Heaven Is a Playground
by Rick Telander | 
The Last Shot
by Darcy Frey |
The Punch
by John Feinstein | 
The Last Great Game
by Gene Wojciechowski | 
The Miracle of St. Anthony
by Adrian Wojnarowski |
Tip-Off
by Filip Bondy | 
Play Their Hearts Out
by George Dohrmann | 
The Breaks of the Game
by David Halberstam | 
The Book of Basketball
by Bill Simmons | 
When March Went Mad
by Seth Davis | 
A Season on the Brink
by John Feinstein |
Loose Balls
by Terry Pluto | 
The Last Amateurs
by John Feinstein | 
A March to Madness
by John Feinstein |
Boys Among Men
by Jonathan Abrams | 
Outcasts United
by Warren St. John | 
Assault on Lake Casitas
by Brad Alan Lewis |
The Art of Smart Football
by Chris B. Brown |
Big Data Baseball
by Travis Sawchik | 
Wounded Tiger
by Peter Oborne |
They were a talented team with a near-perfect record. But for five straight years, when it came to the crunch of the playoffs, the Amherst Lady Hurricanes -- a "finesse" high school girls' basketball team of nice girls from a nice town -- somehow lacked the scrappy, hard-driving desire to go all the way. Now led by the strong back-court of All-American Jamila Wideman and three-point specialist Jen Pariseau, and playing beyond their personal best, this is their year to prove themselves in the state championships. Their season to test their passion for the sport and their loyalty to each other. Their time to discover who they really are. In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle is the fierce, funny, and intimate look into the minds and hearts of one group of girls and their quest for success and, most important of all, respect.