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A list of legends is significant not only for who makes the list, but who gets left off of it. If there are no obvious omissions, then the list of candidates was probably less than legendary in the first place. Not so in the case of the Syracuse University Orangemen. Calling roll on Syracuse's all-time basketball greats can take up the greater part of a day. The school produced its first All-American, Lewis Castle, in 1912. Most recently, Carmelo Anthony, one of the best freshmen to ever play college basketball, led the 2003 Orangemen to the school's first NCAA championship. In between there were legends such as the incomparable Dave Bing, Roosevelt Bouie, and Louis Orr, who together formed the Louie and Bouie Show, along with names like Derrick Coleman, Sherman Douglas, Lawrence Moten, and John Wallace. Legends of Syracuse Basketball features 24 players, one coach, and one special team. Within the book's pages are stories straight from the legends' teammates, their coaches, and the legends themselves. Of the players mentioned, 17 played in the NBA. More telling of the greatness of the Syracuse University basketball program is the fact that 10 Orangemen who played in the NBA did not make this list of legends. The same is true of record holders, All-Americans, and more fan favorites than are possible to count. ... Read more

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Legends- A must read for SUand college basketball fans
From 1912 and All American Lewis Castle to Carmelo this book gives the reader a great review of basketball as played by the Syracuse Orange. The inclusion of the National Championship team and the Coach behind the rise of Syracuse basketball (Jim Boeheim) brings an appropriate conclusion to the the review of the legends.
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The Orangemenósay the name and basketball fans everywhere immediately recognize the team from Syracuse University. For more than one hundred years, they have been playing basketball up on ìthe Hill.î Their history is one of growth and continued success, all of which is documented with rare archival photographs in The Orangemen: Syracuse University Menís Basketball. ÝÝSyracuse University fielded its first menís basketball team in 1900 and enjoyed many successes in the programís early years. Legendary players highlighted the time: Lewis Castle, the first of Syracuseís thirty-two All-Americans; Vic Hanson, the only player enshrined in both the College Football and Naismith Memorial Basketball Halls of Fame; and Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, the first African American to play at Syracuse. Longtime coach Jim Boeheim is one of just twenty-five Division I coaches with more than six hundred victories. The Orangemen: Syracuse University Menís Basketball will take fans back to Manley Field House and the days of the zoo. More recent photographs of Carrier Dome favorites such as Pearl Washington, Derrick Coleman, Sherman Douglas, Lawrence Moten, and John Wallace will complete the picture of one of college basketballís most successful and enduring teams.ÝÝ ... Read more

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Syracuse Basketball Vault (College Vault)
An outstanding book showing the history of Syracuse Basketball, my husband was absolutely thrilled with it.So much so that he wanted to purchase it for his brother.I lot of thought and research was put into this book and it was one of the best gifts I could have got for him. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on January 26, 2008. The length of the article is 1110 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cramps not case of Duck out of water.(Basketball Oregon Men)(Malik Hairston took fluids by IV Thursday night and expects to be full go for USC)
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Several former players who have worn the legendary Syracuse basketball uniform share their fondest single-game experience and memories. Some of these games involve championships, while others have extraordinary personal meaning. Stars like Gerry McNamara, Kueth Duany, Allen Griffin, Lawrence Moten, John Wallace, Billy Owens, Lazarus Sims, Preston Shumpert, Adrian Autry, Leo Rautins, Sean Kerins, and Gene Waldron are among the former players profiled. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Serbia National Football Team, Serbia National Basketball Team, Serbia Men's National Water Polo Team, Serbia Men's National Volleyball Team, Serbia National Rugby League Team, Serbia Women's National Volleyball Team, Serbia National Handball Team, Serbia Women's National Football Team, Serbia National Ice Hockey Team, Serbia Fed Cup Team, Serbia National Futsal Team, Serbia National Korfball Team, Serbia Women's National Rugby Union Team, Serbia National Rugby Union Team, Serbia Davis Cup Team, Serbia Women's National Handball Team, Serbia National Cricket Team, Serbia National Baseball Team. Excerpt:Serbia The Serbian Davis Cup team represents Serbia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Serbia Tennis Federation. Serbia qualified for the 2008 World Group, and thus played in the 2009 World Group. After losing to Spain 4-1 in the 2009 first round, Serbians defeated Uzbekistan 5-0 to stay in World Group. Team for 2010 World Group History Serbia competed in its first Davis Cup as an independent nation in 2007. Within Yugoslavian Davis Cup team they reached the semifinals of the World Group in 1988, 1989, and 1991. They competed as Serbia and Montenegro from 2004-2006. See also (online edition) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Serbia Fed Cup team The Serbian Fed Cup team represents Serbia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Serbia Tennis Federation. They currently compete in the World Group. History Before 1992 Yugoslavia Fed Cup team Serbia, together with other former Yugoslavian countries, competed in its first Fed Cup in 1969, as Yugoslavian Fed Cup team until 1992. Yugoslavia reached the semifinals in 1984, with 1977 French Open champion, Mima Jau ovec and Sabrina Gole in the team. From 1995 Together with, ... ... Read more

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Chapters: Stan Heath, Gary Waters, Mike Boyd, Geno Ford, Jim Christian, Sam Dixon, Bill Brown, Stan Joplin, Rex Hughes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stanley Heath III (born December 17, 1964) is the head men's basketball coach at the University of South Florida Bulls (located in Tampa, Florida). Heath is the former head basketball coach of the University of Arkansas (also known as the Arkansas Razorbacks) in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Kent State University, whom he led to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Basketball Tournament in 2002. Stan Heath graduated from Detroit Catholic Central High School in 1983. He was an all-state guard during his time there. He went on to earn his bachelor's in social science from Eastern Michigan University in 1988 and his masters in sports administration from Wayne State University in 1993. Heath redshirted during his first year at Eastern Michigan before lettering his final three years (19851987]. Heath is married to the former Ramona Webb (whom he met during his junior year at Eastern Michigan) and they have two sons, Jordan and Joshua (Josh was born December 28, 1994). Both are attending Tampa Preparatory School and are part of the varsity basketball team, coached by Joe Fenlon. Stan Heath began his collegiate career at Hillsdale College in 1989 as an assistant. After one season, he moved to Albion College where he was an assistant and the junior varsity head coach for two years. He worked at Wayne State University in Detroit the following three years, including serving as associate head coach in 1994 when WSU set a school record for victories (255), helping the Tartars win two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles with a trip to the NCAA Division II Final Four in 1993. After two seasons as an a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2477097 ... Read more

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Chapters: Water Polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Field Hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Art Competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Modern Pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 114. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics: In the first round each team in a group played each other team in the same group. The placings were determined on points. If the points were equal, then the better goal average decided. The first two teams of each group were qualified for the second round, while the third placed team was eliminated. Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F In the second round each team in a group played each other team in the same group unless they had met in a previous round. In this case the previous result stood and was carried forward to this group. So in each group only three matches had to be played. The placings were determined on points. If the points were equal, then the better goal average decided. The first two teams of each group were qualified for the semi-finals, while the third placed team was eliminated. The result...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8452867 ... Read more

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Any debate about who is the greatest British manager of all time must start with Brian Clough, who was able to take two small Midlands clubs, Derby County and Nottingham Forest, to their first-ever championships and then inspire Forest to two successive European Cups. Idiosyncratic and controversial, Clough was the people's choice for the role of England manager, but never got the job. In this account of his life, he reveals how he achieved such remarkable results and gives his outspoken views on the state of the modern game, the current crop of managers and much else besides. He also talks fully about his battle with alcohol and how he has found a new calm since he retired from management in 1993. ... Read more

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A GENIUS
This book dates from 2002, and the last chapter is largely devoted to the state of English football at that date. The sports-obsessed have much longer memories than that, and anyone wanting to know how the (nearly) current scene was viewed by the greatest genius, I'm in no doubt at all, who ever managed an English club can read all about it here. Clough was often wrong, and even he knew that, but much oftener right. Where his crystal ball deceived him in 2002 was in the belief that Alec Ferguson was over the hill. Ferguson has just won the league title again with Manchester United in 2007. It is a terrific achievement and a terrific career, and it's not over yet. To say the least of it, not everyone could have done what Ferguson has, even with Manchester United. What I don't believe Ferguson or any man could have equalled was what Clough achieved with two obscure and unfashionable clubs.

I remember nothing about Clough's career as a player, because that was with minor sides and it was before the blanket TV coverage that we have today. Cloughie himself gives us no opportunity to forget what a great goal-scorer he was before a knee injury brought his playing days to an abrupt end. He went into management because he had bills to pay and a family to support, and he discovered that he had another talent too - he could teach. To put it mildly, he could communicate. To put it even more mildly, he didn't miss and hit the wall with his more acerbic opinions. That was what I used to love about him but, understandably, it didn't endear him to many. He was the glaringly obvious choice for manager of the England team, but governing bodies in sport tend to be side-issue specialists and of course greatly persuaded of their own importance, and they sensed (it would have been impossible not to) that Clough's estimate of that was well short of theirs.

In case you didn't know that Clough was a conceited bigmouth he tells us that himself. He had any amount to be conceited about, and he knows that too. He plays the standard game of disparaging what he calls his `brains', and he was certainly not intellectually inclined. What he had was clear insight - what was blindingly obvious to him would never have been clear to many others in nine lifetimes, and any modern manager or coach wanting or needing to know some home truths could never complain about lack of clarity in Clough's account. Even he wasn't born knowing it. In his playing days it was all about scoring goals, but he was ahead of the others in appreciating that even if the forwards play like world-beaters a defence that plays like panel-beaters and lets in a goal for every goal scored will undo whatever the forwards achieve.

He is as ruthless in describing his own downfall as he ever was in showing up anyone else's shortcomings. It was drink that nearly killed him, and he leads off with that story. If there is a touch of reticence, even from Clough, it shows in the way he can hardly bear to describe how his befuddled judgment led to his disastrous last season at Nottingham Forest. I found the book very readable indeed. He repeats himself a bit, he meanders a bit, but so what? It wasn't the booze that killed him, it was cancer. Like George Best he had to have a liver transplant. Unlike George Best he was not intent on destroying himself and he stopped the drinking before it put an end to him. He was, quite simply, a genius, and our loss was not down to his own frailty but to the nincompoops in charge of selecting an England manager. He tells us that as well, as of course you would expect, and he tells it in his own inimitable way. What improvement, if any, there has been in that department I'm not at all sure. However even from beyond the grave he can still teach, and some lessons worth learning could hardly be clearer than the way they are put across here. ... Read more

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When heavy rains washed out the low-lying towns around River Heights, my friends and I knew we had to help. That's when we hooked up with Helping Homes to build apartments. Then the two-time state champion basketball team, the Lowell University Bullets, showed up -- and the waters, so to speak, turned murky.

While George couldn't be happier about working close to J. C. Valdez, the Bullets' star forward, not everyone around us is a fan. Take the person who is destroying our work and spray painting threats to J. C. on the walls, for starters. Is this the product of some basketball feud, or something much larger? I may be up to my elbows in sheet rock, but that won't slow my sleuthing. . . . ... Read more

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Just as expected
I ordered this book as a gift for my daughter.It arrrived in plenty of time for giving.And She Loved It!

Just as expected, Nancy Drew, Girl Detective, was entertaining and educational.Great book!

Troubled Waters is a modern, suspenseful read

Troubled Waters by Carolyn Keene is the newest book in the Nancy Drew:Girl Detective series.Growing up reading Nancy Drew mysteries, this book had a lot to live up to.Carolyn Keene has constructed a mystery novel that is modern and full of suspense to engage today's young readers.She has totally lived up to this veteran reader's expectations.


Nancy and her friends set out to help their town recover from devastating flood damage.While reading, I immediately thought of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.Although the events in the town of River Heights were not nearly as catastrophic as the events following Katrina, Keene used her natural ability to encourage the reader to question the events unfolding in the book and draw and revise conclusions throughout this small town ordeal.While remodeling an abandoned building with a team similar to that seen on today's show Extreme Home Makeover, many strange events occur.Most of the trouble is centered on J.C. Valdez, a star basketball player lending his time and talents to help those in need.Is someone out to sabotage his career and reputation or is someone interested in halting the building of hundreds of apartments for those left homeless by the flood?Read Troubled Waters by Carolyn Keene to find out.
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Bill Foster, Dick Vitale, Gary Waters, Craig Littlepage, Phil Sellers, Tod Kowalczyk, Fred Hill, Bob Wenzel, Brian Ellerbe, Rob Lanier, Danny Nee, Frank Gorton, Tom Young. Excerpt:For the former coach at Charlotte, Clemson, and Virginia Tech, see Bill Foster (basketball coach) . Bill Foster was the head men's basketball coach at Rutgers University , University of Utah , Duke University , University of South Carolina , and Northwestern University . He is best known for guiding Duke to the NCAA championship game in 1978, and that year he was named national Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches . Foster has been inducted into the Rutgers Basketball Hall of Fame and was the first NCAA coach to guide four different teams to 20-win seasons (Rutgers, Utah, Duke, and South Carolina). Early life Foster grew up in Norwood , Pennsylvania , near Philadelphia . After serving in the U.S. Air Force , he graduated from Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown , Pennsylvania, in 1954 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Coaching career Foster began his coaching career at Philadelphia-area high schools in the 1950s. One of his students in a typing class at Abington Senior High School was the daughter of Harry Litwack , the longtime basketball coach at Temple University . Foster and Litwack became friends and business partners, and for about 25 years they operated a popular summer basketball camp in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains . In 1960, Foster was hired as the head coach at Bloomsburg State College (now Bloomsburg University ), a Division II school in eastern Pennsylvania, where he compiled a 45-11 record over three years. Rutgers Foster's Division I career began in 1963 at Rutgers University, where he led the Scarlet Knights to an overall record of 120-75 (.615) i... ... Read more

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Chapters: Rollie Massimino, Kevin Mackey, Gary Waters, John Mclendon, Homer E. Woodling, Mike Boyd, Larry Shyatt, Mike Garland, Dave Balza. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Roland V. "Rollie" Massimino (born November 13, 1934 in Hillside, New Jersey, United States) is a men's college basketball coach, currently at Northwood University in Florida. He is known primarily for leading the Villanova Wildcats to an NCAA championship in 1985, despite entering the tournament as an eighth seed. Known for his "Family Style" coaching, he has a career record (pre Northwood) of 515391, ranking him 57th all time in winning percentage among coaches with at least 10 years of experience at the NCAA division I level. His 515 career wins also make him one of only 17 coaches in NCAA history with more than 500 career victories. Massimino has a master's degree equivalent in health and physical education from Rutgers University (1959) and a bachelors degree from the University of Vermont (1956) in education. Massimino and his wife Mary Jane have five children Tom, Lee Ann, Michele, Roland (R.C.), and Andrew as well as 17 grandchildren Roland, Stephen, Tommy, Michael, Kayla, John, Kristen, Leo, Matthew, Grace, Megan, Nicholas, Jessica, Nicole, Roland Michael, Melissa, and Rocco. After graduating from the UVM where he played varsity basketball for three years, Massimino entered the coaching ranks in 1956. His first three seasons he served as an assistant coach at Cranford High School in Cranford, New Jersey before securing his first head coaching job at Hillside High School, his prep alma mater, in 1959. Massimino took his first head coach position in 1962 at Hillside High School in New Jersey where he laid the foundation for his future college coaching successes. With ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1642899 ... Read more

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Brian Clough, arguably Britain's greatest ever football manager, died in September 2004 at the age of 69. His passing was marked by a minute's silence at both the Derby County and Nottingham Forest grounds and provoked a wave of tributes from across the sporting spectrum. A memorial service due to be held at Derby Cathedral had to be moved to Pride Park to accommodate the fans' demand for tickets. This overwhelming affection and respect was fully deserved for the man who was often described as being controversial, outspoken and opinionated. His achievements in football speak for themselves: he took two lowly Midlands sides to the very top, winning two consecutive European Cups, with unfashionable Nottingham Forest, in a feat that will surely never be matched by a club of similar stature. This special edition contains two new chapters, written shortly before he died, which offer his candid and entertaining views on club directors and chairmen and on Newcastle's treatment of Sir Bobby Robson, as well as his scathing analysis of England's recent performances.Cloughie also talks honestly about his battles with alcohol and the liver transplant that gave him 21 months of health and happiness. ... Read more

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We've lost the best!
When I first received this book from Amazon I was thinking that having also read Clough, The Autobiography, also from Amazon, it was going to be somewhat repetitious. It wasn't. Of course there are still wonderful insights into his exploits at Leeds United, Nottingham Forest and his beloved Derby County which are themselves fascinating, poignant and humorous, but this book delves more into his upbringing, family and his battle with drink that hasn't been seen before, right up to the time he sadly passed away. I really enjoyed this book.
It has been said by many soccer savvy folks that Brian Clough was the greatest manager that England never had.
This book proves to me that they are right.

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This digital document is an article from Coach and Athletic Director, published by Scholastic, Inc. on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 3294 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Still water runs deep: for Eddie Sutton, coaching at Oklahoma State is a labor of love.(PERSON TO PERSON)(Interview)
Author: Kevin Newell
Publication: Coach and Athletic Director (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2005
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Volume: 74Issue: 9Page: 50(7)

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This digital document is an article from Windspeaker, published by Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) on January 1, 2009. The length of the article is 879 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Women's basketball squad support Aboriginal youth.(sports)(University of Manitoba Bisons)
Author: Sam Laskaris
Publication: Windspeaker (Newsletter)
Date: January 1, 2009
Publisher: Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA)
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Presbyterian Blue Hose Men's Basketball Coaches, Presbyterian College Blue Hose Football Coaches, Norm Sloan, Bob Waters, Harold Nichols, Bobby Bentley, Claude Crocker, Butch Estes, Daryl Dickey, Gregg Nibert, Frank Jones, Clyde Ehrhardt. Excerpt: Presbyterian College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina, USA. Presbyterian College, or PC, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA. PC was founded in 1880 by William Plumer Jacobs, a prominent Presbyterian minister who also founded the nearby Thornwell Home and School for Boys and Girls. The college's current President is Dr. John V. Griffith. Presbyterian College has around 1300 students and runs on an endowment of around $100 million. PC also has 84 full-time faculty members and has more South Carolina Professors of the Year (6) than any other South Carolina college or university. The motto of PC is "Dum Vivimus Servimus" or "While We Live We Serve." Service is a crucial part of PC, and almost all of its students partake in some form of service by the time they graduate. Consequently, students are encouraged to participate in programs like Student Volunteer Services, one of the largest student-run organizations on campus. The PC mascot is the Blue Hose, represented by a Scotsman clad in a kilt with blue stockings. PC athletics are a part of the Big South Conference of NCAA's Division I. PC is also home to Cyrus, the largest bronze statue of a Scotsman in the world. William Plumer Jacobs"I have lived for three great institutions: the First Presbyterian Church (of Clinton), the Presbyterian College, and the Thornwell Orphanage." - William Plumer Jacobs PC was founded in 1880 by William Plumer Jacobs, a Presbyterian minister who also founded The Thornwell Home and S... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1411381 ... Read more