{"product_id":"my-home-team-a-sportswriters-life-and-the-redemptive-power-of-small-town-girls-basketball-hardcover","title":"My Home Team: A Sportswriter's Life and the Redemptive Power of Small-Town Girls Basketball - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDave Kindred\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this poignant memoir, a legendary sports journalist writes about the team that changed his life: the Morton High School Lady Potters basketball team.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dave Kindred has covered dozens of Super Bowls and written about stars like Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, and Michael Jordan. But a high-school girls basketball team--the Lady Potters of Morton, Illinois--stands apart from the rest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this moving and intimate story, Kindred writes about his rise to professional success and the changes that brought him back to his hometown late in life. As he dealt with personal hardship, his urge to write sustained him. For years, he has recapped the games of the Lady Potters, including their many runs to state championships. He attended game after game, sitting in the stands and making notes, paid nothing but Milk Duds. And the team and their community were there for him as he lost a grandson to addiction and his wife to long-term illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tender and honest, Kindred's story reminds readers what sports are really about. He trades in the exhausting spectacle of Super Bowl Sunday for the joy of togetherness, the fire of competition, and the inexhaustible hope for victory tomorrow.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDave Kindred\u003c\/b\u003e has been a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eLouisville Courier-Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution, The National Sports Daily, Sporting News\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGolf Digest\u003c\/i\u003e. Kindred is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eHeroes, Fools and Other Dreamers: A Sportswriter's Gallery of Extraordinary People, Around the World in 18 Holes, Morning Miracle: Inside the Washington Post The Fight to Keep a Great Newspaper Alive\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSound and Fury: Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKindred is one of only two writers who have earned sportswriting's three highest honors: the Red Smith Award, the PEN America ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing, and the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. He also has won the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Award (for outstanding media contributions) as well as a National Headliner award for general-interest columns. He is a member of The National Sports Media Hall of Fame. He lives in Illinois.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752597913888,"sku":"9781541702202","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2b188596b754d3259c81564ccfe1c934.webp?v=1779999650","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-home-team-a-sportswriters-life-and-the-redemptive-power-of-small-town-girls-basketball-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}