Outside Shot - Paperback

Outside Shot - Paperback

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Outside Shot - Paperback
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Outside Shot - Paperback

Outside Shot - Paperback

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by Keith O'Brien (Author)

Outside Shot is the acclaimed true story of a small-town team and an American community struggling for redemption, called a reporting tour de force and utterly gripping by The New York Times

The Cardinals of Scott County High School were beloved once--and with good reason. For years, the boys and their legendary coach gave fans in central Kentucky, deep in the heart of basketball country, just what they wanted: state titles, national rankings, and countless trips to Kentucky's one-of-a-kind state tournament, where winning and losing can change a young man's life.

But in 2009, with the economy sputtering, anger rising, and Scott County mired in a two-year drought, fans had begun to lose faith in the boys. They weren't the heroes of Scott County anymore; they were mini-athlete gods, haunted by dreams, burdened by expectations, and desperate to escape through the only means they knew: basketball.

In Outside Shot, Keith O'Brien takes us on an epic journey, from the bluegrass hills and broken homes of rural America, to inner-city Lexington, to Kentucky's most hallowed hall: Rupp Arena, where high school tournament games are known to draw twenty-thousand people, and where, for the players and their fans, it feels like anything is possible.

The narrative follows four of the team's top seniors and their coach as they struggle to redeem themselves in the face of impossible odds: once-loyal fans now turned against them, parents who demand athletic greatness, and scouts who weigh their every move. It delves deep inside the lives of the boys, their families, and their community--divided along lines of race, politics, religion, and sports. And it chronicles not only the high-stakes world of Kentucky basketball, but the battle for the soul of small-town America.

A story of inspiration and poignancy, filled with moments of drama on and off the court, Outside Shot shows that if it's hard to win basketball games, it can be even harder to win at life itself.

Author Biography

KEITH O'BRIEN has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Boston Globe, and National Public Radio. In 2009 he won the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism. He lives in New Orleans. Outside Shot is his first book.

Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN
Publication Date: March 04, 2014

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