A Sportswriter's Life and the Redemptive Power of Small-Town Girls Basketball
Hardback
Publication Date: 12/09/2023
In this poignant memoir, a legendary sports journalist writes about the team that changed his life: the Morton High School Lady Potters basketball team. Dave Kindred has covered dozens of Super Bowls and written about stars like Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, and Michael Jordan. But a high-school girls basketball team--the Lady Potters of Morton, Illinois--stands apart from the rest. In this moving and intimate story, Kindred writes about his rise to professional success and the changes that brought him back to his hometown late in life. As he dealt with personal hardship, his urge to write sustained him. For years, he has recapped the games of the Lady Potters, including their many runs to state championships. He attended game after game, sitting in the stands and making notes, paid nothing but Milk Duds. And the team and their community were there for him as he lost a grandson to addiction and his wife to long-term illness. Tender and honest, Kindred's story reminds readers what sports are really about. He trades in the exhausting spectacle of Super Bowl Sunday for the joy of togetherness, the fire of competition, and the inexhaustible hope for victory tomorrow.
- ISBN:
- 9781541702202
- 9781541702202
- Category:
- Press & journalism
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 12-09-2023
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- PublicAffairs
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 242.57x161.29x25.4mm
- Weight:
- 0.51kg
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