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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Today, the NBA is around 74% Black but, when basketball first started to catch on, it wasn't easy for Black people to play. They couldn't enter segregated YMCAs or attend privileged colleges. So Black Americans made their own spaces, playing in dance halls before the dancing started, and eventually forming teams called the Black Fives. More than Just a Game celebrates the history of basketball from a Black perspective, revealing how it changed Black...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Tacko Fall was always tall, even as a child, but he wasn't always a slam-dunk star. On his first official day of training as a boy in Senegal, running up and down the basketball court was exhausting. The first time he tried weight-lifting, he could barely lift the bar, even with no weights on it! The game had many rules that he didn't understand, but Tacko set aside frustration and found the courage to keep working. The more he practiced, the more...
5) Basketball
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Which team has the most NBA championships? Who has the most career points? Whether it is a huge play to win the NBA championships or a big trade, this book is full of exciting moments that highlight the greatest achievements of basketball's biggest stars.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
From the editors of Sports Illustrated Kids comes a 128-page collection of past and present basketball's stars. Profiles, facts and stats will bring the best players in pro basketball history to life with age-appropriate writing and exciting sports photography.
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