Shooting stars audiobook by lebron james, buzz bissinger. The shooting stars were a bunch of kids from akron, ohiolebron james and his best friendswho first met on a youth basketball team of the same name when they were ten and eleven years old. From the ultimate teambasketball superstar lebron james and buzz bissinger, pulitzer prizewinning author of friday night lights and three nights in augusta poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including jamess own. Chris robinson, best known for his work on the fox tv series star, has been tapped to direct universals untitled lebron james movie. It goes back to when lebron played on a team called the shooting stars.
From the ultimate team basketball superstar lebron james and buzz bissinger, pulitzer prize winning author of friday night lights and three nights in august a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including jamess own. The shooting stars were a bunch of kidslebron james and his best friendsfrom akron, ohio, who first met on a youth. Buzz bissinger, author of lebron james book shooting stars. Lebron james production company springhill seeking big. Buzz bissinger on the miami stars superb playoffs performance. The mononymous stars in their respective fieldsbasketballs james, sports books bissingerteamed up on lebrons dream team. Lebron james and buzz bissinger, author info, published. Shooting stars, the lebron james autobiography coauthored by buzz bissinger, is a consistently alienating readthe story of a 24yearold africanamerican midwestern product of the akron public school system and the basketball industrial complex told in the firstperson by a 54yearold white northeasterner who spent his formative years at phillips academy and the university. Shooting stars 09 by james, lebron bissinger, buzz. Buzz bissinger is among the nations most honored and distinguished writers. Buzz bissinger calls his book with lebron james an epic failure.
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Now 24, james looks back on his youth in the memoir shooting stars, which he cowrote with pulitzer prizewinning author buzz bissinger. From the ultimate team basketball superstar lebron james and buzz bissinger, pulitzer prizewinning author of friday night lights and three nights in augusta poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including jamess own. Lebron james and buzz bissingers shooting stars is not just another athlete memoir. Lebrons dream team by buzz bissinger and lebron james is a book about four young men. Listen to shooting stars by lebron james, buzz bissinger. Shooting stars by lebron james, buzz bissinger, isbn 159420232x, compare new and used books prices among online bookstores. As part of the promotion of shooting stars, bissinger appeared as a guest commenter on a deadspin post on oct.
Pdf friday night lights book pdf download read online. Lebron james had suffered losses in his life from basketball games and even family. To many, buzz bissinger is bestknown as the author of the 1990 bestselling nonfiction book friday night lights. Juel taylor and tony rettenmaier wrote the script for the film, which is based on james and buzz bissingers book, shooting stars, and the events of james life. He has hosted saturday night live, graced oprahs stage, and appeared on the cover of fortune. The shooting stars were a bunch of kids from akron, ohiolebron james and his best friendswho first met on a youth basketball team of the same name when. From the ultimate teambasketball superstar lebron james and buzz bissinger, pulitzer prizewinning author of friday night lights and three nights in augusta poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including james s own. Books by buzz bissinger authors like buzz bissinger. The shooting stars were a bunch of kids lebron james and his best friends from.
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Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Bissinger, author of friday night lights and coauthor of shooting stars with james, sat down. Shooting stars audiobook by lebron james 9781101079553. Juel taylor and tony rettenmaier wrote the script, based on shooting stars, the book james wrote with friday night lights author buzz bissinger. Shooting stars 09 by james, lebron bissinger, buzz hardcover 2009 james on. At seventeen he was featured on the cover of sports illustrated.
Npr coverage of shooting stars by lebron james and buzz bissinger. Stars by lebron james and buzz bissinger is an inspirational book about perseverance, racism, friendship, and the love of basketball. The shooting stars were a bunch of kids from akron, ohio lebron james and his best friendswho first met on a youth basketball team of the same name when they were ten years old. Shooting stars by james, lebron, bissinger, buzzseptember 8, 2009 hardcover james, lebron, bissinger, buzz on. Buy shooting stars first printing by james, lebron, bissinger, buzz isbn. Buzz bissinger, author of lebron james book, thinks lebron. The shooting stars were made up with five kids, lebron james, dru joyce iii, romeo travis, sian cotton and willie mcgee. The shooting stars were a bunch of kids from akron, ohiolebron james and his best friendswho first met on a youth basketball team of the same name when they were ten years old. Bissinger, the author of a book called lebrons dream team which detailed the journeys of lebron and his four best friends, knows lebron more than most.
Lebrons dream team read an interview with buzz bissinger at here. Shooting stars by lebron james, buzz bissinger 9781594202322. Proclaimed the chosen one by sports illustrated in 2002, lebron james rose from 17yearold basketball prodigy to n. The shooting stars were a bunch of kids from akron, ohiolebron james and his best friendswho first.
A native of new york city, buzz is the winner of the pulitzer prize, the livingston award, the american bar association silver gavel award and the national headliners award, among others. As lebron got older the book starts to talks about more. He start talking about practices, games, car rides, what he did on his free time which was play basketball if he had the. Shooting stars by lebron james and buzz bissinger is a biography about lebron james and buzz bissinger. But the money was too good and i didnt want to piss. Lebron graduated from stvm and immediately entered the nba draft. From the ultimate teambasketball superstar lebron james and buzz bissinger, pulitzer prizewinning author of friday night lights and three nights in augusta poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to. The summer of lebron continues this week as shooting stars, coauthored by lebron and buzz bissinger, hits shelves today. Buzz bissinger is the author of a prayer for the city, the new york times bestseller three nights in august, and friday night lights, which has sold almost 2 million copies to date and spawned a film and a tv series. In the beginning the book starts to talk about his young life. Chris robinson to direct lebron james biopic for universal. Shooting stars by lebron james, buzz bissinger, isbn. Lot detail lebron james signed shooting stars hardcover book. How four friends and i brought a championship home, which he wrote with buzz bissinger.
Lebrons dream team by lebron james, buzz bissinger. Shooting stars 09 by james, lebron bissinger, buzz hardcover 2009. Lebron james is a changed man, at least in the eyes of pulitzer prizewinning author buzz bissinger. Apbuzz bissingers latest comments would wipe the smile off lebron james face. The book shooting stars by lebron james and buzz bissinger is an inspirational book about perseverance, racism, friendship, and the love of basketball. Lebron james has signed this hardcover copy of his book shooting stars, co written with the legendary journalist buzz bissinger. This book was written by buzz bissinger and lebron james himself. A town, a team and a dream, the result of a yearlong immersion in the small town of odessa, texas. This book told about how to fight through adversity even from a young age and how. Ostensibly, friday night lightswhich inspired not only a movie but also an awardwinning, critically acclaimed television serieswas about high. Sportswriter buzz bissinger now calls shooting stars, the 2009 book he coauthored with lebron james, an epic failure. The book, coauthored with basketball superstar lebron james, tells the story of james high school career where he and his four best friends won a championship in basketball. Lebron and his teammates have a special bond that was best told to the world in the movie more than a game and also in the book shooting stars by buzz bissinger.
This book talks about the rough times lebron went through. I never felt comfortable writing a book for someone else, buzz bissinger said tuesday. Shooting stars is a basketball program which lebron and his friends played in. Sports united states basketball players james, lebron. Pulitzer prizewinner buzz bissinger has teamed with lebron james to produce a delightful book about james years as a high school star basketball players. The game stuck with james, who described his feelings in lebrons dream team.
I would definitely recommend this book, including but not limited to, anyone who enjoys non fiction, or a great story. Lebron james may not be willing to admit he was dunked on by a college player a couple of weeks ago, but he is ready to acknowledge that he was a potsmoking jerk as a teenager. The dream team was a bunch of kids from akron, ohiolebron james and his best friendswho first met on a youth basketball team of the same name when. This book was about the life of one of the best basketball players ever, lebron james.
The shooting stars were a bunch of kidslebron james and his best friends. The shooting stars were a bunch of kidslebron james and his best friendsfrom akron, ohio, who first met on a youth basketball team of the same name when they were ten and eleven years old. From the ultimate teambasketball superstar lebron james and buzz bissinger, pulitzer prizewinning author of friday night lights and three nights in. Shooting stars by james, lebron, bissinger, buzzseptember.
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