Girls Basketball

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You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for ourselves? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what will enrich our lives? The Playbook is intended to provide inspiration for kids ages 10 and up to help them succeed on and off the court.

At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education if they would come play for his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices faced by their families, the women followed Babb and his dream.

Dave Kindred has covered dozens of Super Bowls and written about stars like Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, and Michael Jordan. But a high-school girls basketball team—the Lady Potters of Morton, Illinois—stands apart from the rest.

Cincinnati, Ohio, lives and dies by college basketball, with two elite Division I rivals separated by a mere three miles. Rory’s dad just secured a new coaching gig at the University of Cincinnati, so it means yet another school and move for her, only this time to her dad’s hometown. Rory’s life revolves around basketball; she’s never had a close friend outside of it. Could this be a chance for a fresh start?

Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep women from competing, Babe achieved All-American status in basketball and won gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics. Then, Babe attempted to conquer golf. One of the founders of the LPGA, Babe won more consecutive tournaments than any golfer in history. But at the height of her fame, she was diagnosed with cancer. Babe would then take her most daring step of all....

One look at Nia and I knew I had to possess her! Nia: Years ago, he left us high and dry, creating a void that time couldn't seem to fill. Now, he's back, as if the past is a distant memory, and he believes everything is okay. However, he's not the same person, and the surge of emotions I feel for him is overwhelming. It's a contradiction - I shouldn't want him, shouldn't allow thoughts of him to invade my bed. Yet, here I am, grappling with these forbidden desires, unsure of what to do about it. Chase: From the moment I laid eyes on Nia, she shattered my expectations and defied what I ...

Live the Magic. Love the Adventure Ivy plays basketball on the Dusky Hollows Hawks team, but strange things are happening. Ivy's jersey is magical, and even though her jersey brings her good luck, her teammate's jersey is the opposite. Heather won't listen to Ivy, and now her life is in danger. Ivy must figure out what is happening with the jerseys and save Heather, all while in the middle of a game.

Ann Meyers Drysdale is one of the greatest stars in the history of basketball. But her rise wasn't without controversy. Her 1979 NBA bid to play with the Indiana Pacers brought a barrage of criticism. But Ann simply wanted to play among the best. She had always competed with the guys. A female first in many categories, Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman ever signed to a four-year athletic scholarship to UCLA, where she remains the only four-time Bruin basketball All American, male or female.

Meet Miss Cortez, a woman with Down syndrome who dreams of playing in the NBA.... She wants to defeat all the negative stigma that comes with disabilities.

As the confetti streamed down from the ceiling Breanna Stewart took in the scene. It's every athlete's dream to be crowned the National Champion of their sport, but it's something entirely different to do it four years in a row. In Breanna Stewart, we take a look at the greatest female basketball player to ever play the game and chronicle her rise to dominance. She didn't get here the easy way, instead, it was countless hours in a gym working on her craft. Be inspired by this powerful story of strength and determination.

Levi She doesn’t belong in my school. She is a constant reminder of my rotten life—a dead-end future. I don’t want that or her. She needs to go. Even if I must be cruel. Scarlet I hate this school. I dislike everything and everybody in it. I’m counting the days until I’m free of this prison. No one will stop me from leaving. Not even Levi. A Small Town Enemies To Lovers Sports Romance with light bullying theme and a guaranteed HEA. No cheating and no cliffhangers.

In the wake of a humiliating loss in the NCAA tournament a year earlier, no one imagined the University of Findlay men’s basketball team would rise up from the ashes of the defeat and produce one of the greatest seasons in college hoops history. Ranked number one in the preseason and well aware the expectations for a championship were as lofty as ever, the Oilers learn to embrace the pressure of it all rather than allow it to become a heavy burden to carry in their pursuit of greatness.