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1422) Magic Johnson
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A biography of the Los Angeles Lakers guard Magic Johnson.
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"Charts the rise of the legendary Crispus Attucks High School Tigers in the 1950s. By winning the Indiana state high school basketball boys' championship in 1955, ten teens from a school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in Indiana shattered the myth of their own inferiority."--
1424) The white boy shuffle
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"Paul Beatty's hilarious and scathing debut novel, The White Boy Shuffle, is about Gunnar Kaufman, an awkward Black surfer bum who is moved by his mother from Santa Monica to urban West Los Angeles. There, he begins to undergo a startling transformation from neighborhood outcast to basketball superstar, and eventually to reluctant messia of a 'divided downtrodden people.'"--Page 4 of cover
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High school journalist Robert 'Gar' Gartland has been assigned to cover the town's state championship-bound high school basketball team. Gar's best friend, all-star point guard Matt Morrison, is entangled with breaking and entering gone awry. Trapped, Matt and Gar have nowhere to turn. A compelling thriller about the ties that bond friends in the most dire of situations.
1427) Without Bias
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30 for 30 volume no. 5
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"More than two decades after his tragic cocaine overdose, the late Len Bias still leaves more questions than answers. When Bias dropped dead two days after the 1986 NBA Draft, he forever altered our perception of casual drug use and became the tipping point of America's drug crisis in the mid-80's ... In the most ambitious, comprehensive and uncompromising account of Bias' life and death ever captured on film, up-and-coming director Kirk Fraser utilizes...
1428) Fieldhouse
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Based on actual events, Fieldhouse is the story of Scott Novosel and his journey to play for the Kansas Jayhawks basketball team.
1429) Basketball girlfriend
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One of the top college basketball stars in the country is expected to be a top NBA draft pick, but as the pressure to perform well in school threatens his ability to perform on the court, things begin to fall apart. After being introduced to a tutor and falling in love with her, it turns out she is the sister of a drug lord that rules the streets and his brother's main rival.
1431) Kevin Garnett
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Biography of Boston Celtics player Kevin Garnett.
1433) Shawn Kemp
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Describes the basketball career and personal life of the NBA power forward from Elkhart, Indiana.
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30 for 30 volume no. 10
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"On Valentine's Day 1993, 17-year-old high school basketball and football star Allen Iverson was bowling in Hampton, Virginia when an argument erupted into a brawl, pitting Iverson's African-American friends against a group of white patrons. The fallout from the fight and the subsequent trial landed Iverson a lengthy prison sentence and sharply divided the city along racial lines."--Container.
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Krish and the robot kicks volume 2
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After learning that Krish has his sneaker bots, Dr. Fink is determined to get even--at any cost. To get his sneaker bot tech back, he rallies his robot troops and prepares for battle. Krish's late-night study session is interrupted by basketball-shaped beings ready to snag the sneakers out from under his nose! Can Krish dodge the danger and challenge Dr. Fink to a match for the ages, or will he be left standing courtside in stocking feet?
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Trey Martin is about to escape his current life living in a one bedroom apartment with his wife and three kids. He has witnessed something scandalous involving an NBA player. He knows someone will pay to keep the information quiet. Even when caught, he manages to maneuver his way out only to come up with yet another plan. Using the women in his life as pawns and his homies as stepping stones, Trey's plans turn fatal.While nothing points to Trey, he...
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