Ballard, Chris.
Summary: From Sports Illustrated writer Chris Ballard, the inspirational story of a coach, a baseball team, and the season they'd never forget.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.357 BALBallard, Chris.
Summary: Chris Ballard goes behind the scenes to examine basketball in ways that will surprise even die-hard fans. An inveterate hoops junkie who played some college ball, Ballard sits down with the NBA's most passionate, cerebral players to find out their tricks of the trade and to learn what drives them, taking readers away from the usual sports talk radio fodder and deep into the heart of the game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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Summary: Recounts the journey of hippie, dreamer, and intellectual Lynn Sweet, who arrived in Macon, Illinois, in 1966 and became the reluctant coach of the high school baseball team, leading the Macon Ironmen through an improbable season to the state final.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 BALSummary: For twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Wright Thompson, a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN: The Magazine, proves more than up to the task by curating this truly exceptional collection. The only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015