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2) Basketball
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Basketball has many techniques for shooting, passing, dribbling and rebounding. With specialized player positions and offensive and defensive structures, this game is a favorite among students.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This title takes a look at some of the greatest moments in basketball history! It highlights the origin of the sport, the miracles that have happened on the court throughout the decades, and the impact they left on the game"--Publisher's website.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
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
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When basketball fans hear the words "Final Four," they probably think of the buzzer-beaters, Cinderella stories, and bracket-busters that have thrilled people for years. However, you don't need to be a die-hard fan to know that the NCAA men's basketball tournament is one of the most popular sports events in the United States.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Perry Wallace was born at an historic crossroads in U.S. history. He entered kindergarten the year that the Brown v. Board of Education decision led to integrated schools, allowing blacks and whites to learn side by side. A week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Wallace enrolled in high school and his sensational jumping, dunking, and rebounding abilities quickly earned him the attention of college basketball recruiters from...
9) Miami Heat
Author
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters Pub
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the history and key personalities connected with the team that joined the NBA as an expansion team in 1987.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishers' Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The University of Kansas basketball team has the most winning seasons of any team in college basketball. The history of KU basketball goes back 115 years. This describes many unbelieveable game-stopping moments in the history of the game, as well as the most inspiring coaches and players and infamous team rivalries.
Author
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The history of the Dallas Mavericks professional basketball team from its start in 1980 to today, spotlighting the franchise's greatest players and reliving its most dramatic moments"--Provided by publisher.
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