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Author_Mike Jensen
Basketball
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Catholic League
Chaney University
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Dawn Staley
Earl Monroe
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Geno Auriemma
Herb McGee
High School Basketball
Jay Wright
John Chaney
Kobe Bryant
Kyle Lowrie
LaSalle University
Overbrook
Palestra
Paul Arizin
Paul Westhead
Phil Martelli
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Basketball
Philly Hoops
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Rasheed Wallace
Roman Catholic High School
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Sonny Hill
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Women's Basketball
Product details
- ISBN 9781439926628
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 04 Dec 2026
- Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Mike Jensen spent 35 years covering basketball and other sports for the Philadelphia Inquirer. In 2024, he was inducted into the Big 5 Hall of Fame. In addition, he won national Eclipse Awards for his horse racing coverage of Smarty Jones in 2004 and Barbaro in 2006. In 2023, he was named Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year and won the 2024 Jim O'Connell Award by the United States Basketball Writers Association for Excellence in Beat Reporting. He still has the trophy for winning a foul-shooting contest at the 1976 Julius Erving Basketball Camp.
