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Mike Sielski is the author of four books, including Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk and The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality. A co-host on Sports Radio 94 WIP, he has been a sports columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and Inquirer.com since 2013 and was formerly a reporter at The Wall Street Journal. His work has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing and The Year’s Best Sports Writing, and over his career he has been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors, the Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the National Association of Black Journalists. He lives in Bucks County, Pa.

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	The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality 4.06 avg rating — 1,063 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk 4.09 avg rating — 105 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fading Echoes: A True Story of Rivalry and Brotherhood from the Football Field to theFields of Honor 3.90 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kobe Bryant. The Black Mamba 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El ascenso. Kobe Bryant y la búsqueda de la inmortalidad / The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	El ascenso. Kobe Bryant y la búsqueda de la inmortalidad by Mike Sielski (Goodreads Author), Genís Monrabà Bueno (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'ascension: Kobe Bryant ou la quête de l'immortalité 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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"Big props to St. Martin’s Press, Macmillan Publishers, and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of Mike Sielski’s excellent new book on basketball Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk. I was excited to fi" Read more of this review »

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“Somebody says I can't do something, and I want to go out and do it on purpose and do it in an unbelievable way.”
― Mike Sielski, The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality

tags: competition, drive, sports

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“We have to get those ten or fifteen emotions down to three or four. When I try to think what Kobe would want to have happen in a situation like this, I think he would want to get back to the bouncing ball as soon as possible. We have an important game Tuesday. We should want to bounce the ball. We should want to squeak our sneakers. We should want to compete like crazy, and we will. Let’s respect that we have our health. Let’s respect that we have the ability to do this, to play basketball, and let’s try to have a heck of a lot of fun while we’re doing it.”
― Mike Sielski, The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality

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