Foul Lines

Foul Lines PDF

Author: Jack McCallum

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-02-07

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0743288718

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From two senior Sports Illustrated writers comes an explosive, fast-paced satire that will do for today's NBA what North Dallas Forty did for the NFL a generation ago. Just months from his Yale graduation, street-smart whiz kid Jamal Kelly leaves school to take a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the front office of the Los Angeles Lasers. Once on the West Coast, Jamal gets a quick introduction to a subculture awash in big egos and fast cars, as well as an introduction to the charms of the team's new hard-charging beat writer, Jilly Forrester. In the spirit of Primary Colors and The Devil Wears Prada, Foul Lines peels back the curtain on the trappings of big-time professional basketball. No other sport encapsulates so many cultural hot-button topics, and Foul Lines at once exposes and lampoons this parallel universe.

Don't Step on the Foul Line

Don't Step on the Foul Line PDF

Author: George Sullivan

Publisher: Millbrook Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780761315582

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Describes a variety of superstitions observed by athletes in such sports as baseball, hockey, tennis, and football.

The Universal Self-instructor and Manual of General Reference

The Universal Self-instructor and Manual of General Reference PDF

Author: Albert Ellery Berg

Publisher:

Published: 1883

Total Pages: 846

ISBN-13:

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"The Universal self-instructor is nothing less than it pretends to be: an Epitome of Forms, especially adapted for purposes of self-instruction and general reference in the various departments of Education, Commerce, Law, Home, Society, and Amusements. Every young man and young woman ; every business man, farmer, and mechanic ; every housewife and lady of society ;--in fact every intelligent member of the community should have it within reach for consultation on those numerous minor matters that a well-educated person is supposed to know. The Reading Public has been amply supplied for years with reference books of every description, but the present volume may be said to occupy a field peculiarly its own, as the people have never before been furnished with a publication embracing in a single volume such a quantity of practical information, and treating the wants of every-day life in a lucid, instructive and agreeable manner. Such articles as Elocution, Penmanship, Book-keeping, Letter-writing, Mercantile Law, Music, Stenography, Phrenology, Agriculture, Social Etiquette, Out-door Sports, In-door Amusements, Physical Culture, The Domestic Circle, Household Receipts, Parliamentary Law, etc., have been prepared by writers of reputation and large experience in the special subjects given them for treatment"--Preface.

Bowler's Handbook

Bowler's Handbook PDF

Author: Ron McIntosh

Publisher: Ron McIntosh

Published: 2006-09-11

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781427604965

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"Bowler's Handbook : a Guide to (almost) Everything in Bowling is written and designed to be a reference and resource for bowlers of all skill levels. While the emphasis is on bowling instruction from some of the nation's best amateur bowlers -- including women's record holder Karen Rosenburg and 75-time perfect game roller Dean Wolf -- Bowler's Handbook is a ready source for National and State bowling records, understanding lane conditions, strategies, USBC rules and bowling's history, equipment, etiquette, special vocabulary and much more."--Publisher description