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  • The Original Dream Team

    Portrait of the Game

    The original, and some say only, Dream Team, the greatest sports team ever, was the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team that amazed fans around the world and transformed the NBA into a global phenomenon. The team that created this book are filmmakers and, in every instance, they went for the dramatic line of sports history. They highlight the inherent drama of every play, every game, every ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unscripted

    The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary

    Ernie Johnson Jr. has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports' greatest triumphs--and life's greatest rewards--come from those unscripted moments you never anticipated.In this heartfelt, gripping autobiography, the three-time ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Michael Jordan

    The Life

    The definitive biography of a legendary athlete.The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is responsible for sublime moments so ingrained in sports history that they have their own names. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball -- hitting nothing but net.But for all his greatness, this scion of a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Perfect Fit

    FORMER NBA STAR LUTHER WRIGHT SHARES HIS HARROWING AND UPLIFTING JOURNEY OF FINDING GOD—AND HIMSELF—WHEN HE HAD NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE.Luther Wright had the life hoop dreams are made of. A first-round NBA draft pick for the Utah Jazz, he was a rookie on a team with basketball legends Karl Malone and John Stockton. He had money, women, cars, and a luxurious bachelor pad overlooking Salt Lake City. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Tales from the Philadelphia 76ers Locker Room

    A Collection of the Greatest Sixers Stories from the 1982-83 Championship Season

    Series series Tales from the Team
    The Sixers won 65 games and an NBA championship in 1982–83, still one of the finest seasons in NBA history. It was Moses Malone who, in the days before the playoffs, gave the team its battle cry. Asked by coach Billy Cunningham how he thought things would go in the playoffs, Moses said, "Fo’, fo’, fo’,”— meaning, in Moses's shorthand, that he expected the Sixers to sweep each of the three series ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Tales from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Locker Room

    A Collection of the Greatest Fighting Irish Stories Ever Told

    Series series Tales from the Team
    Former ESPN basketball commentator Digger Phelps is regarded as one of the most charismatic and opinionated analysts in the profession. And he was the same personality during his twenty years as the head coach at the University of Notre Dame. In this book, first published in 2004, Phelps teams up with Tim Bourret and recalls the most successful period in Notre Dame basketball history. In his ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Lakota Hoops

    Life and Basketball on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

    by Alan Klein ...
    Series series Critical Issues in Sport and Society
    For over 150 years the Lakota have tenaciously defended their culture and land against white miners, settlers, missionaries, and the U.S. Army, and paid the price. Their economy is in shambles and they face serious social issues, but their culture and outlook remain vibrant. Basketball has a role to play in the way that people on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation configure their hopes for a better ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Book of Basketball

    The NBA According to The Sports Guy

    by Bill Simmons ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The NBA according to The Sports Guy—now updated with fresh takes on LeBron, the Celtics, and more!Foreword by Malcom Gladwell • “The work of a true fan . . . it might just represent the next phase of sports commentary.”—The AtlanticBill Simmons, the wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining basketball addict known to millions as ESPN’s The Sports Guy, has written ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Mamba Mentality

    How I Play

    by Kobe Bryant ...
    The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant’s personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game—a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar.In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding of the game to take ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Eleven Rings

    The Soul of Success

    **"Through candor and comprehensiveness, Jackson writes a convincing revisionist take, in which he emerges as an excellent coach . . . highly readable . . . reflects Jackson’s polymathy." —The New York Times Book Review"Part sports memoir, part New Age spirit quest, part pseudo-management tract . . . But the primary thing with Jackson—as with all the old bards, who were also known for repeating ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Relentless

    From Good to Great to Unstoppable

    by Tim S. Grover ...
    Series series Tim Grover Winning Series
    For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats—Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and hundreds of relentless competitors in sports, business, and every walk of life—and made them greater. Now, for the first time ever, he reveals what it takes to achieve total mental and physical dominance, showing you how to be relentless and achieve whatever you desire.Direct, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Basketball Junkie

    A Memoir

    In his own words, former NBA and overseas pro Chris Herren tells how he nearly lost everything and everyone he loved, and how he found a way back to life. Powerful, honest, and dramatic, this remarkable memoir, Basketball Junkie, is harrowing in its descent, and heartening in its return.I was dead for thirty seconds.That's what the cop in Fall River told me.When the EMTs found me, ther... ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever

    How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever

    by Jack McCallum ...
    They were the Beatles of basketball, the Mercury Seven in sneakers.In Dream Team, 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 ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Leading with the Heart

    Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

    The inspiring leadership book from the legendary basketball coach, now featured in the acclaimed Hulu series The Bear,The Duke University's former head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has proved himself a leader both on and off the court. He led the Duke Blue Devils to five straight Final Four appearances, culminating in back-to-back championships in 1991 and '92. He received five National Coach ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Play Their Hearts Out

    A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine

    “A tour de force of reporting” (The Washington Post) from a Pulitzer–prize winning journalist that examines the often-corrupt machine producing America’s basketball stars“Indispensable.”—The Wall Street Journal“Often heart-breaking, always riveting.”—The New York Times Book Review“Tremendous.”—The Plain DealerWinner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • My Losing Season

    A Memoir

    by Pat Conroy ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketball—and life itself—by the beloved author of The Prince of Tides and The Great SantiniDuring one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of a basketball team that is ultimately destined to fail. And yet for a military kid who grew up on the move, the Bulldogs provide a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Mind Gym : An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

    An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

    Drawing on his work with some of the top teams in professional sports, noted sport psychology consultant Gary Mack shares with you the same techniques and exercises he uses to help elite athletes build mental "muscle." These 40 accessible lessons and inspirational anecdotes will help you gain the "head edge" over the competition. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Father First

    How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball

    by Dwyane Wade ...
    Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat is one of the superstars of the NBA—and a Gold Medal winner at the Bejing Olympics—but he’s A Father First. In this moving and triumphant memoir, Wade shares his inspiring thoughts about fathers and sons, writing poignantly about the gratifying responsibilities of being a single dad to his two sons, Zaire and Zion, while recounting his own growing up years and his ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Boom Town

    The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding... Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis

    by Sam Anderson ...
    A brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City—a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny, from award-winning journalist Sam AndersonNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Chicago Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Economist • DeadspinOklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous “Land Run” in 188. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Heart of a Champion

    by Carl Deuker ...
    Jimmy Winter is a born star on the baseball field, and Seth Barnam can only dream of being as talented. Still, the two baseball fanatics have the kind of friendship that should last forever. But when Seth experiences an unthinkable loss, he's forced to find his own personal strength--on and off the field.An ALA Best Book for Young AdultsAn ALA Best Book for Reluctant ReadersA New York Public ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Breaks of the Game

    A 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 before had been NBA champions.More than six years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected journalists and revered authorities on American life and history in the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Don't Put Me In, Coach

    My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench

    by Mark Titus ...
    An irreverent, hilarious insider's look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation's most famous benchwarmer and author of the popular blog ClubTrillion.com (3.6m visits!). Mark Titus holds the Ohio State record for career wins, and made it to the 2007 national championship game. You would think Titus would be all over the highlight reels. You'd be wrong.In 2006, Mark Titus ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It

    Charles Barkley has never been shy about expressing his opinions. Michael Jordan once said that we all want to say the things that Barkley says, but we don’t dare. But even die-hard followers of the all-time NBA great, the star of TNT’s Inside the NBA and CNN’s TalkBack Live, will be astonished by just how candid and provocative he is in this book—and just how big his ambitions are. Though he ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Black-Balled: The Pursuit of the College Dream

    A Memoir Account of the Scott Bros.

    Two brothers in the pursuit to achieve higher education face difficulties every step of the way. Basketball as their only way to afford it, their mentality to be "undeniable" would motivate them through the most troubling times. The "Scott Bros", open up on their perspectives of life events on what turned them into "Kanons". Dedicated to those who are devoted to fulfilling life goals and passions ... Read more

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