Basketball
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The Basketball Book of Why (and Who, What, When, Where, and How): The Answers to Questions You’ve Always Wondered about Hoops
$19.95 Add to cartHow was basketball born? Why is the area in the paint and around the free throw circle known as the key? When did the NBA begin play? What team was arguably the worst NBA squad ever? Who was the highe
- Author: Stewart, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072765
- Language: English
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The Great Book of Basketball: Interesting Facts and Sports Stories
$11.99 Add to cartAre you looking for a one of the NBA best basketball books? One that is chock full of sports stories, like how the ABA influenced today’s NBA game? Or maybe random facts about the 1992 NBA Dream Team?
- Series: Sports Trivia #VOL.
- Author: O’Neill, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1648450202
- Language: English
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Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant
$21.99 Add to cartThe definitive portrait of Kobe Bryant, from the author of Michael Jordan. “Lazenby’s detailed research and fantastic writing paint a complex, engaging picture of one of the NBA’s greats” (Kurt Helin,… [more below]
- Author: Lazenby, Roland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: December 12 2017
- ISBN10: 0316387142
- Language: English
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The City Game: Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds
$22.95 Add to cartPete Axthelm follows the 1969-70 season of the New York Knicks and provides a parallel focus on basketball as it was then played in the black neighborhoods of New York City. Throughout, he writes clea
- Author: Axthelm, Pete
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: February 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0803259344
- Language: English
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The Breaks of the Game
$21.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller, David Halberstam’s The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years befo… [more below]
- Author: Halberstam, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1401309720
- Language: English
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Basketball’s Greatest Myths and Legends
$8.99 Add to cartDid Wilt Chamberlain really score 100 points by himself in a single game? Was the 1985 NBA Draft really fixed to make sure the New York Knicks got the first pick? Was Michael Jordan really let go by h… [more below]
- Series: Sports Illustrated Kids: Sports Greatest Myths and Legends
- Author: Smith, Elliott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669040232
- Language: English
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Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
$22.00 Add to cartWhat do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American… [more below]
- Author: Pluto, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 06 2007
- ISBN10: 141654061X
- Language: English
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The 50 Greatest Players in Boston Celtics History
$21.95 Add to cartThis book ranks, from 1 to 50, the top 50 players in Boston Celtics team history, using as measuring sticks the degree to which they impacted the fortunes of the team, the extent to which they added t
- Series: 50 Greatest Players
- Author: Cohen, Robert W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493076930
- Language: English
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Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship on and Off the Court
$17.99 Read moreFormer NBA star and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports … [more below]
- Author: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 1455542261
- Language: English
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Basketball Skills & Drills
$29.95 Add to cartBefore you can make that winning buzzer beater, you need to master fundamental skills in all phases of the game. The fourth edition of the best-selling instructional resource Basketball Skills & Drill
- Author: Krause, Jerry V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: November 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1492564109
- Language: English
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They Call Me Coach
$33.00 Add to cartThe legendary coach talks about his life, his players, and his winning philosophies in this bestselling autobiography
John Wooden’s dedication and inspiration made him America’s “winningest” coach. Hi
- Author: Wooden, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2003
- ISBN10: 0071424911
- Language: English
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Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics
$28.00 Read moreFrom award-winning Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy, an “entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) and nostalgia-filled retelling of the 1980s Boston Celtics’ glory years, which featured the subli… [more below]
- Author: Shaughnessy, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1982169974
- Language: English
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Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior
$18.99 Add to cartWith a new introduction, Phil Jackson’s modern classic of motivation, teamwork, and Zen insight is updated for a whole new readership
“Not only is there more to life than basketball, there’s a lot mor- Author: Jackson, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 17 2006
- ISBN10: 1401308813
- Language: English
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Game Changer: An Insider’s Story of the Sonics’ Resurgence, the Trail Blazers’ Turnaround, and the Deal That Saved the Seahawks
$18.95 Add to cartFrom groundbreaking trades to team-saving negotiations, Bob Whitsitt reveals the behind-the-scenes deals that changed the destinies of three iconic Pacific Northwest sports teams: the Seahawks, the Su… [more below]
- Author: Whitsitt, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1959411268
- Language: English
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Boston Ball: Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, Gary Williams, and the Forgotten Cradle of Basketball Coaches
$36.95 Add to cartRick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, and Gary Williams played no small role in the making of modern college basketball. Collectively, they’ve won more than 2,300 games and six national championships and reached … [more below]
- Author: Trutor, Clayton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: November 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 1496233352
- Language: English
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Quotes from the Summitt
$18.95 Read moreThis is a thoughtful collection of empowering quotations used by Pat Summitt to help mold and energize her players. It is a must read for people of all ages and in all walks of life. Readers will not … [more below]
- Author: Summitt, Pat
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1933725567
- Language: English
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The Greatest Upset Never Seen: Virginia, Chaminade, and the Game That Changed College Basketball
$27.95 Add to cartNo one had really heard of Chaminade University–a tiny NAIA Catholic school in Honolulu with fewer than eight hundred undergraduates–until its basketball game against the University of Virginia on D… [more below]
- Author: Danilewicz, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 1, 2019
- ISBN10: 149620848X
- Language: English
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Desktop Basketball: Slam Dunk!
$10.95 Add to cartMaster this one-of-a-kind, miniature basketball game from the comfort of your own desk Kit includes:
- Easy-to-assemble basketball hoop with backboard and suction cup base that attaches to a desk or ta
- Series: Rp Minis
- Author: Stopek, Shoshana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 02, 2021
- ISBN10: 0762472251
- Language: English
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How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal about the Greate
$18.00 Add to cartA brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game creators, magicians, therapists, and more
“Really novel way to approach the game, and pretty unique to ba- Author: Greene, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 141974481X
- Language: English
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Hoop Muses: An Insider’s Guide to Pop Culture and the (Women’s) Game
$29.00 Read more“In vibrant color and style, Hoops Muses tells the vital stories that celebrate the history and tradition of our game.” –Sue Bird, WNBA legend
Hoops Muses is an homage to the game, bringing style and- Author: Augustus, Seimone
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 7, 2023
- ISBN10: 1538709147
- Language: English
