Basketball legends
Mark Woods
A fastpaced overview of basketball's biggest stars, past and present. It is filled with facts and stats about the careers of basketball players and teams from around the world.
Read Time: ~3.4 hr
Long shot
by Craig Hodges (2017)
About this book
"As a member of the 1992 world-champion Chicago Bulls, a dashiki-clad Hodges delivered a handwritten letter to President George H. W. Bush demanding that he do more to address racism and economic inequality. Hodges was also a vocal union activist, initiated a boycott against Nike, and spoke out forcefully against police brutality in the wake of the Rodney King beating. But his outspokenness cost him dearly. In the prime of his career, after ten NBA seasons, Hodges was blackballed from the NBA for using his platform as a professional athlete to stand up for justice. In this powerful, passionate, and captivating memoir, Hodges shares the stories--including encounters with Nelson Mandela, Coretta Scott King, Jim Brown, R. Kelly, Michael Jordan, and others--from his lifelong fight for equality for African Americans."--Publisher description.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreLong shot Lead Character
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