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Basketball Junkie audiobook
- By: Chris Herren
- Category: Biography & Autobiography, General
- Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish date: February 13, 2012
- Language: English
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Basketball Junkie Audiobook Summary
At basketball-crazy Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts,
junior guard Chris Herren carried his family’s and the city’s dreams on
his skinny frame. His grandfather, father, and older brother had created
their own sports legends in a declining city; he was the last, best
hope for a career beyond the shuttered mills and factories. Herren was
heavily recruited by major universities, chosen as a McDonald’s
All-American, featured in a Sports Illustrated cover story, and at just seventeen years old became the central figure in Fall River Dreams, an acclaimed book about the 1994 Durfee team’s quest for the state championship.nbsp; Leaving Fall River for college, Herren starred on Jerry Tarkanian’s
Fresno State Bulldogs team of talented misfits, which included future
NBA players as well as future convicted felons. His gritty, tattooed,
hip-hop persona drew the ire of rival fans and more national attention: Rolling Stone profiled him, 60 Minutes
interviewed him, and the Denver Nuggets drafted him. When the Boston
Celtics acquired his contract, he lived the dream of every Massachusetts
kid-but off the court Herren was secretly crumbling, as his alcohol and
drug use escalated and his life spiraled out of control.Twenty years later, Chris Herren was married to his high-school
sweetheart, the father of three young children, and a heroin junkie. His
basketball career was over, consumed by addictions; he had no job, no
skills, and was a sadly familiar figure to those in Fall River who
remembered him as a boy, now prowling the streets he once ruled, looking
for a fix. One day, for a time he cannot remember, he would die. In his own words, Chris Herren tells how he nearly lost everything and
everyone he loved, and how he found a way back to life. Powerful,
honest, and dramatic, Basketball Junkie is a remarkable memoir, harrowing in its descent, and heartening in its return.
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Basketball Junkie Full Details
| Length | 6 hours 34 minutes |
| Author | Chris Herren |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Tantor Media, Inc |
| Release date | February 13, 2012 |
| ISBN | 9781452676296 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Basketball Junkie is Tantor Media, Inc. includes the following subjects: Biography & Autobiography, General The BISAC Subject Code is Biography & Autobiography, General
Additional info
The publisher of the Basketball Junkie is Tantor Media, Inc. The imprint is Tantor Media, Inc. It is supplied by Tantor Media, Inc. The ISBN-13 is 9781452676296.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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