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Image credit: Bill Reynolds at the New England Basketball Hall of Fame induction dinner in 2013. Reynolds was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003, but was appearing at a panelist at the 2013 induction. He spoke on the subject of all Writers … Great Basketball Books” By Sphilbrick - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26829439

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Data de nascimento
1945
Data de falecimento
2023-07-13
Sexo
male
Locais de residência
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Ocupação
sports journalist (Providence Journal)
Organizações
Providence Journal (sports journalist)

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HOPE: A SCHOOL, A TEAM, A DREAM by Bill Reynolds recounts the 2012 basketball season at Hope high school in Providence, RI. The book shows how basketball at an inner city school, under the right guidance, can teach young men who are lost, forgotten, and misguided how to make better choices in life. As with anything, though, not all of the young men make the right choices.
The head coach, Dave Nyblom, has been at Hope high school since 1989. He seems, over the years, to have developed the ability to show compassion and caring towards all of his players, present and past, while at the same time he commands his team with a strong fist, constantly challenging them to be better than they are and he doesn't accept anything but the most each player can give him. His coaches, all volunteer, are an interesting bunch, all who just want the team and each player to be all they can be. Meanwhile, the players teeter between wanting the team to succeed and wanting to look good as individuals. On top of it all, its seems like every player has there own personal demons, whether its family, friends, or rivals, that constantly throw up obstacles for them to overcome.
Bill Reynolds makes me care about the team, the coaches, and the players by writing about them all in a very honest, straight-forward way. I was rooting for the team every step of the way. He also displayed the city of Providence in a way I was unaware of. He explains how the school system has been torn apart, put back together and now is so fragmented and backward in its design. It blew me away that most of team had to take two public buses to and from school and home every day and a lot of the time they just hung around after school on game days because there wasn't enough time to go home and be back in time for a evening game. The fact that many of the players are immigrants from war-torn Liberia was interesting as well. For one student, it meant he was shy to speak because of his accent and unique Liberian dialect, and yet seemed to be a great kid at heart.
Being a sports fan, and a fan of sports books, I enjoyed this book a lot. Reynolds did a good job of recounting the season and weaving in human interest all along the way. It reminded me of EAGLE BLUE by Michael D'Orso, seeing a group of young men coming together as a basketball team to reach as high as they can. i will definitely try other books by Reynolds after reading this book.

*** I received a copy of this book through Goodreads Giveaway!***
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EHoward29 | Jan 23, 2016 |
A fascinating book detailing the playoff game between the Red Sox and the Yankees in 1978 set against the backdrop of the busing crisis in Boston. The book alternates chapters between a description of the game (complete with history of the players and other major characters) and a history of the busing crisis as well as a sociological look at Boston in the 1970s. It was well written, interesting, and well paced. It needed more pictures and the end seemed slightly forced. I think it would be hard to write a decent ending to a story that everyone already knows how it ends. A good book to read after reading Game 6.… (mais)
 
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castironskillet | 1 outra resenha | Aug 13, 2013 |
 
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