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 |
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.