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Perry Wallace was born at an historic crossroads in U.S. history. He entered kindergarten the year that the Brown v. Board of Education decision led to integrated schools, allowing blacks and whites to learn side by side. A week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Wallace enrolled in high school and his sensational jumping, dunking, and rebounding abilities quickly earned him the attention of college basketball recruiters from...
4) Rebound
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In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
8) Swagger
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High school senior point guard Jonas Dolan is on the fast track to a basketball career until an unthinkable choice puts his future on the line.
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Twenty years before women's soccer became an Olympic sport and two decades before the formation of the WNBA, the '76 US women's basketball team laid the foundation for the incredible rise of women's sports in America at the youth, collegiate, Olympic, and professional levels. Though they were unknowns from small schools such as Delta State, the University of Tennessee at Martin and John F. Kennedy College of Wahoo, Nebraska, at the time of the '76...
15) The Final Four
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Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of tournament play and the expectations of society at large.
16) Utah Jazz
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Examines the history of the Utah Jazz basketball team, including their beginnings in New Orleans and biographical information on players like Karl Malone and John Stockton.
17) Brooklyn Nets
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Chronicles the history of the Brooklyn Nets and provides information about the team's players, coaches, and notable accomplishments. Includes a timeline, team statistics and anecdotes, color photos, an index, and a glossary.
19) Sacramento Kings
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Highlights the history of the NBA's Sacramento Kings, the franchise's early years, highest and lowest moments, and the team's best players and managers.