Longtime Sports Illustrated contributor Alexander Wolff is the author or co-author of seven books on basketball, including The Audacity of Hoop- Basketball and the Age of Obama; the New York Times bestseller Raw Recruits; and Big Game, Small World- A Basketball Adventure, a 2002 New York Times Notable Book. In 2011 he was named winner of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award for lifetime coverage of the game.
An embarrassment of riches. . . . This collection is a slam dunk for anyone who loves basketball. --Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor Splendid. . . . Like an all-star game between hard covers. --David M. Shribman, The Wall Street Journal Deserves a place on the shelf of any self-respecting hoops fan. -- Alex Belth, Deadspin.com/The Stacks Alexander Wolff has put together this collection like a master point guard distributing the ball, deftly providing both a chronology of the game and a full, rich accounting of its place in American culture. --Glenn Stout, series editor, The Best American Sports Writing Splendid. . . . Like an all-star game between hard covers. --David M. Shribman, The Wall Street Journal Alexander Wolff has put together this collection like a master point guard distributing the ball, deftly providing both a chronology of the game and a full, rich accounting of its place in American culture. --Glenn Stout, series editor, The Best American Sports Writing Alexander Wolff has put together this collection like a master point guard distributing the ball, deftly providing both a chronology of the game and a full, rich accounting of its place in American culture. --Glenn Stout, series editor, The Best American Sports Writing