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Publisher
Briarcliff Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Inspired by true events, witness the extraordinary journey of Nat 'Sweetwater' Clifton, who made history as the first Black player to sign an NBA contract. At a time when segregation divided sports, New York Knicks coach Joe Lapchick and team executive Ned Irish see the future of basketball in Sweetwater's dazzling and unorthodox displays of entertaining athleticism. Together, they challenge convention and break through barriers that would change...
2) LeBron
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Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
x, 557 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a definitive biography of one of the greatest athletes of all time that chronicles not only LeBron James' meteoric rise to fame but also his solid family, political activism, and business empire.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
386 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The ... story of a remarkable life's journey--to the pinnacle of success as a basketball player, icon, and entrepreneur, to the depths of personal trauma and back, to a place of flourishing and peace--made possible above all by a family's love"--
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
x, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A memoir from Charles Oakley-one of the toughest and most loyal players in NBA history-featuring unfiltered stories about the journey that basketball has taken him on and his relationships with Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, James Dolan, Donald Trump, George Floyd, and so many others"--
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
832 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile lifted the dowdy sport of American pro basketball from a second tier sport with low ratings into the global spotlight, a transformation driven by his ability to eviscerate opponents with a style that featured his grand sense of fun. He was a master entertainer who directed Los Angeles Lakers 'Showtime' basketball to the heights of both glory...
9) Unguarded
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 278 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Publisher
Andscape
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A journey for justice turned into a love story when Maya Moore, one of the WNBA's brightest stars, married the man she helped free from prison, Jonathan Irons. Jonathan was only sixteen when he was arrested for a crime he did not commit. Maya Moore's family met Jonathan through a prison ministry program in 1999 and over time developed a close bond with him. Maya met Jonathan in 2007, shortly before her freshman year at the University of Connecticut,...
17) Why I stand
Author
Publisher
DW Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Facing public criticism, peer hostility, and widespread disapproval, would you compromise your principles to blend in with the crowd, or would you stand for what you believe? On July 31, 2020, the Orlando Magic starting forward Jonathan Isaac was the lone NBA player not to kneel for the national anthem amid a league-wide demonstration in support of Black Lives Matter. Standing alone, knowing the scrutiny to come, Jonathan had a peace he at one time...
Publisher
Distributed by Palm Pictures
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Teamed with his friends Mickey, Neutron and Pedro, high school student Jim Carroll seems headed for a bright basketball career. But when pressures from his coach, his mom, and school seem to mount, Jim finds solace in all the wrong places, and the dark streets of New York begin to tear him apart.
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (62 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Rene Portland had three training rules during her 26 years coaching basketball at Pennsylvania State University - no drinking, no drugs and no lesbians. Training Rules, examines how a wealthy athletic department, enabled by the silence of a complacent university, allowed talented athletes, thought to be gay, to be dismissed from their college team. In 2006, student athlete Jennifer Harris, in conjunction with the National Center for Lesbian Rights,...
20) Slamma jamma
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wrongfully accused and sent to prison, a former basketball star prepares for the national slam dunk competition while finding redemption in himself and in those he loves.
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