reveals a more nuanced story: how lonely and isolated he felt, adjusting to America and the NBA early in his career; the complexity of grappling with his Black and Greek identities; how he is so hard on himself and his shortcomings—a drive that fuels him every day; and the responsibility he feels to be a nurturing role model for his younger brothers. Fader illustrates a more vulnerable star than most people know, a person who has evolved triumphantly into all of his roles: father, brother, son, teammate, and global icon. **Instant New York Times Bestseller, Los Angeles Times Bestseller, Wall Street Journal Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller** **Mirin Fader Selected as the 2021 Sports Media Author of the Year by The Big Lead** **The Sports Librarian’s Best of 2022 – Sports Books**
Download or read book Hakeem Olajuwon written by Bill Gutman and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the life and career of Nigerian basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon.
Download or read book Hakeem Olajuwon written by Fred McMane and published by Chelsea House. This book was released on 1999 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the basketball career of the Nigerian-born star center for the Houston Rockets.
Download or read book Hakeem Olajuwon written by Mark Stewart and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the personal life and basketball career of the Nigerian-born center for the Houston Rockets.
Book Synopsis Hakeem Olajuwon by : Chris W. Sehnert
Download or read book Hakeem Olajuwon written by Chris W. Sehnert and published by ABDO & Daughters. This book was released on 1996 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the career of the Nigerian-born basketball player who brought the Houston Rockets its first NBA title and who achieved the MVP award for himself.
Book Synopsis Hakeem Olajuwon by : John Albert Torres
Download or read book Hakeem Olajuwon written by John Albert Torres and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hakeem Olajuwon, considered by many to be the best center in the NBA, has led the Houston Rockets to two championships. Born in Nigeria, Olajuwon came to America to attend college and was able to overcome some early difficulties to become one of the best players in NBA history.
Book Synopsis Going for the Gold--Hakeem Olajuwon by : Jane Marshall
Download or read book Going for the Gold--Hakeem Olajuwon written by Jane Marshall and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the career of the Nigerian-born basketball player who brought the Houston Rockets its first NBA title and has now become an American citizen.
Download or read book Tip Off written by Filip Bondy and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2007-04-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing, behind-the-scenes account of the 1984 NBA draft, considered to be the greatest--and most controversial--ever, as general managers, coaches, and players describe what really went down.
Book Synopsis Hakeem Olajuwon by : Suzanne J. Murdico
Download or read book Hakeem Olajuwon written by Suzanne J. Murdico and published by Steck-Vaughn. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates how Hakeem Olajuwon overcame many obstacles to become one of the best centers in the NBA.
Book Synopsis The Book of Basketball by : Bill Simmons
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.
Download or read book Dream written by Mirin Fader and published by . This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and legacy of pioneering international basketball superstar Hakeem Olajuwon, a two-time NBA champion whose Hall of Fame career forever changed the game, both in the United States and around the globe--from the New York Times bestselling author of Giannis, Mirin Fader. It's now the norm for NBA and collegiate teams to have international players dotting their rosters. The Olympics are no longer a gimme for Team USA. Both via fans streaming from all over the globe and leagues starting in countries throughout the world, the international presence of the game of basketball is a force to be reckoned with. That all started with Hakeem "the Dream" Olajuwon. "Dream," for short. He was the first international player to win the MVP, which is hard to believe now considering the last time an American-born player won it was four years ago. Award-winning hoops journalist Mirin Fader explores this phenomenal shift through the lens of what Olajuwon accomplished throughout the 1980s and 90s. Dream ignites nostalgia for Phi Slamma Jamma and "the Dream Shake," while also exploring the profound influence of Olajuwon's Muslim faith on his approach to life and basketball, and how his devotion to his faith inspired generations of Muslim people around the world. Olajuwon's ongoing work with NBA Africa, his status as an international ambassador for the game, and his consultations with today's brightest stars, from LeBron James to Giannis Antetokounmpo, brings the story right up to the present moment, and beyond. Synthesizing hundreds of interviews and in-depth research, Fader provides the definitive biography of Olajuwon as well as a crucial understanding of his pivotal impact on the ever-shifting game.
Download or read book KD written by Marcus Thompson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Golden State Warriors insider and bestselling author Marcus Thompson “paints a complex portrait and captures all the multitudes of a dynamic athlete trying to carve his legacy” (Jonathan Abrams, New York Times bestselling author) with this definitive biography of one of the most extraordinary basketball players in NBA history—Kevin Durant. The NBA has never seen a player quite like Kevin Durant. Larry Bird wasn’t as quick, Magic Johnson didn’t have such a range, and Michael Jordan wasn’t seven feet tall. Durant handles the ball like Allen Iverson, shoots like Dirk Nowitzki, and has the scoring instincts of Kobe Bryant. He does it in a body that’s about as big as Hakeem Olajuwon. But ultimately, Kevin Durant is like no one but himself. After an incredible first season with Golden State, Kevin Durant earned the coveted NBA Finals MVP award: he was the Warriors’ top scorer in every game of the 2017 Finals, helping the team snatch the title from LeBron James and the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers. As a sports columnist for The Athletic Bay Area, and longtime beat reporter covering the Golden State Warriors, Marcus Thompson is perfectly positioned to trace Durant’s inspirational journey. KD follows Durant’s underdog story from his childhood spent in poverty outside DC; to his rise playing on AAU teams with future NBA players; to becoming a star and hometown hero for the Oklahoma Thunder; to his controversial decision to play for the NBA rival Golden State Warriors; to his growth from prodigy into a man, in the first true inside account of this superstar player. With his “gift for insight into people, in a way that might be sui generis among writers” (Ethan Strauss, The Athletic), Thompson has written a powerful, moving biography of a modern-day legend that is also an essential read for all sports fans—or anyone who wants to know: what’s it like to shoot for greatness?
