For millions of basketball fans in the 1970s, Walt Frazier, nicknamed Clyde, defined the word cool. One of the greatest point guards in NBA history, Clyde guided the New York Knicks to their only two championships with a style and flair that was wholly his own. Worshipped for both his skills on the court and his flamboyant fashion sense off it, he was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987, was named one of the NBA's 50 greatest players in 1996, and is currently the Knicks' color analyst on the MSG Network
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Heâs been called a journeyman. Even Paul wouldnât dispute that classification. Regardless, Bill Simmons, ESPN.comâs âThe Sports Guy,â has said of Paul Shirley, âWe could finally have an answer to the question âWhat would it be like if one of our friends was an NBA player?âThereâs no denying that Paul Shirley is the closest thing pro basketballâs got to Odysseus. In Homeric fashion, he has logged time practically everywhere in the roundball universe, from six NBA cities to pro leagues in Spain and Greece to North Americaâs pro ball Siberia, the minor leagues. Hell, heâs even played in the real Siberia. And in Can I Keep My Jersey?, Shirley finally puts down roots long enough to deliver one of the great locker-room chronicles of the modern age. With sharp elbows and an even sharper wit, Shirleyâwhose writings have been described as âwildly entertainingâ by The Wall Street Journalâdrops hilarious commentary, revealing which teams have the best cheerleaders (heâs spent many a time-out watching them ply their trade), why Christ is rapidly becoming every teamâs âsixth man,â and even the best ways to get bloodstains out of your game uniform, using only an ordinary bar of soap and a hotel bathroom sink.From sharing the court with Kobe and Shaq to perusing the food court at some mall in a bush-league burg; from taking pregame layups to getting laid out by a stray knee from an NBA power forward; from hopping a limo to the teamâs charter jet to dashing to catch the van home from a B-league game in Tijuana, Shirley dishes on what itâs like to try to make it as a professional athlete. Can I Keep My Jersey? is a rollicking, thoughtful, even thought-provoking insiderâs look at a pro ballerâs life on the fringe. Like Jim Boutonâs Ball Four or John Feinsteinâs A Season on the Brink, Shirleyâs odyssey deserves to find a home on every sports fanâs bookshelf.
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Nancy Lieberman-Cline is one of basketball's greatest-ever women players: the first high-school athlete to make a U.S. Olympic basketball team and the first woman to play in a men's professional league. She teams up with Robin Roberts, a great college player and successful sportscaster for ABC and ESPN, to share her insights and help women use physical drills, mental techniques and plain old basketball strategy to hone their skills to the sharpest.
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Hoop City is a basketball book about twin brothers growing up on the tough streets of New York City. While Mike Hope makes a bad decision that ends his basketball career, his brother Tony Hope finds the strength to continue his journey to NBA stardom without his wingman. This story about consequences, growing up, and basketball won Best Juvenile Fiction at the San Diego Book Awards in 2003. It is widely used for the NBA s Read to Achieve program.
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In his 20 seasons on ESPN and ABC, Dick Vitale has been synonymous with college basketball. Through his passion and devotion to the game, Vitale has earned an ever-growing following with an enthusiasm for the game, its players and coaches never before seen in television. Having coached at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. Vitale brings an insider's perspective to each broadcast, and his lifelong relationships with the administrators, coaches and players provide him a wealth of knowledge few can equal. Behind every "get a TO, baby" and the "slam, jam, bam" resides in Vitale a growing concern for the sport that reels when yet another misguided underclassman announces he's going pro or a new recruiting or academic scandal arises. As much as Vitale is a fan courtside, he's also a champion of the game away from it, spending countless hours lobbying for rules changes or talking with athletic directors about ways to improve the game. Being so close to the sport, Vitale is infinitely aware of the big-business pressures that affect it today, from the billions of dollars spent by television networks to the controversy surrounding the entrance exam requirements. And having played and coached basketball, he truly cares about the kids and knows that the success of the sport rides on the shoulders of those student-athletes who proudly wear their school colors into battle. Here are Vitale's heartfelt thoughts on how to halt the off-court technical fouls of the sport he loves so deeply. In short, discusses the following: * clean up gambling * control agents and boosters * keep players in school * reform recruiting * restructure NCAA rules
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Veteran sportswriter Bill Little takes Texas fans through the highs and lows of Longhorn football in this book of stories, photos, and anecdotes.
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This issue of SI features Ray Knight and the New York Mets winning the World Series on the cover and in a feature inside, plus features on Penn State, the 1987 Basketball Preview, Jack Nicholson, and much more!
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