Basketball

Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 feet (3.048 m) high mounted to a backboard at each end.

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Basketball Books

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever

The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls

Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association

Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made

A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers

Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s

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October 2025 Sports Romance Release

26 books — 19 voters

M/M Athletes|Coaches Books 2013

23 books — 5 voters

Molly Morningstar Molly On Ice by Andrea Coke

Picture Books About Sports & Recreation by African-Americans

8 books — 2 voters

September 2026 Sports Romance Release

1 book — 3 voters

Only the Brave Try Ballet by Stefanie London

Harlequin/M&B - Sport/Athlete themed (non-NASCAR)

97 books — 15 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Basketball”

“ Good thing in this business is that you just have to make one big shot and that’s enough to make you forget 9 other shots that you missed. ”
― Guy Zucker

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“ [On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'" (One On 1, interview with Budd Mishkin; NY1, March 25, 2007.) ...more ”
― David Halberstam, Everything They Had: Sports Writing

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