Rebound : Sports, Community, and the Inclusive City / Perry King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Perry (Journalist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports.

City and town life.

Community life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Coach House Books, [2021]

Summary:

"For every kid who makes it to the NBA, thousands more simply seek out the pleasure and camaraderie of playing pick-up basketball in their local community centre or on a court in the neighbourhood park. It's a story that plays out in sport after sport -- team or individual, youth or adult, men's or women's. While the high-energy spectacle of professional basketball, soccer, or hockey may command our attention and fill our TV screens night after night, the world of grassroots, no- or low-stakes sports hums along in the background, a kind of connective tissue that brings city-dwellers together in ways that go well beyond the most obvious physical benefits. Yet the 2020 pandemic and heightened concerns about racial exclusion have revealed just how important these pastimes are, and what happens when we either lose access to them or take for granted the public spaces where we play. In this closely reported exploration of the role of community sports in highly diverse urban centres, Toronto journalist Perry King offers a compelling roadmap for re-imagining neighbourhoods whose residents are active, healthy, and genuinely connected."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Table of Contents

1. Why Do Sports Even Matter?

2. Sami and Lou

3. The End of Eastern

4. Nine Men in a Parking Lot

5. Why Do the Courts Suck in a City in Love with Basketball?

6. Bhatia, Drake, and the Making of Basketball Culture in the 6ix

7. Coaching as If Your Life Depended on It

8. Children at the Vanguard

9. Keeping Your Eye on the Ball

10. Harry Gairey's Enduring Lesson

11. Karl Subban's Philosophy of Life, Hockey, and Inclusion

12. 'Cricket Plays Here'

13. The Curious Intersection of Politics and Cricket

14. Go Green: The Big Circle Where Cricket, Ecology, and Gender Met

15. Ajahn Suchart's Olympic Ambitions

16. The Death and Rebirth of the Wolfpack

17. A City Without Sport

18. Rebound

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

1314629591