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Another look at 'Heaven Is A Playground'

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:57:00 PST

This holiday season I was given a book that has quickly become a favorite, “Heaven is a Playground” by Rick Telander.

BASN Book Reviews: The Racket

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:57:00 PST

What makes this story even more engrossing is how Kent fits in many references to real personalities and events from both the tennis and basketball world to tell this story.

Don't Hate The Game

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:57:00 PST

There's a saying, "Be careful what you pray for, you might get it." While reading Don't Hate the Game, I was mesmerized by the creativity and enthralled by the vivacity of the life and times of black athletes. There was an inordinate amount of identification with the characters so vivid and real.

A look at 'The Franchise'

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:50:00 PST

"The Franchise: LeBron James and the remaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers" by Terry Pluto and Brian Windhorst is a fast break the moment that you open the book.

Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:57:00 PST

Written by identical twins Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli, BOYCOTT: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games chronicles the stories of Galimore and his fellow Olympic team members who trained thousands of hours for their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory in Moscow only to become pawns in a political Cold War chess match between superpowers.