Long Shot (eBook)

The Triumphs and Struggles of an NBA Freedom Fighter

Rory Fanning, Craig Hodges (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
220 Seiten
Haymarket Books (Verlag)
978-1-60846-746-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Black-balled NBA champion explores the challenges and rewards of using a celebrity platform to stand up against racism and exploitation.

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In this memoir, the Chicago Bulls basketball star details his life on the court as an athlete and off the court as an activist.As a member of the 1992 world-champion Chicago Bulls, a dashiki-clad Hodges delivered a handwritten letter to President George H. W. Bush demanding that he do more to address racism and economic inequality. Hodges was also a vocal union activist, initiated a boycott against Nike, and spoke out forcefully against police brutality in the wake of the Rodney King beating.But his outspokenness cost him dearly. In the prime of his career, after ten NBA seasons, Hodges was blackballed from the NBA for using his platform as a professional athlete to stand up for justice.In this powerful, passionate, and captivating memoir, Hodges shares the stories-including encounters with Nelson Mandela, Coretta Scott King, Jim Brown, R. Kelly, Michael Jordan, and others-from his lifelong fight for equality for Black Americans.Praise for Long Shot"e;A skillfully told, affecting memoir of sports and social activism."e; -Kirkus Reviews"e;Hodges has told his compelling life story with fiery passion, looping around a cast of characters stretching from Jordan, Magic Johnson and Phil Jackson back to Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, before returning to the present."e; -Guardian"e;Craig Hodges is someone I looked up to as a child & now as an adult . . . I read Long Shot in like two hours, I couldn't stop turning pages. There are so many hooks in it."e; -Jesse Williams, actor, producer, director, activist"e;A beautifully written, brutally honest book. If you loved the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls, if you love black history, or if you are fascinated by the politics of sports, I highly recommend this book. Simply put: Craig Hodges' life is incredible and Long Shot is invaluable."e; -AETHLON: The Journal of Sport Literature

Autor

lt;div>Craig Hodges played in the NBA for 10 seasons, in which he led the league in three-point shooting percentage three times. He won two NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls in 1991 and 1992, and is a three-time Three Point Contest champion at All-Star weekend.

Rory Fanning walked across the United States for the Pat Tillman Foundation in 2008–2009, following two deployments to Afghanistan with the 2nd Army Ranger Battalion. He is the author of Worth Fighting For: An Army Ranger’s Journey Out of the Military and Across America. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Nation, Mother Jones, Salon, TomDispatch, and others.