Subjects:  1. Basketball players    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Sports    5. Sports - Basketball    6. Stockton, John    7. United States    8. Webb, Spud   

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SHIPPING
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW LONG THIS BOOK TAKES FOR SHIPPING IT ?? HOPEFULLY 24 HOURS... I CANT SEEM TO FIND THAT INFORMATION ANYWHERE ON THE PAGE.. PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION... THANK YOU..

Good Read
The Basketball Diaries is sad because it's honest.It's gripping because it's real.I recommend this book that captures the life of talent gone to waste through the fall of addiction. Although it's not one of my all-time reads - you won't be dissapointed that you picked it up.

The Basketball Diaries Review
The book "The Basketball Diaries" by Jim Carroll is about the life of Jim Carroll as a High School basketball player and a heroin attic. The book takes place in New York City's Lower East Side of Manhattan. Jim Carroll, the main character records his games as a basketball star in his diaries.
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Subjects:  1. Abridged Audio - Autobiography/Biography    2. Sports - Basketball    3. American English    4. Biography: general    5. Modern fiction   

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Chicken Soup for Anyone Suffering with Hoop Junkie's Disease
If you're addicted to "the greatest game ever invented," whether or not you play it well, you'll love "To the Hoop."It has insights and anecdotes from the famous and the unknown players Berkow has encountered in his checkered basketball career.Anyone who has played pickup basketball on a consistent and regular basis has their own memory bank of unusual characters and incidents.Berkow just packages and weaves his stories together in a way that grips the reader. Added to the mix is the emotional tale of alienation and reconciliation between brothers in the context of a life threatening illness. Aging baby boomers who are struggling to deal with the deterioration of whatever athletic talents they may have believed they once had, are the perfect audience for this autobiographical tale.

Self-absorbed, with occasional interesting moments
I bought this book on the strength of an Read more

Subjects:  1. Basketball    2. Basketball - General    3. Basketball players    4. Biography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Sports & Recreation    8. Sports - Basketball    9. Sportswriters    10. United States    11. Berkow, Ira   

Subjects:  1. Basketball - General    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Sports - Basketball   

Subjects:  1. Basketball - General    2. Basketball - Professional    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Sports - Basketball    7. Sports - General    8. Basketball    9. Biography & Autobiography / Sports   

Subjects:  1. 1929-    2. Basketball    3. Basketball coaches    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. History    8. Mount Saint Mary's College (Emmitsburg, Md.)    9. Phelan, Jim,    10. Sports    11. Sports - Basketball    12. Sports - General    13. United States    14. Biography: sport    15. Phelan, Jim    16. Sports & Outdoor Recreation   

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Memories of Mike
It's an amazing book. This book has a good picture and offer lots of stories and tall tales abouy my greatest athlete, Michael Jordan. Makes me inspirated on playing basketball. Buy this book and you will not regret it ! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1963-    2. Basketball players    3. Biography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Jordan, Michael,    7. People of Color    8. Pictorial works    9. Sports - Basketball    10. United States    11. Jordan, Michael   

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I really did go to school with this guy.Really.
I was writing stories before MJ was shooting hoops. I was published before he warmed the bench at Laney High School. I've scored more rejection letters than he has points in a game, and in fact I got another one last week. MJ, my classmate, you in my house now!
NOT GOOD AT ALL, no real inside sources, copy paste effort.
This book is just bad, little inside info on what was going on, bar a few quotes that are hardly "inside info". The book has little organization, going over the same things again and again, and worst of all, reads like a perpetual box score, which face it, you could have got yourself from a newspaper backlog.
Very very disappointing book
This book looks like the author took some newspaper and magazine clips from others and cobbled them together in a sloppily written book devoid of insight. He has nothing of value here. And it's particularly disappointing that he would try writing a book about Jordan's comeback in Washington when it's obvious he spent little time, if any, traveling with the team during Jordan's Washington days. This book reeks of a clip-and-paste job. Don't waste your money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1963-    2. Basketball - General    3. Basketball players    4. Biography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Jordan, Michael,    7. People of Color    8. Sports    9. Sports & Recreation    10. Sports - Basketball    11. United States    12. Sports & Recreation / Basketball   

Subjects:  1. Basketball - General    2. Basketball - Professional    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Sports    5. Sports & Recreation    6. Sports - Basketball    7. Basketball    8. Biography: sport   

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Nearly a decade after leaving professional basketball, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar decided to return to the sport he loved by becoming the assistant coach of the Alchesay Falcons--a high school team composed mostly of White Mountain Apaches. But in Read more

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Interesting Story
This book is a record of Abdul-Jabbar's first season as a basketball coach.When Abdul-Jabbar's mother died, he became quite distraught and didn't know what to do with himself.One of his friends at the White Mountain Apache reservation in Arizona invited him to come to the reservation to try out coaching by working with the high school basketball team on the reservation for a season.Abdul-Jabbar found the invitation attractive for a number of reasons, and decided to give it a go.Once on the reservation, he had to learn not only how to coach rather than play basketball, but he also found himself trying to lead teenagers who weren't always looking for his directions, all while operating in an unfamiliar culture.
An Honest Look at the Man and his Passions
The honesty with which Kareem Abdul-Jabar's "A Season On The Reservation" is written is quite refreshing. In this age of spin control, especially when it comes to athletes and other public figures, it's nice to see a high-profile individual such as Mr. Abdul-Jabar share his insights and interactions with no noticeable smoke or mirrors. He begins his journey to an Apache reservation with hopes of uncovering some history (Mr. Abdul-Jabar has a fascination with Native-American history) and of sharing his wealth of basketball knowledge with the resident high school basketball squad. There are many bumps in the road, though, and "A Season On The Reservation" speaks eloquently about the cultural differences Mr. Abdul-Jabar encounters when dealing with the Native-American basketball players. They are not comfortable being singled out for criticism and they are not necesarily open to learning techniques that may make them better players. Over the course of the book, however, they learn from Mr. Abdul-Jabar and he, in turn, learns from them. One scene in particular, a confrontation with a player named Tony, is amazingly honest. "A Season On The Reservation" paints Mr. Abul-Jabar as a fellow human being, not a sculpture standing on a pedestal. The history lessons in the book, often drawing a parallel between Native Americans and African Americans, get a bit cumbersome occassionally, but "A Season On The Reservation" is well worth the cover price thank to its honest approach.

Very good book!
This book was very interesting and was filled with a lot of information in many ways.Abdul-Jabbar told us the history of the surroundings, the Apache tribe, and also told of his daily challenges and joys. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Arizona    2. Audio Adult: Books On Tape    3. Audiobooks    4. Basketball    5. Basketball - General    6. Children's Audio - 4-8    7. Coaching    8. Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes    9. People of Color    10. Regional Subjects - West    11. Sports & Recreation    12. Sports - Basketball    13. Unabridged Audio - Autobiography/Biography    14. White Mountain Apache Indians    15. Self-Help / General   

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coach crum is the best
coach Denny crum is the best there is in this buisness.I spent three yearsplaying for coach crum. He took a chance on me when no one else would. Thatis what coach is all about helping and teaching kids not just basketballbut life.Ilearned so much from this man and this book is your chance to getto know coach up close and personal.I advise all fans to read this book itis a inside look at the state of the game. Troy Jackson#53 class of 1998.Feel free to email me at tjax53@aol.com

a must for college basketball fans and fans of integrity
This book lets you inside the mind of one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all-time. If you are a basketball fan, the thoughts on coach Wooden and the story about the game of horse with Larry Bird will thrill you. If you are a university of Louisville fan, you will relish inthe four chapters about Crum's specific teams at Louisville, including histwo NCAA title teams. Names that you had not thought about in years willcome flooding back to your mind. A great book about a humble man whosestory needs to be told

Crum is a proven winner.
This book details a true winner in sports today. A coach who has won over 600 games and 2 titles but is somewhat unknown-because he never promotes himself. The profit from this book goes to charity and Crum would have it no other way. Read this book and you will see how a true winner approacheslife - with humlity and concern for others. Denny is a winner and hislegacy will endure. If you think he cannot coach remember this - if Crumwent winless over the next four seasons he would still average 20 wins aseason for his carear. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Basketball    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Coaching    6. Sports - Basketball    7. Sports - General   

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His biggest fan
My name is Amber. Jeff Sheppard is a HUGE inspiration to me. His book is just mixed emotions to me. It touched me. Deeply. Being his BIGGEST FAN, it truely inspires me. He truely does have a heart of a champion, and now he has inspired me to dig deeper. I am a basketball player and also have the number 15. He is such an inspiration. I would love to meet him and tell him how much he and his wonderful book has inspired me. Jeff, if you ever read this, you and your book are touching and mean so much to me and my basketball career since i first heard of you. Even me starting out as a sophomore in hs and playing basketball all my life, you and your book are truely my lifetime idol and inspiration.

i loved this book
jeff sheppard is one of my fav players of all time and after i had read this book i like him even more.I laughed i cryed i was totally moved. But i might be a little partial since he used to live right down the street fromme.

A True Champion Indeed!
Jeff Sheppard is the epitomy of Kentucky basketball. This is another"must read" for anyone who follows the mighty wildcats from thebluegrass state. Go deep inside the heart and soul of this year's"Comeback Cats". ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1974-    2. Basketball    3. Basketball - General    4. Basketball players    5. Biography    6. Biography & Autobiography    7. Biography / Autobiography    8. Biography/Autobiography    9. Sheppard, Jeff,    10. Sports - Basketball    11. Sports - General    12. United States    13. University of Kentucky    14. Sheppard, Jeff    15. Sports & Recreation / Basketball   

Subjects:  1. Basketball coaches    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Coaching    6. Collegiate Athletic Programs    7. Football - College    8. Football coaches    9. Hinkle, Tony    10. Sports - Basketball    11. Sports - Football    12. United States    13. Fitness training    14. Higher & further education   

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This book really inspired me
After reading this book, I realized that with faith, anything is possible.I really enjoyed this book, and think it is a great book for anyone to read.

good book
after i read the Jeff book i had to read this one this was not as good as Jeff A Heart of a Champion but it was a good story of a boy who fell in love with the wildcats and never wanted to go any were eles

Remarkable! A powerful story and testimony.
This is a "must read" for all people in every stage of their Christian life....especially those who bleed the blue of Kentucky. Cameron Mills is one of the most powerful speakers and writers I've ever seen. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1975-    2. Basketball    3. Basketball - General    4. Basketball players    5. Biography    6. Biography & Autobiography    7. Biography / Autobiography    8. Biography/Autobiography    9. Kentucky    10. Mills, Cameron,    11. Sports - Basketball    12. Sports - General    13. Mills, Cameron   

Subjects:  1. Biography/Autobiography    2. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    3. Sports - Basketball   

Subjects:  1. Basketball players    2. Biography    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. General    5. Juvenile literature    6. Sports & Recreation    7. Sports - Basketball    8. United States   

Subjects:  1. Basketball - General    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Sports - Basketball    6. Sports - General    7. Women    8. Women's Studies - General    9. Basketball    10. Biography: sport    11. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Literary    3. Personal Memoirs    4. Sports - Basketball   

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Rupp the legend
This book outlined the magic that Adolph Rupp brought to the University of Kentucky and all of college basketball.A harsh man by nature, Rupp turned his players into men and taught them the lessons of life along the way.Itwas briliantly written and comes highly recommended to any University ofKentucky fan. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1901-1977    2. Basketball coaches    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. General    7. History    8. Kentucky Wildcats (Basketball team)    9. Rupp, Adolph,    10. Sports & Recreation    11. Sports - Basketball    12. Sports - General    13. United States   

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It is a book of quotes
I'm not sure what books the other reviewers were reading. This is a small book which is a mainly a quotebook. It has a few pages of writing in the beginning that summarize Yao's life in the NBA and some pages of photos in the middle. But the majority is one quote from Yao on each page. That's about it. It would be better to have some context, explanation, or follow up (or a lower book price). It doesn't take much time to read since there is not much writing, so if you want more you will be disappointed.

An inspiring story about a great star
The Tao of Yao is an "up close and personal" look at one of the sporting world's greatest heroes.The story of Yao Ming, who came up from the Chinese Basketball Association's Youth League all the way to superstardom with the Houston Rockets, is not only a tale of success against long odds.It is also an account of a remarkable person who has become a role model for over a billion people, and an ambassador of Chinese culture to sports fans around the world.What comes through most clearly in this book is the "who" of Yao.I could hear his sense of humor, like when he said to the press that his five favorite English words were "This is the last question."I learned about his humility, from exchanges like the following with Shaq after a Rockets-Lakers game that Shaq had to sit out with an injury: "You played pretty good, Yao Ming," said Shaq."That's because you weren't there," said Yao.I also got a glimpse of what it must be like to arrive in a new country, not speaking the language, not knowing the culture, and having to quickly adapt to the pressure to be not just good, but great. The Wow of the Tao of Yao (ooh-ooohh!)
Choi's breakin ankles, and hits the trey, nothin but net. This book has it all: insight, humor, and wisdom.He gets the assist in his ability to organize and distill the essence of Yao Ming in a very readable format.Somebody holla, "Alley-oop!" This is a must-have for all Yao fans and for Asians in general who finally have a true playa representin fo tha Fa'East-side. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1980-    2. Basketball - General    3. Basketball players    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography & Autobiography / Sports    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. Biography/Autobiography    8. China    9. Quotations    10. Sports & Recreation / Basketball    11. Sports - Basketball    12. Sports - General    13. Yao, Ming,    14. Basketball    15. Ming, Yao,    16. Sports    17. Sports & Recreation