Sports Great Anfernee Hardaway

Sports Great Anfernee Hardaway
Author: George R. Rekela
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1996
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780894907586

A look at the life and accomplishments of Anfernee Hardaway, the star point guard for the Orlando Magic. Strong guidance from his grandmother allowed Hardaway to develop the determination and the discipline needed to be a great basketball player. He became a star player for Memphis State College. After being drafted by the Magic, he was elected as the NBA's Rookie All-Star Game Most Valuable Player.

Anfernee Hardaway

Anfernee Hardaway
Author: Brad Townsend
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1997
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780822536529

Presents a biography of the professional basketball player whose versatility on the court helps make his team, the Orlando Magic, one of the best in the league.

On These Courts

On These Courts
Author: Wayne B. Drash
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 147671021X

Documents the story of "Penny" Hardaway, tracing the injuries that halted his progress as a star athlete and his decision to coach the Lester Middle School basketball team in Memphis, where he helped young players to overcome gang violence and domestic abuse to become state champions.

Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway

Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway
Author: Richard Rambeck
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1996-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781567663150

Surveys the basketball career of the young point guard for the Orlando Magic, Penny Hardaway.

The Book of Basketball

The Book of Basketball
Author: Bill Simmons
Publisher: ESPN
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2010-12-07
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0345520106

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The wildly opinionated, thoroughly entertaining, and arguably definitive book on the past, present, and future of the NBA—from the founder of The Ringer and host of The Bill Simmons Podcast “Enough provocative arguments to fuel barstool arguments far into the future.”—The Wall Street Journal In The Book of Basketball, Bill Simmons opens—and then closes, once and for all—every major NBA debate, 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. 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.

Sports Great Greg Maddux

Sports Great Greg Maddux
Author: Stew Thornley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1997
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780894908736

Star pitcher for the World Champion Atlanta Braves, Greg Maddux is also the first man to win the Cy Young Award four years in a row. Greg Maddux, who has achieved almost every individual goal a pitcher can have, has led the major leagues with the most victories, starts, complete games, and innings pitched.

Sports Great Nolan Ryan

Sports Great Nolan Ryan
Author: William W. Lace
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1993
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780894903946

This biography follows retired pitching legend Nolan Ryan throughout his extensive baseball career with several teams.

Knee High and Livin' Large

Knee High and Livin' Large
Author: Stacy Wall
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780609602362

Welcome to my inside flap. You know, most inside flaps in books try to sum up what the book's all about, and they usually have plenty of fancy terms like, "magically woven," or "packed with laughs," or "a triumph of the human spirit." And, of course, all of this is just a thinly veiled attempt to get you, the book browser, to buy the book. But not on my inside flap, no sir. I've got too many stories to tell, and I can't waste any space. So, with that in mind, here's a caption for the photograph of me on pages 58-59. I really enjoy a nice traditional Japanese steam bath. And so do my two lovely companions, Timori (left) and Masako. They're both flight attendants for a Japanese airline. And before you get any ideas, we're just friends. You know Tyra's the only one for me.

Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway

Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway
Author: James Beckett
Publisher: House of Collectibles
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1996
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780676600339

Orlando Magic point guard Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway continues to wow his legion of fans on the court. His outstanding skill and enviable abilities earned him a spot on the All-NBA First Team in only his second season in the league. Beckett Great Sports Heroes: Anfernee Hardaway pays fitting tribute to this spectacular player. Lavishly illustrated in full color, each Beckett Great Sports Heroes volume features distinguished sports authorities assessing the career of one of the greatest athletes of our time. Each book is a piece of history, a celebration of a sports legend. . . . At the University of Memphis, Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway was a star in the Great Midwestern Conference for two years and was named Conference Player of the Year, a First-Team All-American, and a finalist for the Naismith and Wooden awards. He recently played on the Dream Team III at the 1996 Olympics.

Sports Great

Sports Great
Author: Glen Macnow
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780766020634

Sports Great Books for reluctant readers are high-interest biographies with easy-reading text about star athletes. All sports fans will love these books, and students will enjoy using them for biography reports. Each indexed book contains career statistics, action photographs, Internet addresses, and exciting accounts that give readers the feel of the big game.Profiles professional basketball star Allen Iverson, whose speed and determination helped him to overcome his relatively small stature to earn the All-Star MVP trophy and the NBA's Most Valuable Player award in 2001.