He is the most physically gifted of the group, and is one of the top prospects in the country. This entry was posted in uncategorized and tagged book club, darcy frey, sales training, success, team building, teamwork, the last shot on february 10, 2015 by ashleyshall. Late to the ball book by gerald marzorati official. Mar 09, 20 last shot by john feinstein summer reading. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the last shot. While the title of the work explicitly refers to basketball terms, the last shot also provided the narrative a literacy context where each young prospect forced educational paths toward playing basketball in the ncaa. Freys skill, control and understanding of his subject are what makes the book enjoyable first and foremost, i believe. Responses to the last shot by darcy frey and fierce. After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders stevie and susan carol are sent to cover the final four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
His books for young readers offer a winning combination of. What they have going for them is athletic talent, grace, and 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. After reading what the book was about, it seemed right up my alley, so i got it and just finished reading it. Frey has published articles in new england monthly, rolling stone, harpers, and the new york times magazine. In 2004 darcy frey released an edition of the last shot with a new afterword, updating the lives of tchaka shipp, corey johnson, darryl flicking, and stephon marbury. Its a first person narration, although its a very discreet one. City streets, basketball dreams by darcy frey, the main characters in the book are african american high schoolers, the setting takes place on coney island. 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. While the feature on marburys high school career motivated me to read this book the insight into the perils and pitfalls that await teenage boys. City streets, basketball dream 04 edition 9780618446711 by darcy frey for up to 90% off at. Buy this book coney island, brooklyn, once new york citys playground, is now an archetypal. It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of coney island is.
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The last shot 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. Hard times and one countys quest for basketball greatness ebook. Darcy frey is an american writer and educator from new york. The experiment of public housing, which has worked throughout the country to isolate its. But working against them are woefully inadequate schooling, family circumstances that are often desperate, and the slick, brutal world of college athletic recruitment. The flirtations of college coaches who promise tv exposure and a shot at the nba might seem merely pathetic.
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The philosopher rudolf steiner called the last supper the worlds most important work of art, adding that it revealed the meaning of earth existence. Now, in late to the ball, he brings those same qualities to his quest for midlife selfunderstanding through the prism of a tennis racket. The last shot 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. Lee the last shot city streets, basketball dreams por darcy frey disponible en rakuten kobo. Not at darcy frey, who writes a great book, but at the combined effects of wretched public schools, which pass along students able neither to read, write nor do sums. City streets, basketball dreams paperback march 3, 2004.
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