The Story of the Los Angeles Clippers

The Story of the Los Angeles Clippers
Author: Aaron Frisch
Publisher: The Creative Company
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2006-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781583414101

Learn the origins, stars, and greatest moments of the Los Angelas Clippers.

Los Angeles Clippers

Los Angeles Clippers
Author: Bernie Wilson
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1617877816

Los Angeles Clippers is a beginner's history of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers will experience the team's highest and lowest moments, meet the team's best players and managers, and gain the inside track on information that completes the team's story. Mini-biographies, fun facts, anecdotes, fantastic quotes, and sidebars combine with full-color, action-packed photographs to round out the story of the Clippers, allowing your readers Inside the NBA! SportsZone is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

The Curse

The Curse
Author: Mick Minas
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 558
Release: 2016-11-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781539148753

From Bill Walton's feet to DeAndre Jordan's free throws, something always seems to go wrong for the LA Clippers. Beginning with the highly unusual birth of the franchise, the Clippers' legacy has always carried with it the haunting suspicion that the team is cursed. Author Mick Minas goes behind the scenes- interviewing players, coaches, and front office personnel-to create the first in-depth look at the history of the Clippers. The Curse is filled with drama: the unauthorized relocation of the franchise that led to the NBA filing a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the Clippers, the disruption of the team's first playoff appearance by the Los Angeles riots, the bold but unsuccessful attempt to sign Kobe Bryant at the peak of his career, and the scandal that ultimately resulted in owner Donald Sterling being banned from the NBA for life. Featuring some of basketball's biggest names, including World B. Free, Elgin Baylor, Danny Manning, Doc Rivers, Larry Brown, Dominique Wilkins, Elton Brand, Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, and Chris Paul, The Curse delves into the disasters of the past and the complications of the present. This is the definitive history of the NBA's most dysfunctional franchise.

Blake Griffin

Blake Griffin
Author: Bill Redban
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2014-02-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781508425564

Discover The Inspirational Story of Basketball Superstar Blake Griffin!Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device!You're about to discover the incredibly inspirational story of basketball superstar Blake Griffin. If you're reading this then you must be a Blake Griffin fan, like so many others. As a fan, you must wonder how this man is so talented and want to know more about him. Blake Griffin is considered as one of the greatest basketball players in the world and it's been an honor to be able to watch him play throughout his young career. This book will reveal to you much about Blake Griffin's story and the many accomplishments throughout his career.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Youth and Family Life High School and College Career Professional Career and Personal Life Legacy, Charitable Acts and much more! If you want to learn more about Blake Griffin, then this book is for you. It will reveal to you many things that you did not know about this incredible basketball star!About the Author:Inspirational Stories is a series aimed at highlighting the great athletes of our society. Our mission is to present the stories of athletes who are not only impactful in their sport, but also great people outside of it. The athletes we write about have gone above and beyond to become impactful in their community and great role models for the youth, all while showing excellence in their profession. We publish concise, easily consumable books that portray the turning points in the lives of these great athletes, while also giving the context in which they occurred. Our books are especially great for children who look up to sports figures. Hopefully these athletes can serve as a source of inspiration and their stories can provide life lessons that are practical for fans of any demographic.

Los Angeles Clippers

Los Angeles Clippers
Author: Bernie Wilson
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1617879770

Los Angeles Clippers is a beginner's history of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers will experience the team's highest and lowest moments, meet the team's best players and managers, and gain the inside track on information that completes the team's story. Mini-biographies, fun facts, anecdotes, fantastic quotes, and sidebars combine with full-color, action-packed photographs to round out the story of the Clippers, allowing your readers Inside the NBA! SportsZone is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Long Shot

Long Shot
Author: Chris Paul
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2030-12-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416958207

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Bingo!

Bingo!
Author: Ralph Lawler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2022-06-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781595801104

Bingo!: Reflections On Over 40 Years in the NBA is the autobiography of legendary Los Angeles Clippers and sports broadcaster Ralph Lawler. The book covers Lawler's extraordinary life and career, from his childhood in Peoria, Illinois; through his time at Bradley University; to the beginning of his sports announcing career at the Riverside International Raceway; his years spent in Philadelphia with the Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers; his years in San Diego with the Conquistadors and the Chargers; and culminating in his 40-year career with the Clippers. Along the way, basketball and the NBA is the focus of the book, with Lawler's observations and stories about players, coaches, and teams from the 1940s through his retirement at the close of the 2019 season forming the core of the book. Included among the myriad stories and reflections will be his relationships with NBA legend Bill Walton, infamous Clippers owner Donald Sterling, Clippers GM and NBA great Elgin Baylor, and a variety of famous players and coaches from throughout the NBA. As Lawler used to famously say from behind the microphone, "Fasten your seatbelts!" Bingo! is a fun-filled journey through professional basketball, with plenty of "Oh me, Oh my!" moments, and the definitive answer to the burning question all NBA fans want to know: Is there any truth to "Lawler's Law"?

Cover Story

Cover Story
Author: Alex Wong
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2021-10-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1641256915

A nostalgic romp through modern NBA history as documented by basketball's most iconic and innovative magazine covers. Every magazine cover is the result of a series of intentional decisions. Cover Story shares the behind-the-scenes stories of these deliberate choices, which led to the most iconic basketball-related magazine covers during a period from 1984 to 2003. Through 100-plus interviews conducted with writers, editors, publishers, photographers, creative directors, and the players themselves, the book explores Michael Jordan's relationship with Sports Illustrated, Shaquille O'Neal and the hip-hop generation's impact on newsstands, the birth of SLAM and the inside stories of their most iconic covers, how the 1996 USA women's basketball team inspired a new era of women's sports magazines, the competition among publishers to put high school phenom LeBron James on the magazine cover first, and much more. Offering an immersive look at some of the most impactful moments in a golden era for modern basketball, this engaging read will appeal to basketball fans, pop culture enthusiasts, and those who want to take a deep dive into understanding how the individual components of a classic magazine cover come together. Features four full-color inserts showcasing a collection of notable magazine covers!

Hang Time

Hang Time
Author: Elgin Baylor
Publisher: Mariner Books
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2018
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0544617053

Elgin Baylor's memoir of an epic all-star career in the NBA--during which he transformed basketball from a horizontal game to a vertical one--and his fights against racism during his career as a player and as general manager of the LA Clippers under the infamous Donald Sterling People think of Elgin Baylor as one of the greatest basketball players in the history of the game--and one of the NBA's first black superstars--but the full extent of his legacy stretches beyond his spectacular, game-changing shots and dunks. With startling symmetry, Baylor recounts his story: flying back and forth between the U.S. Army and the Lakers, his time as a central figure in the great Celtics-Lakers rivalry and how he helped break down color barriers in the sport, his 1964 All-Star game boycott, his early years as an executive for the New Orleans Jazz, and twenty-two years as general manager for the notorious L.A. Clippers and Donald Sterling, spent fighting to draft and sign young, black phenoms--only to be hamstrung by his boss at every turn. No one has seen the league change, and has worked to bring change, more than Baylor. Year after year, he continued to fight and persevere against racism. At the beginning of his career, he was forced to stay in separate hotel rooms. From those days to today's superstardom, he has had a front-row view of the game's elevation to one of America's favorite sports. For the first time, Elgin Baylor tells his full story. He's played with the legends, lived with them, and knows more about the NBA than anyone living, and is finally ready to set the record straight.

NBA Jam

NBA Jam
Author: Reyan Ali
Publisher: Boss Fight Books
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2019-10-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1940535204

When NBA Jam dunked its way into arcades in 1993, players discovered just how fun basketball can be when freed from rules, refs, and gravity itself. But just a few years after the billion-dollar hit conquered the world, developer Midway, publisher Acclaim, and video arcades themselves fell off the map. How did a simple two-on-two basketball game become MVP of the arcade, and how did this champ lose its title? Journalist Reyan Ali dives deep into the saga, tracking the people and decisions that shaped the series. You'll get to know mischievous Jam architect Mark Turmell, go inside Midway's Chicago office where hungry young talent tapped into cutting-edge tech, and explore the sequels, spin-offs, and tributes that came in the game's wake. Built out of exhaustive research and original interviews with a star-studded cast —including Turmell and his original development team, iconic commentator Tim Kitzrow, businessmen and developers at Midway and Acclaim alike, secret characters George Clinton and DJ Jazzy Jeff, Doom co-creator John Romero, and 1990s NBA demigods Glen Rice and Shaq—Ali's NBA Jam returns you to an era when coin-op was king.