Heaven Is a Playground
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Heaven Is a Playground: 4th Edition
By Rick Telanderaround fence and the the corner vague of Foster and Nostrand at dusk, I see a movements of people. Men sit on car hoods and trunks, gesturing, passing brown paper bags, laughing. Stains on the sidewalk sparkle dully like tiny oil slicks ...
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Heaven is a Playground
By Rick TelanderBut he never flinches from showing us how far their dreams are from reality. The roots of today's inner-city basketball can be traced to the world Telander presents in "Heaven is a Playground," the first book of its kind.
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Heaven Is a Playground
By Rick TelanderThey completely overwhelm Eddie Johnson who can do little but go repeatedly to Albert . For once the Stars make their opponents look disorganized . I've had little to do with it . I'm not a coach ; I know that completely now .
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Heaven Is a Playground
By Rick TelanderIn this third edition, thirty-five years after Telander discovered New York’s kings of basketball, the author provides a retrospective of the game and times.
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Heaven Is a Playground
The roots of today?s inner-city basketball can be traced to the world Telander presents in Heaven Is a Playground, the first book of its kind.
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Heaven Is a Playground
By Rick TelanderThis edition also includes Telander’s perspectives on the arrival of an NBA team in Brooklyn. Heaven Is a Playground is one of a kind—a funny, sad, ultimately inspiring book about Americans and the roots of the sport that they love.