TAILIEUCHUNG - Off the Rim Basketball and Other Religions in a Carolina Childhood

The child is father of the man. How else can I explain it? Why else should it mean so much? Why else should I approach each college basketball season, particularly that part of it known to much of America as March Madness, with such a mixture of delight and terror, euphoria and dread? Why should a particular game, played with a round ball by twentyyear- olds in short pants often hundreds of miles away, mean so much to me, since I seem to have so little to gain or lose by its outcome? | Praise for Off the Rim Basketball and North Carolina go together like a horse and carriage. Fred Hobson knows because he lived it. If you love basketball you will love this book. Bill Bradley I ve read most of Fred Hobson s books and admired his relaxed and seemingly effortless style but Offthe Rim is his best in my opinion. This is Hobson at the top of his game using the first-person narrative like an inmate who has sprung his lock and flown free. John Egerton Off the Rim is a marvelous basketball memoir sprightly and entertaining and it will take a place on the shelf alongside great autobiographies of fandom like Tim Parks s A Season with Verona or Nick Hornby s ruefully comic Fever Pitch. But Hobson also brings to the task his experience as one of the South s most distinguished literary critics and commentators and along the way he provides thoughtful and moving ruminations on race on family and on coming of age in piedmont North Carolina in the 1950s and 60s. A delightful account not only of what sports mean to us but of why they matter. Michael Griffith Fred Hobson has written a lovely wry account of his lifelong devotion to Tar Heel basketball. He knows that he stands out even among Tar Heel fans for how much Carolina-blue blood he bleeds and how often he bleeds it and he also knows that readers will find his obsession more amusing than he does. Even if you don t care who wins the Carolina-Duke game is that possible you ll enjoy this book. John Shelton .

• Thể dục thể thao
• Magic Season
• Second Childhood
• Hornet
• History of Basketball
• Professional Basketball
• Common Basketball
• youth basketball
• usa basketball
• college basketball
• Basketball Association
• BASKETBALL PLAYERS
• Basketball Hall
• Shoes Mature
• Basketball Bedlam
• basketball injuries
• basketball player
• Preparticipation screening
• Wisconsin Rhapsody
• National Basketball
• Basketball League
• Britannica Guide
• Coaching Strategies
• Official Rules
• Court Dimensions
• Team Territories
• Franchise Organizations
• Basketball Arenas
• Barge Ghost
• Breaking Point
• Blood and Basketball
• Women’s Basketball
• Vince Prygoski
• Lady Magic
• Cinderella Ball
• West Virginia
• BASELINE VALUES
• ENDURING LESSONS
• Pickup Basketball
• baseball pass
• crossover dribble
• MARTIAL ARTS
• FOOTBALL
• BASKETBALL
• Ball Handling
• offensive S kills
• Backdoor Plays
• Scissor Plays
• Baseline Screen Plays
• Lateral Drill
• Dribblings Drills
• Drive Drill
• Coaching Philosophy
• Coaching Methods
• Individual Defense
• Magical MVP
• Encore Performance
• Magic Show
• Girls Basketball
• Court Press
• Chinese Playground
• Muscle Molls
• Multicultural Quakers
• Conference Calls
• Tournament Hoopiness
• Buzzer Beater
• Amazing Game
• Winning Shots