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"There was a time, about 20 years ago, when Madison Square Garden roared so loud, opposing teams feared entering the "Mecca of Basketball." That's because it was home to the Knicks, the most physical and flagrantly aggressive team of their era. They were always looking for a fight. They fought opposing players. They fought opposing coaches. Hell, they fought each other. As a result, the NBA had to alter its rules because of this team. As the decade...
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A simple but fact-packed overview of the New York Knicks basketball team, covering their origins, their home court, famous players and coaches, and well-known plays throughout the team's history. He drives for the basket... he shoots... he scores! The amazing athletes of the National Basketball Association offer a dazzling show of speed, strength, and control. They've got game--and now young readers have books that will take them right into that nonstop...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading scorer and New York Times bestselling author, invites everyone to witness the Harlem Renaissance as he shares his lifelong passion for the legends that inspired him to greatness. Go back with Kareem to a time when jazz was Harlem's soul and basketball was its heartbeat. Let him introduce the greatest basketball team that's never been heard of - the all-black Harlem Rens.
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"Heaven Is a Playground was the first book on the uniquely American phenomenon of urban basketball. Rick Telander, a photojournalist and former high school basketball player, spent part of the summer of 1973 and all of the summer of 1974 in Brooklyn living the playground life with his subjects at Foster Park in Flatbush. He slept on the floor of a park regular's apartment, observing, questioning, traveling, playing with, and eventually coaching a...
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