Hoop Dreams Down Under

Hoop Dreams Down Under
Author: Matt Logue
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1460711033

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Twenty-five home-grown Aussie superstars who have taken American basketball by storm. Ever since Luc Longley lit up the court as the first Australian to play in the NBA in 1991, Australians have made an indelible impact on the world's best basketball competition. Longley's journey from Perth to the NBA, alongside Michael Jordan at the Chicago Bulls, paved the way for a generation of players to follow in his footsteps. Hoop Dreams Down Under documents the behind-the-scenes stories of twenty Australian men and five women who have played on basketball's greatest stage. From surprise success stories like Matthew Dellavedova to No. 1 Draft picks like Ben Simmons and Andrew Bogut, and indisputable champions like Lauren Jackson, these are compelling success stories of Down Under talent that has made it to the top. Hoop Dreams Down Under is a must-read for all passionate basketball fans, or anyone with an interest in the power of sport to thrill, inspire and reward. PRAISE 'Matt Logue's Hoops Dreams Down Under is a fun read, packed with all kinds of things I didn't know, including the scope of the Aussie presence in the NBA - way more than a footprint. It's a movement, and he posts it up with an array of well-told stories' Roland Lazenby, sports writer 'Collating the achievements of 25 Aussie basketballers in one book makes this a treat' - Townsville Bulletin 'The book makes me proud' - three-time NBA champion Luc Longley 'If you haven't bought one yet, go and get one. A great read about Aussie basketball player pathways' - legendary WNBA player turned Phoenix and Australian Opals coach Sandy Brondello 'Humbled to be included in a book with legends of our game' - former NBA player Chris Anstey 'It's an honour to have my little place in Australian basketball history' - Australian women's basketball pioneer Michele Timms

Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams
Author: Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2014-03-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459405870

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Playing ball is what keeps Podium Sports Academy's basketball captain going when things get rough. When there's trouble back home, Allie turns to basketball. Ditto when her relationship is in trouble or when she's at odds with her friends. But then tragedy strikes when an old knee injury resurfaces and Allie is told she might not be able to play again. With her hope of a future as an elite basketball player gone, Allie is overwhelmed with dark thoughts and feels she has nothing left to live for. That is, until unexpected support comes from two unlikely sources: her folks back home and her friends at Podium, her home away from home. [Fry Reading Level - 3.0]

All the Dreams We've Dreamed

All the Dreams We've Dreamed
Author: Rus Bradburd
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1613739338

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Shawn Harrington returned to Marshall High School as an assistant coach years after appearing as a player in the iconic basketball documentary film Hoop Dreams. In January of 2014, Marshall's struggling team was about to improve after the addition of a charismatic but troubled player. Everything changed, however, when two young men opened fire on Harrington's car as he drove his daughter to school. Using his body to shield her, Harrington was struck and paralyzed. The mistaken-identity shooting was followed by a series of events that had a devastating impact on Harrington and Marshall's basketball family. Over the next three years it became obvious that the dream of the game providing a better life had nearly dissolved. Author Rus Bradburd tells Shawn's story with empathy and care, exploring the intertwined tragedies of gun violence, health care failure, racial assumptions, struggling educational systems, corruption in athletics—and the hope that can survive them all.

Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams
Author: Ben Joravsky
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1996-02-02
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0060976896

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For nearly five years Arthur Agee's and William Gates' remarkable lives were chronicled by a team of filmmakers. Roughly 250 hours of film were devoted to their journeys from the playgrounds to high school competition to college recruitment and -- whittled down to three hours -- it became the award-winning film Hoop Dreams. Now journalist Ben Joravsky vividly brings to light all the richness and subtlety of their stories, and the impact their aspirations had on themselves, their families and their relationships. It is an intimate look, complete with an up-to-date epilogue on the latest developments in their lives.

Hoop Dreams Deflated

Hoop Dreams Deflated
Author: Yani
Publisher: Anitbeet Productions, LLC
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2017-08-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0996966676

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With a crack-whore for a mother, it’s no wonder that life for Davion and his younger sister Janaya, was everything but a crystal stair. Left in a dirty house by themselves with only the roaches to look after them as their tummies rumbled, the two anxiously await their mother to return with food for them to eat. Seeing LeBron James play in one of his first NBA games awakened Davion’s passion for the sport, but hearing his baby sister’s tearful pleas for something to eat makes him vow to become a super star athlete, so he and his sister would never again see days like the ones they were currently living. While salvaging slices of bread from a moldy loaf in the refrigerator, the two manage to make jelly sandwiches, only for the electric to be turned off. They are now alone in the dark, cold and hungry. A phone call placed to their father leads to their rescue and Davion and Janaya are placed in his custody. His mother’s dope fiend habits wreak havoc in his young life, causing him to get into countless fights while losing all respect for the woman he now only refers to as Joselyn. But a heated confrontation between the two leads to a startling revelation that it was his father who turned Joselyn onto coke and created her habit that ultimately led to her overdose, with Janaya and Davion being the ones to find her. The respect, love and admiration Davion once had for the man he affectionately referred to as Pops, quickly diminishes after that dreadful day, and tragedy seems to make itself right at home in their lives. Holding on to his hoop dreams, Davion works hard at perfecting his craft with his sister following in his footsteps. But with tragedy striking around them constantly, the dream begins to slowly slip from his grip. Davion soon learns that everyone is not who they seem as he suspects his step-mother played a part in a murder that nearly destroys the family. Through Davion’s eyes, he tells his story down to the final seconds of his fourth quarter when it’s too late for him to realize that his suspicions were misplaced… as was his trust.

Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams
Author: Ben Joravsky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1996-02-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780060976903

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Award-winning journalist Ben Joravsky vividly brings to life all the richness and subtlety of the experiences of Arthur Agee and William Gates, two gifted urban hoopsters determined to make it to the NBA, in this intimate, suspenseful, and heart-wrenching adaptation of the award-winning, commercially successful film documentary. 25 photos.

Hoop Dreams on Wheels

Hoop Dreams on Wheels
Author: Ronald Berger
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2010-08-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1135890773

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A sociological account of wheelchair athletics, intended for use in courses on disability, the sociology of sport, and social problems – that challenges societal stereotypes about people with disabilities.

Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams
Author: Paul Robert Walker
Publisher: Turner Publications Incorporated
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1995
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781570361975

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To Arthur and William, basketball means everything and is the only escape from the grim streets of Chicago.

Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams
Author: Ben Joravsky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 377
Release: 1995
Genre: Basketball players
ISBN: 9780736231954

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William and Arthur have the potential to go to the NBA, but living in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in America could mean trouble for their hopes. Will basketball be their ticket to a better life?

Hoop Roots

Hoop Roots
Author: John Edgar Wideman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780618257751

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A multilayered memoir of basketball, family, home, love, and race, this book tells of the author's love for a game he can no longer play.