Download or read book High Above Courtside written by Mike Carey and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary Boston Celtics broadcaster tells the story of his fabled career and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the team in this book mostly completed shortly before his 1993 death, epilogue by Larry Bird.

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Download or read book Beyond the Talent written by Barb Smith and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it about championship-level teams that supports overcoming adversity and drives them to win year after year? In a quest to find answers to this question, thirty-year veteran NCAA Division I college coach, Barb Smith, conducted a never-before research journey touring, interviewing, and observing over eighty sports programs nationwide from youth leagues, high schools, collegiate, and professional teams as well as business organizations. In Beyond the Talent: Profile of a Winning Team, Smith details her findings, shares examples, and demonstrates how to raise the bar for building teams. This is a guide to getting back to square one . . . the profile of your team. Smith's research identifies six key elements that consistently surface and highlights the dynamics and interactions that must first come together to build a championship team.SIX KEY ELEMENTS INCLUDE:1) The Leader, 2) The Workhorse, 3) The Voice, 4) The Connector, 5) The Teacher, and 6) The Diffuser "When the foundation of teams is strengthened and members choose to work cohesively, the outcomes harvest amazing results. Beyond the Talent offers concepts for coaches and leaders at every level to learn something new or try something different." -Barb Smith

Download or read book Second Coming written by Sam Smith and published by Harpercollins. This book was released on 1995 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside story of Michael Jordan's surprising departure from and return to the Chicago Bulls describes his anguish over his father's death, reaction to rumors about his gambling, and his attempts to succeed in major league baseball. 250,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour.

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Download or read book Moving the Needle written by Joe Sweeney and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed system that will help you achieve your professional and personal goals Moving the Needle provides both the "kick in the pants" and the game plan many of us need to break out of the rut and get moving to achieve our goals. CEOs, vice presidents, professionals, military personnel, and even college students frequently express frustration at the entrenched status quo, in which initiating progress feels like moving mountains. This book lights a path toward continual improvement, helping readers first find a direction, then make the key transitions that jumpstart forward progress. This highly practical guide outlines a change process that can be applied to professional or personal goals, giving readers a concrete plan for making big things happen. Rather than blindly shooting for the moon, readers will formulate a solid, systematic, actionable plan that can only result in progress. In today's tenuous business climate, employers and employees alike can be glued to the ground, unsure of the path they should take, or whether they have the freedom to move forward. Moving the Needle helps readers clarify their current position, identify their optimum position, and formulate a workable strategy for getting from here to there. Find what "moving forward" means for your career and life Shake off the doldrums of routine and establish a culture of innovation Improve performance on a consistent basis, at every level Break the inertia and get moving in the right direction Stagnation is diametrically opposed to progress. Moving forward requires a vision, a plan, and the impetus to get things done. Those who sense that big things can happen need to get clear, get free, and start Moving the Needle.

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Download or read book Basketball and Life 2 written by Herb Turetzky and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As his beloved affair with the game of basketball, ingrained in him as a young boy growing up in the gritty Brownsville section of Brooklyn, grew into a life-long journey around the world, Herb Turetzky suddenly found himself returning to his roots, at the newly-opened Barclays Center, just ten subway stops on the IRT New Lots line from his boyhood home. With the Brooklyn Nets' new home in his home borough, a short five-minute walk from his alma mater, Long Island University, and a thirty minute drive from his Bayside, Queens home, his almost fifty year Nets' career was rejuvenated, enabling Herb to envision continuing his amazing career while, at the same time, finding his memory of so many greats of the game rekindled. This lifetime fascination, coupled with his long-standing relationships with close boyhood friends and even closer family members, including the recent birth of his first grandchild, have enabled Herb to put together this autobiographical collection of original poetry, a strongly suggested read for followers of basketball, Brooklyn, the historic Brownsville and those with a hearty admiration of family ties.

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Download or read book Bulls Markets written by Sean Dinces and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-09-10 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unvarnished look at the economic and political choices that reshaped contemporary Chicago—arguably for the worse. ​ The 1990s were a glorious time for the Chicago Bulls, an age of historic championships and all-time basketball greats like Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan. It seemed only fitting that city, county, and state officials would assist the team owners in constructing a sparkling new venue to house this incredible team that was identified worldwide with Chicago. That arena, the United Center, is the focus of Bulls Markets, an unvarnished look at the economic and political choices that forever reshaped one of America’s largest cities—arguably for the worse. Sean Dinces shows how the construction of the United Center reveals the fundamental problems with neoliberal urban development. The pitch for building the arena was fueled by promises of private funding and equitable revitalization in a long-blighted neighborhood. However, the effort was funded in large part by municipal tax breaks that few ordinary Chicagoans knew about, and that wound up exacerbating the rising problems of gentrification and wealth stratification. In this portrait of the construction of the United Center and the urban life that developed around it, Dinces starkly depicts a pattern of inequity that has become emblematic of contemporary American cities: governments and sports franchises collude to provide amenities for the wealthy at the expense of poorer citizens, diminishing their experiences as fans and—far worse—creating an urban environment that is regulated and surveilled for the comfort and protection of that same moneyed elite.

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