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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 216. Chapters: Jackie Robinson, John Beilein, John Wooden, Brad Stevens, Bob Knight, Joseph Stilwell, Dean Smith, Roy Williams (coach), John Calipari, Sydney Johnson, Billy Gillispie, Bob Cousy, Bill Self, Jim Calhoun, Rick Pitino, Lute Olson, Mike Krzyzewski, Dale Brown (basketball), Jim Boeheim, Gary Williams, Larry Brown (basketball), Fritz Crisler, James Naismith, Billy Donovan, Adolph Rupp, List of North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball head coaches, George Mikan, Lefty Driesell, Clyde Drexler, Tubby Smith, Eddie Sutton, Mark Turgeon, Matt Painter, Bruce Pearl, Tom Izzo, Tom Crean (basketball), Don Monson, Jim Larranaga, Kelvin Sampson, Craig Robinson (basketball), Don Haskins, Tim Floyd, Denny Crum, John Thompson (basketball), Bobby Gonzalez, Thad Matta, Jim Valvano, Ben Howland, Rollie Massimino, Dave Bliss, Jerry Tarkanian, Tom Penders, Kevin Stallings, Bennie Owen, Bobby Braswell, Jay Wright (basketball), Frank Dobson (American football), Skip Prosser, Henry Iba, Nolan Richardson, Bo Ryan. Excerpt: International League Major League Baseball Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972) was an American baseball player who became the first black Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As the first black man to play in the major leagues since the 1880s, he was instrumental in bringing an end to racial segregation in professional baseball, which had relegated black players to the Negro leagues for six decades. Signs of racial discrimination in professional sports continued to decline over the latter half of the twentieth century. The example of his character and unquestionable talent challenged the traditional basis of segregation, which then marked many other aspects of American life, and...
