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3) Kevin Durant
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kevin Durant is a star basketball player for the Golden State Warriors. He's a top scorer and works hard to make sure the Warriors stay one of the best teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been voted Rookie of the Year and All-Star Game MVP, and he was one of the youngest players of all time to be named NBA MVP. Durant is a skilled shooter, but his life off the court is just as impressive. Learn how he rose to national stardom,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
"Today, LeBron James is an international superstar who has won four NBA Championships, earned two Olympic gold medals, written books, and starred in blockbuster movies. He has played for the Los Angeles Lakers, the Miami Heat, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and has gained fans across the country as he led each of those three teams to victory. Many basketball lovers consider LeBron James to be one of the greatest players of all time. But how did LeBron...
Publisher
Briarcliff Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
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...
10) Unguarded
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
An unflinching memoir from the six-time NBA Champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and Hall of Famer, revealing how Scottie Pippen, the youngest of twelve, overcame two family tragedies and universal disregard by college scouts to become an essential component of the greatest basketball dynasty of the last fifty years. So how did the youngest of twelve go from growing up poor in the small town of Hamburg, Arkansas, enduring two family tragedies...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From a former college basketball player and executive at Nike and Adidas, this explosive insider's account of the business of college basketball exposes the corrupt and racist systems that exploit young athletes and offers a new way forward"--Publisher.
14) The Iran job
Series
Film Movement volume year 11, film 6
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
At the height of international tension between America and Iran, Kevin Sheppard, an African-American basketball player accepts an offer to play professional basketball in Iran. What begins as a desire to "explore the unknown" ends in an emotional roller-coaster as he forms an unlikely alliance with three young Iranian women against the backdrop of revolutionary social upheaval in Iran.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When future NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was still an 18-year-old high school basketball prospect from New York City named Lew Alcindor, he accepted a scholarship from UCLA largely on the strength of Coach John Wooden's reputation as a winner. It turned out to be the right choice, as Alcindor and his teammates won an unprecedented three NCAA championship titles. But it also marked the beginning of one of the most enduring friendships in the history...
16) Coming home
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the nine-time women's basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist--a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home. On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA offseason playing for the Russian women's basketball team where she had been the centerpiece of previous championship seasons. Instead, a security checkpoint became her gateway to hell when she was arrested...
18) He got game
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
With promises of a reduced sentence, Jake Shuttlesworth is granted temporary release from state prison in order to persuade the nation's top college basketball recruit, his estranged son Jesus, to play ball for the Governor's alma mater! Includes theatrical trailer.
Author
Series
I am volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life, work, and accomplishments of LeBron James, the professional basketball star who has won two Most Valuable Player awards.
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