*Booklist starred review* The captivating biography of Abe Saperstein, creator of the Harlem GlobetrottersThe original Harlem Globetrotters weren't from Harlem, and they didn't start out as globetrotters.
Maggie Dixon, a 28-year-old women's basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, led the West Point team to its first appearance in the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
*Booklist starred review* The captivating biography of Abe Saperstein, creator of the Harlem GlobetrottersThe original Harlem Globetrotters weren't from Harlem, and they didn't start out as globetrotters.
Maggie Dixon, a 28-year-old women's basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, led the West Point team to its first appearance in the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
In less than 120 years an activity invented by one man to alleviate winter boredom for a college gym class has evolved into a worldwide multi-billion dollar enterprise.
On June 2nd, 1947, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (NBL) held the first college basketball draft in the history of the sport.
Brian Doyle himself explains it best: "e;A few years ago I was moaning to my wry gentle dad that basketball, which seems to me inarguably the most graceful and generous and swift and fluid and ferociously-competitive-without-being-sociopathic of sports, has not produced rafts of good books, like baseball and golf and cricket and surfing have .
On June 2nd, 1947, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (NBL) held the first college basketball draft in the history of the sport.
In less than 120 years an activity invented by one man to alleviate winter boredom for a college gym class has evolved into a worldwide multi-billion dollar enterprise.
Brian Doyle himself explains it best: "e;A few years ago I was moaning to my wry gentle dad that basketball, which seems to me inarguably the most graceful and generous and swift and fluid and ferociously-competitive-without-being-sociopathic of sports, has not produced rafts of good books, like baseball and golf and cricket and surfing have .
Step into the thrilling realm of the National Basketball Association, where hardwood legends are born, gravity-defying dunks redefine the limits of human potential, and the basketball court becomes a canvas for breathtaking athleticism.
En El libro del basket, una obra absolutamente única, el prolífico, ingenioso e hilarante Bill Simmons abre —y cierra, de una vez por todas— todos los debates sobre la NBA.
The Top 30 NBA Rivalries of All Time by James Bren is a deep, story-driven journey through the matchups that shaped professional basketball and defined generations of fans.
From the peach-basket scrimmages of 1891 to the deafening roar of modern arenas, 5000 Facts About Basketball is your definitive passport to the sport's deepest secrets.
Bearing little resemblance to the modern-day NBA, professional basketball in the 1940s featured shorter (mostly white) players who had two hands on the ball when they shot and seldom attempted a slam dunk.
"El Chapu" es la biografía autorizada de Andrés Nocioni, la primera de un jugador de la Generación Dorada de básquetbol, campeona olímpica en el 2004 y bronce en el 2008.
