LeBron's Dream Team: How Five Friends Made History (平装)

基本信息出版社:Penguin (Non-Classics); Reprint (2010年4月27日)平装:272页正文语种:英语ISBN:0143118226条形码:9780143118220产品尺寸及重量:21.2 x 13.8 x 1.8 cm ; 259 gASIN:0143118226

商品描述内容简介The SHOOTING STARS were a bunch of kids from Akron, Ohio-LeBron James and his best friends-who first met on a youth basketball team of the same name when they were ten and eleven years old. United by their love of the game and their yearning for companionship, they quickly forged a bond which would carry them through thick and thin (a lot of thin) and, at last, to the brink of a national championship.

They were a motley group who faced challenges all too typical of inner-city America. LeBron grew up without a father and had moved with his mother more than a dozen times by the age of 10. Willie McGee, the quiet one, had left both his parents behind in Chicago to be raised by his older brother in Akron. Dru Joyce was outspoken, and his dad, who was ever-present, would end up coaching all five of the boys in high school. Sian Cotton, who also played football, was the happy-go-lucky enforcer, while Romeo Travis was unhappy, bitter, even surly, until he finally opened himself up to the bond his team mates offered.

In the summer after seventh grade, the SHOOTING STARS tasted glory when they qualified for a national championship tournament in Memphis. But they lost their focus, and had to go home early. They promised each other they would stay together and do whatever it took to win a national title.

They had no idea how hard it would be to pursue that promise. In the years that followed, they would endure jealousy, hostility, exploitation, resentment from the black community (because they went to a "white" high school), and the consequence of their own over-confidence. Not least, they would all have to wrestle with LeBron's outsize success, which brought too much attention and even a whiff of scandal their way. But together these five boys became men as they sought a national championship.作者简介LeBron Jamesplays for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. His superstardom is hard to overstate: at 17 he was fetured on the cover ofSports Illustrated; at 19 he became the youngest Rookie of the Year in NBA history; at 23 he is the third highest paid athlete in the world (including endorsements) after Tiger Woods and David Beckham. He is only the third man (and the first African-American man) to appear on the cover of Vogue. He has hostedSaturday Night Live, graced Oprah's stage, and appeared on the cover ofFortune. At this writing, his Cavaliers have the third best record in the NBA and hold a commanding lead in their Division.

Buzz Bissingerwrote what is widely held to be the best and bestselling book about high school sports ever--Friday Night Lights. That work has sold over 2 million copies to date and spawned a film and TV series. His other books includeA Prayer for the Cityand theNew York TimesbestsellerThree Nights in August. He is a contributing writer forVanity Fair.