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Loose Balls

Author : Terry Pluto
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781439127520

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What do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. What do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. The NBA may have won the financial battle, but the ABA won the artistic war. With its stress on wide-open individual play, the adoption of the 3-point shot and pressing defense, and the encouragement of flashy moves and flying dunks, today's NBA is still—decades later —just the ABA without the red, white and blue ball. Loose Balls is, after all these years, the definitive and most widely respected history of the ABA. It's a wild ride through some of the wackiest, funniest, strangest times ever to hit pro sports—told entirely through the (often incredible) words of those who played, wrote and connived their way through the league's nine seasons.

Loose Balls

Author : Jayson Williams
Publisher : Crown Archetype
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780767909389

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The first candid report from a land of fragile egos, available women, unexpected tenderness, intramural fistfights, colossal partying, bizarre humor, inconceivable riches, and desperate competition, Loose Balls does for roundball what Ball Four did for hardball. From revelations about the meanest, softest, and smelliest players in the league, to Williams’s early days as a “young man with a lot of money and not a lot of sense,” to his strong and powerful views on race, privilege, and giving back, Loose Balls is a basketball book unlike any other. No inspirational pieties or chest-thumping boasting here—instead, Jayson Williams gives us the real insider tales of refs, groupies, coaches, entourages, and all the superstars, bench warmers, journeymen, clowns, and other performers in the rarefied circus that is professional basketball.

Tall Tales

Author : Terry Pluto
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803287666

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An account of the NBA from 1956 to 1966, after the introduction of the 24-second shot clock, highlights those who dominated the sport during its "glory days," including Red Auerbach, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Boston Celtics.

Ice Bags and Loose Pucks

Author : Dave King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798598455975

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Ice Bags and Loose Pucks by Dave King Pdf

This is a book written by well known hockey coach, Dave King. The book is about how the game has evolved over the years and provides written descriptions of tactics used in the game today. It's written in a style that should allow parents, coaches, athletes and fans to gain a greater understanding of the game. Endorsed by two time Gold Medal winning Olympic hockey coach and Stanley Cup winner Mike Babcock, Barry Trotz, Stanley Cup winning coach and Dave Tippett, currently one of the NHL's most successful coaches, they describe the book as having colorful anecdotes, years of wisdom and an incredible grasp of present day coaching. Mike Babcock says, "Dave's experience's provided him with an unbelievable education that he went on to share with many coaches and players improving the way the game was coached and played". Dave Tippett says, "Dave is one of the smartest, most experienced coaches to ever coach the game. I have not met a smarter hockey coach or a better mentor for coaches worldwide".

Roll Model

Author : Jill Miller
Publisher : Victory Belt Publishing
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781628600742

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Pain is an epidemic. It prevents you from performing at your best because it robs you of concentration, power, and peace of mind. But most pain is preventable and treatable, and healing is within your grasp. Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe have taken life “by the balls” and circumvented a dismal future of painkillers, surgeries, and hopelessness by using Jill Miller’s groundbreaking Roll Model Method. The Roll Model gives you the tools to change the course of your life in less than 5 minutes a day. You are a fully equipped self-healing organism, and this book will guide you through easy-to-perform self-massage techniques that will erase pain and improve your performance in whatever activities you pursue. The Roll Model teaches you how to improve the quality of your life no matter your size, shape, or condition. Within these pages you will find: • Inspiring stories of people just like you who have altered the course of their lives by using the Roll Model Method • Accessible explanations of how and why this system works based on the science of your body and the physiological effects of rolling • Step-by-step rolling techniques to help awaken your body’s resilience from head to toe so that you have more energy, less stress, and greater performance Whether you’re living with constant discomfort, seeking to improve your mobility, or trying to avoid medication and surgery, this book provides empowering and effective solutions for becoming your own best Roll Model.

Falling from Grace

Author : Terry Pluto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0684807661

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Pluto looks at the causes contributing to the deline of the NBA, including a look at the Continental Basketball Association.

Slaves in the Family

Author : Edward Ball
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781466897496

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Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball Pdf

Fifteen years after its hardcover debut, the FSG Classics reissue of the celebrated work of narrative nonfiction that won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, with a new preface by the author The Ball family hails from South Carolina—Charleston and thereabouts. Their plantations were among the oldest and longest-standing plantations in the South. Between 1698 and 1865, close to four thousand black people were born into slavery under the Balls or were bought by them. In Slaves in the Family, Edward Ball recounts his efforts to track down and meet the descendants of his family's slaves. Part historical narrative, part oral history, part personal story of investigation and catharsis, Slaves in the Family is, in the words of Pat Conroy, "a work of breathtaking generosity and courage, a magnificent study of the complexity and strangeness and beauty of the word ‘family.'"

Pitfall

Author : Cameron Bane
Publisher : WildBlue Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781942266181

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“Action, gunplay, and well-crafted storytelling . . . for those whose hearts pump hot for shoot-’em-up adventures like Taken and John Wick.”—Robert Liparulo, bestselling author of the Dreamhouse Kings series Life has never been easy for former Army Ranger John Brenner. The wounded Iraqi war vet and ex-cop must rely on his wits, his fists, and a wry sense of gallows humor to make it through each challenging day. For at his core, this transplanted West Virginian is a throwback to an antebellum time: he is a southern man of honor. But his latest mission may be his last. The task seems straightforward—find industrialist Jacob Cahill’s missing teenage daughter and bring her safely home. But for John, nothing ever goes quite as planned. What begins as a simple disappearance morphs into something far more insidious as he finds himself plunged into a horrifying world of organ harvesting, torture, mutilation, and madness. Every dark trick John learned in his former trade of dealing death to the deserving will be brought to bear as he tries to keep his promise of bringing the girl back alive. In doing so, not only will his skills be tested to the breaking point, but his very sanity as he battles a grasping evil that stretches across the globe . . . “The star of this page-turner—former Army Ranger John Brenner—well, let’s just say in terms of skill, wit, and ability to kick some serious butt, Jack Reacher better watch out!”—Robert Liparulo, bestselling author of the Dreamhouse Kings series

Foul!

Author : Dave Wolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : African American basketball players
ISBN : UOM:39015024073051

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Candid biography of one of basketball's great players, with much behind-the-scenes information.

Simply Living Well

Author : Julia Watkins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780358202189

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Easy recipes, DIY projects, and other ideas for living a beautiful and low-waste life, from the expert behind @simply.living.well on Instagram.

The Great Nowitzki: Basketball and the Meaning of Life

Author : Thomas Pletzinger
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781324003069

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A journey into the mindset of a historic basketball superstar, and the importance of his landmark career. The seven-foot Dirk Nowitzki is one of the greatest players in basketball history. The Dallas Maverick’s legend revolutionized the sport, redefining the role of the big man in the modern game. Dirk moved differently: flexible and fast, confident and in control. He thought differently, too. On the court, his shots were masterful—none more venerated than his signature one-legged flamingo fadeaway, a move that lives on in the repertoire of today’s most skilled NBA players. How did this lanky kid from the German suburbs become an all-time top ten scorer and NBA champion? How can a superstar stay so humble? Award-winning novelist and sportswriter Thomas Pletzinger spent over seven years traveling with Nowitzki. He witnessed Dirk’s summer workouts, involving fingertip pushups and the study of the physics, and spent days discussing literature and philosophy with Holger Geschwindner, Dirk’s enigmatic mentor and coach. Watching Nowitzki in empty gyms and in packed arenas with 30,000 fans, Pletzinger began to understand how Dirk and Holger’s philosophical insights on performance, creativity, and freedom enabled his success and longevity. The Great Nowitzki tells Dirk’s dramatic story like never before. Pletzinger describes Dirk’s youth in small-town Germany, follows the steep learning curve of Dirk’s early seasons, the devastating Finals loss to the Miami Heat, and the triumphant championship five years later. Traveling with Dirk in his final seasons, Pletzinger immerses himself in the community of people impacted by Nowitzki’s game, interviewing everyone from average fans in Dallas and security guards at the arena to front office executives and Hall of Fame teammates, who reflect on what Dirk’s career means to the next generation of ballplayers. And to the game itself. A masterpiece of sports writing that reads like a novel, The Great Nowitzki brims with a fan’s passion. Pletzinger shows how strongly basketball influences our imagination and the extraordinary journey an icon like Dirk Nowitzki must take to reach the pinnacle of the game.

Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association

Author : Gary West
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Basketball teams
ISBN : 1935001825

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Based on stories from Lloyd "Pink" Gardner, trainer for the Colonels, and interviews with Colonel owners, players, coaches, management, and fans, this book chronicles the Kentucky ABA pro-basketball team from the 1960s and 70s.

Loose Canon

Author : Brian Reno,Gabriel Vega Weissman
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780822235620

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From Molière in IKEA to Chekhov in a Taco Bell, this series of short comedies satirizes the world of the American consumer in the style of canonical playwrights. It’s a walk through history…if history were a strip mall.

The Sprouted Kitchen

Author : Sara Forte
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781607741152

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Sprouted Kitchen food blogger Sara Forte showcases 100 tempting recipes that take advantage of fresh produce, whole grains, lean proteins, and natural sweeteners—with vivid flavors and seasonal simplicity at the forefront. Sara Forte is a food-loving, wellness-craving veggie enthusiast who relishes sharing a wholesome meal with friends and family. The Sprouted Kitchen features 100 of her most mouthwatering recipes. Richly illustrated by her photographer husband, Hugh Forte, this bright, vivid book celebrates the simple beauty of seasonal foods with original recipes—plus a few favorites from her popular Sprouted Kitchen food blog tossed in for good measure. The collection features tasty snacks on the go like Granola Protein Bars, gluten-free brunch options like Cornmeal Cakes with Cherry Compote, dinner party dishes like Seared Scallops on Black Quinoa with Pomegranate Gastrique, “meaty” vegetarian meals like Beer Bean– and Cotija-Stuffed Poblanos, and sweet treats like Cocoa Hazelnut Cupcakes. From breakfast to dinner, snack time to happy hour, The Sprouted Kitchen will help you sneak a bit of delicious indulgence in among the vegetables.

Joyous Health

Author : Joy McCarthy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Cookbooks
ISBN : 0143190733

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Joyous Healthis a fresh new approach to eating that will change the way you think about food and what you eat, offering a simple and practical path to creating a healthy lifestyle. Holistic nutritionist Joy McCarthy, creator of the popular blog Joyous Health, explains how to eat and live joyously with amazing results, both inside and out- improved digestion increased energy and zest for life sleeping like a baby glowing skin and shiny hair balanced hormones weight loss and increased libido lowered blood pressure and cholesterol feeling fabulous every day Joyous Healthcelebrates eating delicious, clean whole foods. Featuring beautiful color photography, the book contains 80 recipes with pure ingredients and tasty combinations, including Carrot Cake Smoothie, Coconut Flour Banana Pancakes, Thai Beet Soup, Curry Chicken Burgers and Double Chocolate Gluten-Free Cookies. Includes over 150 recipes and lifestyle tips. Most recipes are dairy-and gluten-free, and all are refined-sugar-free. 'It's impossible not to fall in love with Joy's radiant energy and passion for a healthy lifestyle. Joyous Healthis a must-have for anyone who wants to ditch the diet mentality and fall in love with real food.' Angela Liddon creator of the award-winning vegan blog Oh She Glows and bestselling author of The Oh She Glows Cookbook 'Joy brings happiness to everything she cooks. This book demonstrates that you can have it all - fun, flavor, energy and well-being!' Julie Daniluk bestselling author of Meals That Heal Inflammation .