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Exploring what it means to be a school, a coach, and a player in college basketball's Final Four, Feinstein exposes the driving forces behind one of the most revered events in American sports. Readers will also find dramatic stories from the officials and referees to the scouts and ticket-scalpers.
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Game day volume 3
Publisher
Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Pub
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
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English
Description
Through lots of hard work, Patty's skills have improved-they're out-of-sight. And he's been invited to step it up in a big basketball tournament. Even though he'll miss out on time in his beloved Torres Strait, playing in a major competition in Sydney is an opportunity too exciting to pass up. Patty starts to think he might have a future in basketball but an injury puts it all at risk. Could Patty's dream be over before it's begun.
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English
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"Daniel Graham MacCormick--Mac for short--seems to have a pretty good life. At age thirty-five he's living in Key West, owner of a forty-two-foot charter fishing boat, The Maine. Mac served five years in the Army as an infantry officer with two tours in Afghanistan. He returned with the Silver Star, two Purple Hearts, scars that don't tan, and a boat with a big bank loan. Truth be told, Mac's finances are more than a little shaky. One day, Mac is...
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Hannah Swensen mysteries volume 28
A Hannah Swensen mystery volume 28
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 28
A Hannah Swensen mystery volume 28
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 28
Language
English
Description
In this scrumptious cozy mystery from New York Times and USA Toda y bestselling author Joanne Fluke, baker Hannah Swensen is tempted by a high-profile tournament in Lake Eden that quickly turns deadly... Embracing a sweet escape from her usual routine at The Cookie Jar, Hannah gets asked for her help in baking pastries at the local inn for a flashy fishing competition with big prizes and even bigger names. But the fun stops when she spots a runway...
Author
Series
Shredderman volume 3
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Based on the 1913 U.S. Open golf championship-at which two equally sympathetic young men, both of whom grew up economically and socially disadvantaged, go club to club in one of the most exciting and dramatic athletic events of the 20th century.
12) Wordplay
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A journey into the world of Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor at The New York Times. Shortz has spent his entire lifetime studying, creating and editing puzzles, and has built a huge following along the way including Bill Clinton and Bob Dole.
13) Drop Shot
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Series
Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Once, Valerie Simpson's tennis career skyrocketed; now, the headlines belong to a player from the wrong side of the tracks. But when Valerie is shot dead in cold blood and dropped outside the stadium at the U.S. Open, sports agent Myron Bolitar investigates the killing and uncovers a connection between the two players and a six-year-old murder at an exclusive mainline club. As Myron is drawn into the case--along with a dirty U.S. senator, a jealous...
Publisher
ESPN Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Catching Hell: "Oscar-winner Alex Gibney 'brilliantly' explores the phenomenon of scapegoating through the lens of two infamous moments in sports history: Steve Bartman's ill-fated incident and Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner's fateful error."--Container.
Charismatic: "Together, an unlikely colt named Charismatic and his jockey, Chris Antley, became the biggest long shots in 59 years to win the Kentucky Derby, followed by another win at...
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