basketball players

A biography of the Chicago Bulls superstar who retired and became a baseball player.

Traces the personal life and basketball career of the center who began his NBA career with the Orlando Magic in 1992.

Jordan describes his life as the world's most celebrated sports personality--the pressures and pains, the triumphs and tribulations, the risks and the rewards--in his own words and photographs.

Account of the life and career of NBA basketball player, Manute Bol, from a small tribal village in the south of the Sudan to his American life as a professional athlete.

Story of the National Basketball Association and its star players of the 1950s and 1960s.

Covers the personal life and basketball career of the Nigerian-born center for the Houston Rockets.

Presents a career biography of basketball player Jason Kidd, following him from high school to the University of California at Berkley, to professional stints in Dallas, Phoenix, and finally New Jersey where he led the Nets to a winning 2001-02 season.

From his early childhood in China, through his struggles with the Chinese government just to be allowed to play in the NBA, Yao Ming persevered to become one of the most exciting men playing professional basketball today.

Introduces the life and accomplishments of basketball guard Kobe Bryant, whose high scoring game helped bring the Los Angeles Lakers three straight world championships.

A career biography of Vince Carter, a guard and forward for the Toronto Raptors basketball team, discussing his goal to be a great all-around player.