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Review - Across the Line: Profiles in Basketball Courage
February 29th, 2008
By Jeff Fox
Across the Line
Profiles in Basketball Courage: Tales of the First Black Players in the ACC and SEC
Barry Jacobs
Book Review: The Wages of Wins
December 18th, 2007
By Jeff Fox
The Wages of Wins
Taking Measures of the Many Myths in Modern Sport
Book Review: Players and Pretenders
December 13th, 2007
By Jeff Fox
Players and Pretenders
The Basketball Team That Couldn’t Shoot Straight
by Charley Rosen
Book Review: Can I Keep My Jersey?
July 10th, 2007
By Jeff Fox
Can I Keep My Jersey?
Paul Shirley
Villard Books
$23.95 ($29.95 Canada)
The subtitle of the book sums it all up – 11 Teams, 5 Countries and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond. NBA diehards and/or Iowa State fans will know the name Paul Shirley from the basketball court – the rest of the world is getting to know him from his very popular blogs on ESPN.com and from this very good book.
Book Review - Tip Off: How the 1984 Draft Changed Basketball
June 9th, 2007
By Jeff Fox
Tip Off – How The 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever
Filip Bondy
Da Capo Press
$25.00 ($30.00 Canada)
New York Daily News columnist Filip Bondy’s Tip Off is out just in time to put this year’s NBA draft in perspective. While Greg Oden and Kevin Durant appear destined for greatness, there isn’t any other “superstar” apparent in the mix. On the other hand, four of the greatest players of all-time were picked in the 1984 draft – Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton.
Book Review - Basketball Warfare: Life in the Big East
May 4th, 2007Basketball Warfare: Life in the Big East Conference
By Kevin McNamara
McNamara Publishing
$20.00 ($24.50 after shipping & handling) - www.bigeastbook.com
Paddy on the Hardwood: Book Review
November 23rd, 2006
By Jeff Fox
The fact that Jerry West writes that Paddy on the Hardwood is “the best sports book I’ve read in a long while” is pretty much all you need to know about this book. Who am I to argue with Logo? Luckily, no arguments are coming from this corner – this is a great book.
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