03533nam 2200973 a 450 991077824640332120200520144314.00-8147-8990-00-8147-9561-710.18574/nyu/9780814789902(CKB)1000000000484153(EBL)866070(OCoLC)779828399(SSID)ssj0000193557(PQKBManifestationID)11216130(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193557(PQKBWorkID)10218156(PQKB)10707118(OCoLC)229443218(MdBmJHUP)muse10246(Au-PeEL)EBL866070(CaPaEBR)ebr10268998(DE-B1597)547550(DE-B1597)9780814789902(MiAaPQ)EBC866070(EXLCZ)99100000000048415320070611d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiving through the hoop[electronic resource] high school basketball, race, and the American dream /Reuben A. Buford MayNew York New York University Pressc20081 online resource (261 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-9596-X 0-8147-5729-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index.A look through the hoop -- For the good of all -- The three D's : drugs, drinking, and delinquency -- Race and hoops everyday -- Knight style masculinity -- Sportsmanship and the need to win -- The dirty trick -- Epilogue : the death of Calvin Cody.Visit the author's YouTube channel!. When high school basketball player LeBron James was selected as the top pick in the National Basketball Association draft of 2003, the hopes of a half-million high school basketball players soared. If LeBron could go straight from high school to the NBA, why couldn't they? Such is the allure of basketball for so many young African American men. Unfortunately, the reality is that their chances of ever playing basketball at the professional, or even college, level are infinitesimal. In Living Through the Hoop , Reuben A. Buford May tells the absorbing story oBasketballMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesBasketballUnited StatesSociological aspectsBasketball playersGeorgiaAfrican.American.Hoop.Living.South.Through.about.area.basketball.boys.compelling.detailed.environment.ethnographic.find.high.hopeless.mens.offers.often.portrait.school.story.struggle.team.their.urban.young.BasketballMoral and ethical aspectsBasketballSociological aspects.Basketball players796.323/62May Reuben A. Buford1965-1482197MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778246403321Living through the hoop3834150UNINA