Full name: The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams

Author: Darcy Frey Year: 1994 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Sports Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon OpenLibrary eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780618446711 0618446710

It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that - for many young men it represents their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. In The Last Shot, Darcy Frey chronicles the aspirations of four of the neighborhood's most promising players. What they have going for them is athletic talent, grace, and years of dedication. But working against them are woefully inadequate schooling, family circumstances that are often desperate, and the slick, brutal world of college athletic recruitment. Incisively and compassionately written, The Last Shot introduces us to unforgettable characters and takes us into their world with an intimacy seldom seen in contemporary journalism. The result is a startling and poignant expose of inner-city life and the big business of college basketball. Similar books: Heaven Is a Playground by Rick Telander The Punch by John Feinstein In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais The Miracle of St. Anthony by Adrian Wojnarowski Tip-Off by Filip Bondy The Last Great Game by Gene Wojciechowski The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam When March Went Mad by Seth Davis A Season on the Brink by John Feinstein Play Their Hearts Out by George Dohrmann The Last Amateurs by John Feinstein Loose Balls by Terry Pluto A March to Madness by John Feinstein The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach Calico Joe by John Grisham Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica The Professional by W. C. Heinz This Love Is Not For Cowards by Robert Andrew Powell