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Inside the NBASummary: A fast-break drama series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of the sports₂ most revered and dominant dynasties a team that defined its era, both on and off the court. The series examines one of the professional sports' most beloved empires and experience the exhilarating ride of a team that dominated a decade of basketball and watches them not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WINBabb, Valerie Melissa
Summary: "No athlete is referenced as frequently in commentaries on Black politics as LeBron James. The NBA all-star, gold medal Olympian, four time NBA champion, and four-time finals MVP has been a pivotal figure in both the culture and politics of basketball. Despite his unmatched skill, success and popularity, James has never been fully free from the entrenched racism and anti-blackness in American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023
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Summary: This title introduces basketball fans to the history of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA franchise. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, team facts, trivia, a glossary, and an index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2023
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Summary: Kobe Bryant's basketball career reads like a road map for the pursuit of greatness. He is talented, yet, but his relentless work ethic, his tireless pursuit of knowledge, his unflappable confidence and his turbo-charged ambition drove him to become an icon with a lasting legacy. Peña provides a biographical book at Kobe's upbringing and his celebrated career with the Los Angeles Lakers. With...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Castle Point Books, published and distributed by St. Martin's Publishing Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRYANT, KOBE PENPearlman, Jeff.
Summary: Drawing from more than 250 interviews to take the first full measure of the Lakers' epic Showtime era, this spectacular account of one of America's greatest sports sagas is jam-packed with colorful characters, vicious rivalries and 1980s-style excess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 PEAJackson, Phil.
Summary: Phil Jackson is one of the greatest coaches in the history of the NBA. In his fourteen seasons as a head coach, he is 832-316, the best winning record in NBA history. He also holds NBA coaching records for most playoff wins and playoff winning percentage. Prior to coaching, he played thirteen years in the NBA, primarily with the New York Knicks. He is also the author of Maverick, Sacred Hoops,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 JACPearlman, Jeff
Summary: "The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal combined-and collided-to help bring the Lakers three straight championships and restore the franchise as a powerhouse"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 PEAPearlman, Jeff
Summary: The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal combined-and collided-to help bring the Lakers three straight championships and restore the franchise as a powerhouse.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 796.323 PEABryant, Kobe
Summary: In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant shares his vast knowledge and understanding of the game. Citing an obligation to teach young players, hardcore fans, and devoted students of the game how to play it "the right way," The Mamba Mentality takes us inside the mind of one of the most analytical and creative basketball players ever. Bryant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 BRYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Team BryantWest, Jerry
Summary: "He is one of basketball's towering figures: "Mr. Clutch," who mesmerized his opponents and fans. The coach who began the Lakers' resurgence in the 1970s. The general manager who helped bring "Showtime" to Los Angeles, creating a championship-winning force that continues to this day. Now, for the first time, the legendary Jerry West tells his story-from his tough childhood in West Virginia, to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2011
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 796.323 WEST, JERRY WesMcCallum, Jack
Summary: "The bestselling author of Dream Team tells the interconnected stories of the NBA champion Golden State Warriors and the early-1970s Los Angeles Lakers, two extraordinary teams playing in extraordinary times and linked by one extraordinary man: Jerry West. During their 1971-72 championship season, the L.A. Lakers won thirty-three games in a row, a streak that still stands as the longest and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2017