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22) Sue Bird
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Provides a look at the career of WNBA player Sue Bird. Describes her high school career, development during college, and achievements in the WNBA. Includes color photographs, a glossary, a quiz, and further resources.
23) Diana Taurasi
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Provides a look at the life and career of WNBA player Diana Taurasi, offering information on her development and achievements in the sport of basketball. Includes color photographs, a glossary, a quiz, and further resources.
24) Arike Ogunbowale
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Provides a look at the life and career of WNBA player Arike Ogunbowale, offering information on her development and achievements in the sport of basketball. Includes color photographs, a glossary, a quiz, and further resources.
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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...
27) Toronto Raptors
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"This high-interest title summarizes the history of the Toronto Raptors professional basketball team, highlighting memorable events and noteworthy players such as Vince Carter"--Provided by the publisher.
28) Utah Jazz
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"This high-interest title summarizes the history of the Utah Jazz professional basketball team, highlighting memorable events and noteworthy players such as John Stockton"--Provided by the publisher.
29) Candace Parker
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Provides a look at the life and career of WNBA player Candace Parker, offering information on her development and achievements in the sport of basketball. Includes color photographs, a glossary, a quiz, and further resources.
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"Jordan's days as the star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed ... Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her ... until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just come between Jordan and her best friends on the basketball...
33) Hoops
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Game Time Graphic Novels
VSBA 2024-20245-- Intermediate Nominees
VSBA 2024-2025 -- Middle School Nominees
VSBA 2024-20245-- Intermediate Nominees
VSBA 2024-2025 -- Middle School Nominees
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"A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares's debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports. It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys' team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games...
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LeBron James: NBA Champion examines the life and career of a player who's been in the spotlight since he was in middle school and rose out of poverty to become an NBA champion, Olympic gold medalist, and world-famous philanthropist. Features include a timeline, a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index.
39) Game changers
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"A new coach's flagrant racism, a teammate's endless sabotage, and local media interest make it difficult for Andi Carillo and Jeff Michaels to keep both of their basketball teams on track"--OCLC.