Isaac Roth's dream is to be the highest-scoring forward ever on the basketball, but the problem is that Isaac is short. Coach Turnbull thinks he'd be a better point guard than a forward, since he's fast and small. Will Isaac be able to change his dream and play for the team, or will he give up on the sport he loves?

When a losing basketball team is jokingly called the "lard butts" by the opposing team, one of the players starts an election to change the school team names from the "Laggan Lairds" to the "Laggan Lard Butts."

After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory. Mike Lupica's first novel for young readers! Twelve-year-old Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court--but don't tell him that. Because no one plays with more heart or court sense. But none of that matters when he is cut...

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This big-hearted memoir by the most promising professional basketball player of his generation details his rise to NBA stardom, the terrible accident that ended his career and plunged him into a life-altering depression, and how he ultimately found his way out of the darkness.

Ten years ago, Jay Williams was at the beginning of a brilliant professional basketball career. The Chicago Bulls'

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"Whether it's millionaire pros facing off in an indoor arena full of screaming fans or a lone kid shooting hoops on an outdoor court, basketball is one of the most popular and widely played sports in the world. The Comic Book Story of Basketball gives you courtside seats to the history of hoops. It chronicles the sport from its beginnings in a YMCA in Massachusetts to its current status as a beloved international game for men and women of all ages....

Provides an overview of the history and key personalities of team that began as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in 1949, then moved to Milwaukee and St. Louis, and finally became the Atlanta Hawks in 1968.

Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a basketball game at Mastadon Square Garden.

"A collective biography of the top 10 basketball scorers, both past and present, which includes accounts of game action, career statistics, and more"--Provided by publisher.

"Charts the rise of the legendary Crispus Attucks High School Tigers in the 1950s. By winning the Indiana state high school basketball boys' championship in 1955, ten teens from a school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in Indiana shattered the myth of their own inferiority. Their brilliant coach had fashioned an unbeatable team from a group of boys born in the South and raised in poverty, anchored by the astonishing player...

Describes the research leading up to the invention of the automobile, discusses the individuals involved, and examines its influence.