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Black men can't shoot / Scott N. Brooks.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brooks, Scott.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Basketball--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Basketball.
- African American basketball players--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions.
- African American basketball players.
- Social conditions.
- Basketball--Social aspects.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 228 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Jermaine and Ray
- Becoming a basketball player
- Getting known through networks and exposure
- Playing school ball
- Old heads and young bulls
- A Saturday morning at Espy
- The heart of the playground
- Chuck breaks them down
- Gotta want it "like that"
- Playing uptown
- Some fall off
- Bringing 'em back and putting it all together
- The chip
- The glow but reality of success
- Ray vs. Green
- Playing everywhere
- Can't look poor
- Implosion
- Moving north
- Learning other stuff
- A star is born; another is still waiting
- Politics and "pub(licity)"
- Getting in (school) and getting out (of the hood)
- Being used.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Black men can't shoot.
- ISBN:
- 9780226076058
- 0226076059
- Publisher Number:
- 99944264767
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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