To the Hoop

Berkow, Ira

ISBN 10: 0465084958 / ISBN 13: 9780465084951

Published by New York: BasicBooks, 1997, 1997

About this Item

First Edition stated, First Printing indicted, hardcover in (protected) dust jacket, both in FINE/FINE condition; largely inscribed and signed by Berkow on front free endpaper. Seller Inventory # 1116

Bibliographic Details

Title: To the Hoop

Publisher: New York: BasicBooks, 1997

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

A sportswriter describes the role of basketball in his own life, discussing his love for the game, his life as a pickup basketball player, and some of the legendary players and coaches he has known

Review:

"Through the game," writes New York Times sports columnist Ira Berkow about basketball, "I have an unusual opportunity to look into the soul of others, as well as, the spirit and wisdom willing, my own." At 52, following a knee injury, he was told he would never hit the hardwood again. Four years later, he exposed his soul--and knee--to tests of self-discovery in pick-up games from Manhattan playgrounds to California beaches. The mid-life memoir, filled with wisdom from unusual places, is about far more than a game: "Autumn," NBA legend Oscar Robertson tells the author, "happens to everybody," and Berkow discovers much that is moving, exuberant, and beautiful in his personal change of seasons.