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The Story of Basketball Great Clyde Lovellette

Author : Clyde Lovellette

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 44,59 MB

Release : 2015-04

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 9781935628507

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One of basketball¿s all-time greats at every level of the game, Clyde Lovellette grew up in difficult circumstances in Terre Haute, Indiana. In high school he was twice named All-State. After graduating high school he headed to Kansas to play for coaching legend Phog Allen where he was three times an All-American and lead the 1952 Jayhawks to a national championship. Directly following college Clyde went on to win Olympic gold. During his profes­sional career he collected three NBA championship rings. His first championship was with the Minneapolis Lakers and with it he became the first player in history to win an NCAA title, an Olympic gold medal, and an NBA championship. He collected two more championship rings with the Boston Celtics playing behind the great Bill Russell. Lovellette has been honored by selection to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, the College Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City, the Kansas Univer­sity Hall of Fame, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame.



Hidden History of Terre Haute

Author : Tim Crumrin

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 37,59 MB

Release : 2020-08-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1439670900

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Many know about Terre Haute's long-gone reputation as a "sin city," but that hardly tells the whole story. Unknown to all but a few, the city was home to a POW camp for Confederate prisoners and divers once plucked valuable freshwater pearls from the Wabash River. Druggist Jacob Baur discovered a way to liquefy carbon dioxide, earning him the title "King of Soda Fountains." Before the advent of Hollywood, motion pictures were made here. And one of the biggest child stars of the 1930s and '40s was a local boy named Billy Lee. He joined another child star from the area, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer of Our Gang fame. Historian Tim Crumrin reveals the overlooked events and people in Terre Haute's past.



Echoes of Kansas Basketball

Author : Triumph Books

Publisher : Triumph Books

Page : 189 pages

File Size : 16,58 MB

Release : 2006-09

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1617490431

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Spanning decades with great columns from renowned writers, this time capsule recounts the greatest moments in Kansas lore and tracks the chronological progression of sports writing styles from the esoteric to the ultra-modern. The account details the Jayhawks from their roots of glory to their modern-day triumphs.



Great Teams in Pro Basketball History

Author : Joe Giglio

Publisher : Capstone Classroom

Page : 52 pages

File Size : 14,51 MB

Release : 2005-12-13

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9781410914927

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Discusses ten of the greatest pro basketball teams in the history of the game, and explains what made each one great.



Basketball History in Syracuse

Author : Mark Allen Baker

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 206 pages

File Size : 38,33 MB

Release : 2010-10-25

Category : History

ISBN : 1614236453

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Anyone who has spent time in Syracuse, New York, knows that basketball season is the most wonderful time of the year. And while the local popularity of the sport is known nationwide, the region also has a long and rich basketball history. Sports historian Mark Baker traces the evolution of Syracuse's "hoops roots,"? beginning in the early days, when local, national and college basketball organizations were primitive institutions. It was during this time that one of the first teams to gain a national following was founded here by an Italian immigrant, Danny Biasone, and it was in Syracuse that the 24 second clock was invented. From the outset, Syracuse residents and fans were hooked, and this love of the game has endured, feeding the fanaticism that sustains the sport today.





Kansas University Basketball Legends

Author : Kenneth N. Johnson PhD

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 45,30 MB

Release : 2013-11-19

Category : History

ISBN : 1625849036

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The University of Kansas's men's basketball team is one of the oldest and most successful in the history of college basketball; the very inventor of the sport, Dr. James Naismith, was KU's first coach. Its long and illustrious history began in 1898 and includes some of the biggest names in the game, from legends like Wilt Chamberlain to "secret weapons" like Andrea Hudy, the only female strength and conditioning coach in the division. Longtime Jayhawk enthusiast Kenn Johnson offers up a unique and in-depth look at the players, coaches and other personalities who helped make the University of Kansas basketball program the unparalleled tradition it is today.





ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia

Author : Espn

Publisher : Espn Books

Page : 1234 pages

File Size : 12,92 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0345513924

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A comprehensive reference provides historical overviews of all 335 Division 1 teams, season-by-season summaries, ESPN/Sagarin rankings of top-selected college basketball programs, and more.



The Book of Basketball

Author : Bill Simmons

Publisher : ESPN

Page : 754 pages

File Size : 34,8 MB

Release : 2010-12-07

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0345520106

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The NBA according to The Sports Guy—now updated with fresh takes on LeBron, the Celtics, and more! Foreword by Malcom Gladwell • “The work of a true fan . . . it might just represent the next phase of sports commentary.”—The Atlantic Bill Simmons, the wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining basketball addict known to millions as ESPN’s The Sports Guy, has written the definitive book on the past, present, and future of the NBA. From the age-old question of who actually won the rivalry between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain to the one about which team was truly the best of all time, Simmons opens—and then closes, once and for all—every major pro basketball debate. Then he takes it further by completely reevaluating not only how NBA Hall of Fame inductees should be chosen but how the institution must be reshaped from the ground up, the result being the Pyramid: Simmons’s one-of-a-kind five-level shrine to the ninety-six greatest players in the history of pro basketball. And ultimately he takes fans to the heart of it all, as he uses a conversation with one NBA great to uncover that coveted thing: The Secret of Basketball. Comprehensive, authoritative, controversial, hilarious, and impossible to put down (even for Celtic-haters), The Book of Basketball offers every hardwood fan a courtside seat beside the game’s finest, funniest, and fiercest chronicler.