Foul, Paul Hoblin
Foul, Paul Hoblin
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Foul

Author: Paul Hoblin

Narrator: Intuitive

Unabridged: 1 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lerner

Published: 01/01/2017


Synopsis

Rhino is one of Bridgewater's best basketball players—except when it comes to making free throws. It's not a big deal, until he begins receiving strange threats. If Rhino can't make his shots at the free throw line, someone will start hurting the people around him. Everyone's a suspect: a college recruiter, Rhino's jealous best friend, and the father Rhino never knew—who recently escaped from prison.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig

Connie Hawkins might well have been the best basketball player ever, but that will never be known because of the unfortunate problems that kept him out of the NBA for so long. Wolf wrote one of the best biographies I've ever read, not just one of the best sports-figure biographies, in this excellent......more

Goodreads review by Kurt

A tremendous, riveting, often-heartbreaking account of schoolyard basketball legend/NBA star Connie Hawkins. Even though it's more than 30 years old, it's still an educational read about how the promise of sports stardom (both collegiate and professional) can betray so many talented inner-city kids.......more

Goodreads review by Thomas

One of the best basketball books ever written, The story of Connie Hawks fight to join the NBA. The Hawk played in the ABA for two years, then joined the Phoenix Suns for the 1969-70 NBA season.......more

Goodreads review by Will

5/5, maybe the best book I’ve ever read? Definitely the best non-fiction! I bought it at random from a bookstore in Greensboro for a couple bucks without knowing anything about the author or the player the book is about. So glad I took a chance on it! Connie Hawkins had an insane life. This book is a......more