Download or read book The Cornerstone of Arizona Basketball written by Eddie Smith and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer Prize-nominated autobiography of Eddie Smith, college basketball star at Arizona from 1983-1985, who paved the way for the rest of the Lute Olson era of graduates to success in the industry of professional basketball and much, much more. Forwards by Lute Olson and Steve Kerr.
Download or read book A Cornerstone of Arizona Basketball written by Eddie Smith and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The success and failure of a person is strongly tied to the leadership in their life. Every person has talents, gifts, and abilities that are God-given to achieve potential. To achieve potential signifies that a person has purpose. Through organized sports I have learned that some of my coaches were instrumental in helping me reach a level of success. I believe there is a part in each of us that wants to be a winner, and feel good when we have winners around us. Read my story of belief, desire and expectation.
Download or read book Tales from the Arizona Wildcats Locker Room written by Steve Rivera and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The images are forever etched in the minds of Arizona basketball fans, from Miles Simon falling to the court clutching the basketball as Arizona won its first and only NCAA title in 1997, to Lute Olson’s hair being mussed in the process, to Jason Terry sleeping in his uniform for four consecutive games in the middle of all the madness. All are indelible in Wildcats history as Arizona calmly drove the winding and bumpy road to the Final Four and beyond. Before Simon, Terry, and Olson, however, there were the likes of Sean Elliott, Steve Kerr, Fred Enke, and Pop McKale—all pivotal figures in Arizona’s hoops history. There were also Fred Snowden, Mo and Stewart Udall, and a host of others who helped bring prominence to a school looking for respect first in the Southwest, and then in the rest of the nation. Arizona’s rise has made them one of television’s must-see teams and one of the country’s top winning programs over the past 25 years. In Tales from the Arizona Wildcats Locker Room, author Steve Rivera takes readers back to the time when James Pierce wanted to be more of a movie idol than a coach. They will learn about the troubled times of the 1950s and ’60s, when racial tensions were high, and how Arizona’s first black player, Hadie Redd, dealt with them. Rivera also details Arizona’s participation in the Border Conference, its switch to the Western Athletic Conference, and its current dominance of the Pacific-10 Conference. This book is sure to be a must-have for any true Arizona fan.
Download or read book Arizona Wildcats Handbook written by John Moredich and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go beyond wins and losses to meet some of the greatest personalities in Arizona hoops. Detailing the Wildcats' record on and off the court, this is a collector's item for Arizona fans.
Download or read book The University of Arizona Basketball Vault written by Steve Rivera and published by Whitman Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The University of Arizona Basketball Vault: The History Of The Wildcats, sportswriter Steve Rivera takes you through the century-plus history of Arizona basketball from the first game in the 1904-05 season through 2009-10, from Bear Down Gym to the McKale Center. This detailed "scrapbook" contains never-before-published photographs, artwork and memorabilia drawn from Arizona's athletic department and campus archives. Tucked into dozens of sleeves and pockets, fans will find reproductions of historic game programs, numerous postcards and photos. These fascinating replicas include a 1905 sheet of Arizona songs, a 1926 Fred Enke photograph, a 1933-34 team photo taken during an extended Midwest road trip, a 1946 NIT game program booklet, a 1948 Linc Richmond varsity letter certificate, a press pass from Arizona's 1988 West regional victory over North Carolina, a 1997 national championship poster and an Arizona "1997 National Champions" replica felt pennant.
Download or read book Tucson a Basketball Town written by Bob Elliott and Eric Money and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1972, the University of Arizona built McKale Center, a basketball arena that seated nearly 14,000 people. Filling that arena would present considerable challenges: the Wildcats hadn't been to an NCAA post-season tournament for over two decades, and attendance at Bear Down Gymnasium, which holds 3,000, was dismal. Enter Fred Snowden. Tasked with developing a basketball program that would justify the existence of the arena, the newly appointed head coach exceeded all expectations. He assembled a staff of high-quality assistant coaches, recruited dynamic, talented players who made the games exciting to watch, and -- perhaps most importantly -- got the Tucson community to support those players. He accomplished all of this while receiving hate mail and death threats from people who didn't approve of the Wildcats being led to victory by the first black coach in NCAA division one for a major school in a major conference. Tucson a Basketball Town shines a light on an often overlooked chapter in UA history. Fans of the game will be sure to root for Coach Snowden as he transforms Tucson into the basketball town we know and love.
Download or read book Greatest Moments in Arizona Basketball written by Sports Publishing, LLC and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Longhorn Hoops written by Richard Pennington and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longhorn Hoops documents the history of basketball at the University of Texas. For men's basketball, Richard Pennington goes season by season, describing every game the Longhorns have ever played from 1906 to 1998. He does the same for women's basketball, except for the first two chapters, which cover longer spans of time leading up to the establishment of basketball as a varsity sport for women in 1974. Pennington demonstrates that Texas basketball, while always secondary to King Football, actually has a long and colorful history. Beside stories of games won or lost, points scored, and rebounds collected, Pennington recalls the orange-and-white stars of yesteryear--from Clyde Littlefield to Reggie Freeman--and brings the greatest teams to life, including the unbeaten Steers of 1924, the Final Four team of 1947, Harold Bradley's 1963 team, Abe Lemons' 1978 NIT champions, and Tom Penders' 1990 Longhorns. Perhaps the most interesting story in Longhorn Hoops is how Anna Hiss, director of women's physical education at Texas from 1921 to 1957, helped lead a nationwide movement against intercollegiate competition for women, which shut down UT women's basketball for several decades and and made progress in the 1960s and 1970s much more difficult. Some determined co-eds got it going again, and, with the energy and direction of women's athletic director Donna Lopiano and coach Jody Conradt (whose teams have won more than 700 games), the Longhorns built a powerhouse program that reached its apex with an undefeated team in 1986, winning the NCAA championship with the heroics of freshman star Clarissa Davis. Basketball, as Pennington notes in his preface, is the most beautiful sport ofall, and its history at the University of Texas has now been told. This comprehensive book features a foreword by Dr. Denton Cooley, the world-famous heart surgeon who helped the Longhorns win an SWC title in 1939.
Download or read book 100 Things Arizona Fans Should Know Do Before They Die written by Anthony Gimino and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're a die-hard booster from the Lute Olson era or a new supporter of Sean Miller, this is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of the Arizona Wildcats. Authors Steve Rivera and Anthony Gimino have collected every essential piece of Wildcats knowledge and trivia—from how many players the Wildcats have had selected in the NBA draft, the program's longest-tenured coach, and the former players who have had their numbers retired—and pair it with must-do activities, and rank them all, from one to 100. Providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist for diehard fans, these are the 100 things all Wildcat supporters need to know and do in their lifetime.
Download or read book Tucson a Basketball Town written by Robert A. Elliott and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2014 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1972, the University of Arizona built McKale Center, a basketball arena that seated nearly 14,000 people. Filling that arena would present considerable challenges: the Wildcats hadn't been to an NCAA post-season tournament for over two decades, and attendance at Bear Down Gymnasium, which holds 3,000, was dismal. Enter Fred Snowden. Tasked with developing a basketball program that would justify the existence of the arena, the newly appointed head coach exceeded all expectations. He assembled a staff of high-quality assistant coaches, recruited dynamic, talented players who made the games exciting to watch, and -- perhaps most importantly -- got the Tucson community to support those players. He accomplished all of this while receiving hate mail and death threats from people who didn't approve of the Wildcats being led to victory by the first black coach in NCAA division one for a major school in a major conference. Tucson a Basketball Town shines a light on an often overlooked chapter in UA history. Fans of the game will be sure to root for Coach Snowden as he transforms Tucson into the basketball town we know and love.
Download or read book Tales from the Arizona Wildcats Hardwood written by Steve Rivera and published by Sports Pub. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arizona has risen under coach Lute Olson to become one of the nations premier college basketball programs. In this collection of humorous and never-heard-before stories, Arizonas great teams of recent memory are examined in thoughtful detail. Including a new chapter on the past few seasons, the softcover release of this book chronicles many of the programs greatest accomplishments, and the players who achieved them: from Miles Simon and Jason Terry, to Big Bird Elliott and Steve Kerr, to Chase Budinger and Salim Stoudamire.
Download or read book Lute written by Lute Olson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lute! presents the autobiography of one of college basketball's greatest coaches, Lute Olson. "It was love at first sight. . . . One day I picked up a basketball, and it never let me go." For fifty seasons Lute Olson taught young athletes the skills of basketball--and life. Starting as a high school coach, he worked his way to the top of the basketball world, winning more than a thousand games, a national championship, and a world championship, producing some of the NBA's biggest stars, and eventually being enshrined in the basketball Hall of Fame. Lute! is the story of his upbringing in Mayville, North Dakota, where he learned his famous work ethic and survival skills; the telling of the eighteen years it took to finally coach for a major college team; the fond memories of coaching famed players as well as the stories of bitter losses and breathtaking wins. This is his story, from recruiting in the big cities and the vast farmlands of the Midwest, to finally winning an NCAA championship. It's the inside-the-locker-room story of many extraordinary emotional moments that will live forever in basketball lore. "Lute! Lute! Lute!" The cheer by which the Arizona fans greet their coach before each game is the story of a man with a lifelong passion for a game. This book will take the reader inside the incredibly popular world of collegiate basketball, as seen through the eyes of a giant of the sport. But his is far more than a basketball story. Lute's partner for forty-seven years in building championship programs was his high school sweetheart, Bobbi, whose blueberry pancakes became as widely known in the basketball world as his own full head of white hair. While Lute was the taciturn coach, she became the player's mother-away-from-home. America got to meet her as she fought her way courtside through cheering fans after Lute's Arizona team had earned a trip to the Final Four, and on national television he swept her off her feet and the two of them whirled round and round in joy. It is a love story of a couple who together built a sports legend. Lute and Bobbi Olson were a team. The Arizona community loved her almost as much as he did---traditionally at the beginning of each game the Wildcat band greeted them with a cheer. Their almost half-century love affair ended with Bobbi's death from cancer. Lute explores how he dealt with her death, and how he moved forward to find a new love. This is the chronicle of one American boy's dream to become a great basketball coach--his achievements, his coaching strategies, and the wins and losses he faced as boy, man, and coach, but always with one constant in his life: the game of basketball. This is the story of fifty seasons in the life of Lute Olson.
Download or read book Stay In the Game Jared Veldheer s Journey to the NFL written by Andy Losik and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jared Veldheer is one of the top left tackles in the National Football League but very little of his path to the Arizona Cardinals is what you might expect. "Stay in the Game" follows Jared's journey of being a brainy, over-sized kid who often found it hard to fit in to an athlete discovering his many athletic talents. It didn't "just happen" though and without a core set of principles in his life, it never would have. Sometimes the best thing you can do is "Stay in the Game."
Download or read book The Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball 1998 written by Zander Hollander and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 1997-10-27 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Year after year, THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF PRO BASKETBALL has provided fans with more basketball news, information, statistics, and scoops than the competition. Now in an all-new 24th edition, this special guide is packed with 29 NBA team scouting reports, 350 veteran, rookie, and coach profiles, and predictions for the coming season. Whether you watch the game on TV or in person, this is the most comprehensive handbook on the game available!
Download or read book Baptist Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia written by David Blevins and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 1302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive listing, including biographical information and statistics, of each athlete inducted into one of the major sports halls of fame.
Download or read book To win is not enough My life my basketball written by Pietro Scibetta and published by add editore. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarunas Jasikevicius is one of the most recognizable players in the modern era of European basketball. He turned pro in 1998 and won 23 titles with his clubs (Barcelona, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Panathinaikos, Fenerbahce) plus 3 medals (a European gold, a European bronze and an Olympic bronze) with Lithuanian National team. He’s been the point guard everybody wanted to watch, every team wanted to sign, every fan dreamt to cheer for. He built his success with his amazing will to win: he was able to win in the athletes-era, while whe can consider him as an “average athlete” at his best. He didn’t won with his legs, he did it with his mind, his heart, his talent to become a better player year by year. The book by Sarunas Jasikevicius (written with the italian journalist Pietro Scibetta) retraces the steps of an extraordinary life and career. It follows his arrival in the world of American basketball in college, to his return to Europe where he won National Championships and Euroleague, and then back to the States again to compete in the NBA. Finally, it recalls other successes in Europe right up to the end of his career as a player in 2014, with the Žalgiris Kaunas jersey. This opens the door to a new adventure for Sarunas, starting this year with his first experience on the bench as assistant coach for Kaunas.The autobiography of a great champion, loved by fans all over the world, always able to leave an unforgettable memory in the heart of his fans. This book is a confession, a story, but also a tribute to the world of European basketball of which Sarunas was the undisputed star.
