Basketball Record Breakers

Basketball Record Breakers
Author: Will Graves
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1629699128

This title will give you the story behind records held by such basketball stars as Michael Jordan, John Stockton, Wilt Chamberlain, and more. The title also features informative sidebars, fun facts, a glossary, and further resources. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Basketball's Record Breakers

Basketball's Record Breakers
Author: Shane Frederick
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1515737594

The Golden State Warriors' pursuit of the Chicago Bulls' record for regular season wins captivated the basketball world, as did the Warriors' record-setting win streak to open the same season. Fans marveled, just as they had in earlier years as Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Wilt Chamberlain set records that some fans consider unbreakable. Here are pro basketball's greatest records and the stories of the teams and players who have held, chased, and broken them.

Basketball Records

Basketball Records
Author: Thomas K. Adamson
Publisher: Bellwether Media
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 168103493X

Swish! Stephen Curry has just made a record-breaking 3-point shot. This moment cements his place as a basketball legend! Unbelievable basketball records are on display in this exciting title for young readers. The book explores favorite teams and players who dribbled their way into stardom by scoring points, making passes, and more!

Basketball Superstars 2019

Basketball Superstars 2019
Author: Jon Richards
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2018
Genre: Basketball
ISBN: 9781783124329

This awesome book is packed with all-action photos, incredible facts and stats, plus all the essential info you need to know about the basketball superstars who will blaze a trail through the 2018--19 season. Get the lowdown on basketball's greatest players and many more basketball superstars.

Pro Basketball Records

Pro Basketball Records
Author: Matt Chandler
Publisher: Compass Point Books
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2019-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1543559328

This comprehensive look at pro basketball records covers everything from Wilt Chamberlain's list-topping 100-point game to the lowly Charlotte Bobcats mark for fewest wins in a season. Among the record highs and lows, budding fans will find loads of epic accomplishments and eye-popping numbers. And discovering basketball's record book only multiplies the fun and wonder of following the game.

Breaking Barriers

Breaking Barriers
Author: Douglas Stark
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2018-12-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1442277548

Today, it is nearly impossible to talk about the best basketball players in America without acknowledging the accomplishments of incredibly talented black athletes like Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant. A little more than a century ago, however, the game was completely dominated by white players playing on segregated courts and teams. In Breaking Barriers: A History of Integration in Professional Basketball, Douglas Stark details the major moments that led to the sport opening its doors to black players. He charts the progress of integration from Bucky Lew—the first black professional basketball player in 1902—to the modern game played by athletes like Stephen Curry and LeBron James. Although Stark focuses on the official integration of basketball in the late 1940s, the story does not end there. Over the past 60-plus years, black athletes have continued to change the game of basketball in terms of style, social progress, and marketability. Spanning the early 1900s to the present day, no other book features such a comprehensive examination of the key events and figures that led to the integration of professional basketball. In Breaking Barriers, these crucial steps in the history of the sport are placed within the larger context of American history, making this book an essential addition to the literature on sports and race in America.

Shattering the Glass

Shattering the Glass
Author: Pamela Grundy
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2017-11-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1469626012

Reaching back over a century of struggle, liberation, and gutsy play, Shattering the Glass is a sweeping chronicle of women's basketball in the United States. Offering vivid portraits of forgotten heroes and contemporary stars, Pamela Grundy and Susan Shackelford provide a broad perspective on the history of the sport, exploring its close relationship to concepts of womanhood, race, and sexuality, and to efforts to expand women's rights. Extensively illustrated and drawing on original interviews with players, coaches, administrators, and broadcasters, Shattering the Glass presents a moving, gritty view of the game on and off the court. It is both an insightful history and an empowering story of the generations of women who have shaped women's basketball.

Basketball Super Stats

Basketball Super Stats
Author: Jeff Savage
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512472751

Basketball players, coaches, and fans can tell a lot about a game from its statistics. Now you can too—because this book is full of them! Fun facts, charts, and graphs on almost every page show some of the most incredible stats in basketball history, including free throw percentages, triple-doubles, win streaks, and NBA championships. Explore the most important team and individual stats, and learn why the numbers matter.

FreeDarko Presents: The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History

FreeDarko Presents: The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History
Author: Bethlehem Shoals
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781608190836

The history of basketball has always belonged to champions like the Celtics, the Lakers, and the Bulls. Yet the game's history cuts much deeper than that. The bottom line, the record books and retired jerseys, can never fully do justice to this wild, chaotic, and energetic game. In between the championships, there's the sight of Earl Monroe, spinning and cajoling his way to every corner of the court; or Allen Iverson, driving headlong into players twice his size. The real history of the game is not its championships, which are indisputable, but the personalities of its heroes, which are, at least, undisputed. It's in the larger-than-life pathos of Wilt, the secret ties that bind Larry Bird to the flashy ABA, and Michael Jordan when he flew a little too high. From the prehistoric teachings of Dr. James Naismith to pioneering superstars such as LeBron James and Kevin Durant, you'll never see roundball the same way again.