... 's reputation, contributing Alumni's and the fans. The media criticized him because of his team's performance. Coach Bell could not face another embarrassment he took it upon himself to recruit three new players for the next season. The potential recruits were portrayed in stereotypical manner. Butch a very smart black student and excellent ball player but had a tough life growing up with a single ... meet the recruits and their families, they want more than just an athletic scholarship for their sons. Butch's mother tells coach she would like a home with a lawn. Ricki's father wants a n...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 's reputation, contributing Alumni's and the fans. The media criticized him because of his team's performance. Coach Bell could not face another embarrassment he took it upon himself to recruit three new players for the next season. The potential recruits were portrayed in stereotypical manner. Butch a very smart black student and excellent ball player but had a tough life growing up with a single ... meet the recruits and their families, they want more than just an athletic scholarship for their sons. Butch's mother tells coach she would like a home with a lawn. Ricki's father wants a n...

• Word Count: 1143
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... black people because of a few bad seeds? I think that's wrong; for example, how in the book the last shot; the author say the basketball player fail to achieve humble scores on sat's or that one of the player became homeless because he chose to play basketball or one man, tried to committee suicide because he could not play basketball any more. I think ... in the ghetto? And with the cost of living these days, I"m surprise we"re all not in junior college. About the author Brent Staples is an editorial writer for The New York Times and holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of C...

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• Grade Level: High School