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Book Review: “Open Your Heart With Basketball”

13. August 2007

When I received a copy of “Open Your Heart With Basketball” in the mail to review I shuddered when I saw a basketball with a heart around it on the cover. Who wants to read a book about basketball with a huge heart on the cover? Not this kid. My immediate reaction was dismay that [...]

Hoops Addict Podcast: Bill Woten Interview

29. May 2007

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Earlier this month I had the pleasure of reading Bill Woten’s book “Game 7: Inside The NBA’s Ultimate Showdown” and after exchanging some emails with Bill last week he agreed to come onto the Hoops Addict Podcast to discuss his book. Some of the topics we cover during this interview include: What motivated him to write [...]

Andrew Blauner Interview

3. May 2007

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By Ryan McNeill After reading through Andrew Blauner’s book “Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference” this winter I was surprised to see that Andrew had come across my site and took the time to write up an email last week to thank me for mentioning his book in some posts that I [...]

Adrian Wojnarowski Interview

23. April 2007

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By Ryan McNeill This Hoops Addict Podcast is a gem because I was able to get Adrian Wojnarowski on the show to talk about his national best seller “The Miracle of St Anthony.” Adrian writes for Yahoo Sports and his book “The Miracle of St. Anthony” is a national best seller. For his book Adrian chronicled a [...]

Matt de la Pena Interview

20. April 2007

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By Ryan McNeill This winter I had the chance to read “Ball Don’t Lie” by Matt de la Pena and it instantly become one of my favourite books. The development of Sticky was so riveting that I found myself staying up past midnight reading it because I couldn’t put the book down and I found myself [...]

Rus Bradburd Interview

16. April 2007

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By Ryan McNeill For this Hoops Addict Podcast I had the chance to chat with Rus Bradburd about his book “Paddy on the Hardwood.” Rus has coached alongside two of the top coaches in the history of college hoops in Lou Henson and Don Haskins (who the movie Glory Road was based on) but he got [...]

Interview with Christopher Bibey

3. April 2007

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By Ryan McNeill This week I was able to chat with Christopher Bibey about his book “Open Your Heart With Basketball” and how his life changed after he was diagnosed with cancer during his freshman season of college basketball. During this chat we also talked about what motivated him to write about all the highs and lows [...]

Book Review: “Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich”

19. March 2007

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By Ryan McNeill I was fortunate to be sent a copy of Mark Kriegel’s book “Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich” to review on HoopsAddict.com and after picking it up Sunday afternoon and I wasn’t able to put the book down until I had devoured all 323 pages of this epic biography. Since I’m in [...]

Book Review: “The Last Shot” by Darcy Frey

23. February 2007

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By Ryan McNeill While searching through Chapters last month a book that caught my attention was Darcy Frey’s “The Last Shot” because it featured an in-depth look at Stephon Marbury’s high school career. While the feature on Marbury’s high school career motivated me to read this book the insight into the perils and pitfalls that await [...]

Book Review: “Transition Game: How Hoosiers Went Hip-Hop”

22. January 2007

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By Ryan McNeill While searching through the sports section at Chapters last month for a book to read over my Christmas break a book that immediately grabbed my attention was “Transition Game: How Hoosiers Went Hip-Hop” by Jon Wertheim. The concept of melding the state of Indiana with Hip-Hop combined with Ron Artest on the cover [...]

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