Hardwood Heroes
Author: John Smallwood
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780439788045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA biography of nine NBA players.
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Tricksters in the Madhouse
Author: John Christgau
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2007-08-15
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780803215993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the pivotal first meeting between the all-white Minneapolis Lakers and the black Harlem Globetrotters in 1948 re-creates the game play by play and demonstrates how it represented an important step toward equality.
Hardwood Heroes
Author: Ross Bernstein
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780931714931
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHardwood Heroes tells the tale of Minnesota basketball, including high school, college and professional male and female teams. It is a great book full of wonderful stories, along with personal memories and photos.
The NBA Finals
Author: Tyler Dean Omoth
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 18
ISBN-13: 1496672909
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe clock ticks down. The point guard sets up the play at the top of the key while his center jockeys for position at the hoop. A quick toss into the lane, and the center sinks the shot. The home fans roar. The National Basketball Association's ultimate prize is on the line. The NBA Finals are full of amazing shots, legendary games, and star players. Readers will discover it all in this book.
All-Star Sports Trivia
Author: Matt Chandler
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1623709369
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollection of weird sports trivia.
55 Years 55 Heroes
Author: Ross Bernstein
Publisher:
Published: 2002-11
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780931714986
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMinnesotaís sports history comes to life like never before in a celebration of achievements. Ross Bernstein has taken 55 of the greatest moments during a span of 55 years and tied them into interviews and biographies of the athletes involved.
Basketball History in Syracuse
Author: Mark Allen Baker
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2010-10-25
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1614236453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnyone who has spent time in Syracuse, New York, knows that basketball season is the most wonderful time of the year. And while the local popularity of the sport is known nationwide, the region also has a long and rich basketball history. Sports historian Mark Baker traces the evolution of Syracuse's "hoops roots,"? beginning in the early days, when local, national and college basketball organizations were primitive institutions. It was during this time that one of the first teams to gain a national following was founded here by an Italian immigrant, Danny Biasone, and it was in Syracuse that the 24 second clock was invented. From the outset, Syracuse residents and fans were hooked, and this love of the game has endured, feeding the fanaticism that sustains the sport today.
Sweet 'stache
Author: Jon Chattman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2009-03-18
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1440520054
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"I am personally offended by this book because my mustache wasn't included. However, I endorse it because I am, and always will be, a huge fan of Tom Selleck's 'stache." --Meredith Vieira, The Today Show If a man has a mustache, it's hands-down his most distinguishable facial feature. Whether it's a handlebar, pencil-thin, fu Manchu, toothbrush, or horseshoe--it's how he's identified and described. This book recognizes this fact and celebrates the most famous mustaches--and the faces behind them. From politicians and ball players to pop stars and actors, this book covers them all with wit and humor. Authors Jon Chattman and Rich Tarantino have provided profiles and 'stache-analysis for the forty-nine men and one woman who made the cut. (One can't count out Frida Kahlo's artistic bigote!) It also includes sidebar lists that rank the top 'staches in all sorts of categories as well as mustache trivia and a timeline that traces the facial hair's evolution. It's hip again to rock full on facial hair. And Sweet 'Stache is the guide for anyone looking to get in on the must-have mustache action.
Marvels of the Texas Plains: Historic Chronicles from the Courthouse to the Caprock
Author: Chuck Lanehart
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2022-10
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1467152803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAssemble a composite portrait of the Texas plains through these historic tales. Many thousands of years ago, Clovis Man hunted huge mammoths here. More recently, Waylon Jennings drew his musical inspiration here. In the intervening time, the Texas prairie has been the backdrop for the wildest of Wild West shootouts, landmark legal battles and epic achievements in sports, music and medicine. Familiar icons like Roy Orbison and Dan Blocker, as well as forgotten characters like Charlie "Squirrel-Eye" Emory and John "the Catfish Kid" Gough all helped shape the colorful history of the Texas Plains. Who shot the sheriff? Who was the earliest American? Who invented the slam dunk? Author Chuck Lanehart answers these questions and many more in a wide-ranging collection of stories.
Rivals
Author: David K. Wiggins
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9781610753494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe sixteen original essays in this collection cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, including track and field, golf, boxing, basketball, tennis, ice skating, baseball, football, soccer, and more. The essays are diverse, but together they illustrate what is common to any rivalry: equally matched opponents that often have decidedly different backgrounds, styles, and personalities. These differences may center on race and culture, political and societal ideologies, personality, geography, or religion—a mix intensified by fans and the media. From highly publicized and emotionally charged individual competitions to bitterly fought team contests, Rivals illuminates what one-of-a-kind opponents and the passion they inspire tell us about ourselves and our society.
