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Books in Sports Achievers series

  • Katy Steding: Pro Basketball Pioneer

    Sara Gogol

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Oct. 1, 1998)
    A biography of the young woman who played at Stanford University and on the 1996 Olympic gold-medal basketball team and is now a member of the Portland Power women's professional basketball team
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  • David Robinson: Backboard Admiral

    Dawn M. Miller

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Jan. 1, 1992)
    Profiles the college and professional basketball career of the U.S. Naval Academy graduate who entered the National Basketball Association in 1989 after completing two years with the Navy
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  • David Robinson: Backboard Admiral

    Dawn M. Miller

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Feb. 1, 1991)
    Profiles the college and professional basketball career of the U.S. Naval Academy graduate who entered the National Basketball Association in 1989 after completing two years with the Navy
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  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Pilot and Poet

    Roxane Chadwick

    Paperback (Lerner Pub Group, June 1, 1987)
    A biography of the poet, essayist, and pilot who flew with her husband, Charles A. Lindbergh around the world charting new routes for airlines.
  • Mario Lemieux: Beating the Odds

    Morgan E. Hughes

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, May 1, 1996)
    Traces the life and career of hockey player Mario Lemieux who triumphed over back problems and Hodgkin's disease
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  • Kobe Bryant: Basketball Big Shot

    Jeff Savage

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Profiles Kobe Bryant, who went straight from high school to the pros, becoming the youngest person ever to play in the NBA.
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  • Bonnie Blair: Golden Streak

    Cathy Breitenbucher

    Paperback (Lerner Pub Group, July 1, 1994)
    Traces the life of Bonnie Blair, the speed skater who has won five gold medals while participating in three Olympic games
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  • Barry Sanders: Rocket Running Back

    Jack Kavanagh

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, May 1, 1994)
    Traces the life of the Detroit Lion running back from his childhood and college career at Oklahoma State University to his professional career, religious affiliations, and personal interests
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  • Jennifer Capriati: Tennis Sensation

    Margaret J. Goldstein

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Oct. 1, 1993)
    Traces the life of the young woman who entered professional tennis at age thirteen and won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics
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  • Wayne Gretzky: Hockey Great

    Thomas R. Raber

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Nov. 1, 1999)
    Presents the life and record-setting career of the hockey player known as "the Great One."
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  • Troy Aikman: Quick-Draw Quarterback

    Joel Dippold

    Hardcover (Lerner Publications, Sept. 16, 1994)
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  • Zina Garrison: Ace

    A. P. Porter

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Dec. 1, 1991)
    Describes the life of the outstanding tennis player who, in 1990, became the first African-American woman in thirty-two years to reach the singles final at Wimbledon
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