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3) Overcomer
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Life changes overnight for coach John Harrison when his high school basketball team₂s state championship dreams are crushed under the weight of unexpected news. When the largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down and hundreds of families begin moving away, John must come to grips with the challenges facing his family and his team. John is frustrated and questioning his worth, until he crosses paths with a student struggling with her...
4) The back roads to March: the unsung, unheralded, and unknown heroes of a college basketball season
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"John Feinstein has already taken readers into the inner circles of top college basketball programs in The Legends Club. This time, Feinstein pulls back the curtain on college basketball's lesser-known Cinderella stories -- the smaller programs who no one expects to win, who have no chance of attracting the most coveted high school recruits, who rarely send their players on to the NBA. Feinstein follows a handful of players, coaches, and schools who...
5) Return of the king: LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the greatest comeback in NBA history
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Documents LeBron James's return to the Cleveland Cavaliers and the secret meetings and controversial decisions behind the scenes that set the team on the path to win the 2016 NBA championship.
Return of the King takes you onto the private planes, inside the locker-room conversations, and into the middle of the intense huddles where one of the greatest stories in basketball history took place, resulting in the Cavs winning the 2016 NBA title after...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into a global sensation. As a senior staff writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from its...
8) Semi-pro
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
1970s, Flint, Michigan. Jackie Moon is a former pop sensation who somehow made enough money from a couple of hit records to buy Flint's semi-pro basketball team, the Tropics. The team consists of a bunch of disorganized losers with one genuine talent named Coffee Black. Despite knowing little about the game, Jackie is the Tropics' coach as well as a player. His greater love involves coming up with bizarre marketing stunts to draw in an audience. His...
9) Too far
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The first of "The Big Three" was Paul Pierce. As Boston Celtics fans watched the team retire Pierce's jersey in a ceremony on February 11, 2018, they remembered again the incredible performances Pierce put on in the city for fifteen years, helping the Celtics escape the bottom of their conference to become champions and perennial championship contenders. But Pierce's time in the city wasn't always so smooth. In 2000, he was stabbed in a downtown...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking, timely history of the largely unknown early days of Black basketball, bringing to life the trailblazing players, teams, and impresarios who made the game. From the introduction of the game of basketball to Black communities on a wide scale in 1904 to the racial integration of the NBA in 1950, dozens of African American teams were founded and flourished. This period, known as the Black Fives Era (teams at the time were often called...
Series
30 for 30 volume season 2, no. 20
Publisher
ESPN Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Set in the seemingly golden world of college basketball, this intriguing film tells the true story behind the 1990 Martin Scorsese classic, Goodfellas, and how mobster Henry Hill helped orchestrate fixing of Boston College basketball games during the 1978-79 season.
Series
Publisher
ESPN Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In the early 1970s there was racial unrest in the streets. But there was a happier place where men of different backgrounds showed people that amazing things could happen when they worked together: Madison Square Garden. Stitched together by Red Holzman, the Knicks may have seemed an odd collection, but by embracing their differences and utilizing their strengths, they showed the NBA and the world what it was like to play as a team.
During the tumultuous...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed sports journalist Marcus Thompson explores the 10 teams that transformed basketball in this illustrated history of the sport. He contends dynasties are good for the NBA and have pushed the sport to new heights. The ten teams identified have changed the game of basketball forever by raising the bar of greatness, introducing new skills and implementing never-before-seen strategies, all while having a lasting impact on society and culture....
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From journalist Abe Streep, the story of coming of age on a reservation in the American West and a team uniting a community March 11, 2017, was a night to remember: in front of the hopeful eyes of thousands of friends, family members, and fans, the ArleeWarriors would finally bring the high school basketball state championship title home to the Flathead Indian Reservation. The game would become the stuff of legend, with the boys revered as local...
Author
Series
Wizenard series volume 1
Publisher
Granity Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
"Magic doesn't seem possible for the West Bottom Badgers. They're the lowest-ranked basketball team in their league, and they live in the poorest neighborhood in Dren. Nobody expects them to succeed at anything. Plus, every kid on the team has secret struggles of his own. When a new coach named Professor Wizenard arrives on the first day of training camp, the Badgers can't explain the magical-seeming things they see and hear. Every player experiences...
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