The powerful story of a college Basketball Team who carried an era\'s brightest hopes--racial harmony, social mobility, and the Triumph of the underdog--but whose success was soon followed by a shocking downfall "A masterpiece of American storytelling."--Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Devil in the Grove NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW The unlikeliest of champions, the 1949-50 City Colle.
The powerful story of a college Basketball Team who carried an era\'s brightest hopes--racial harmony, social mobility, and the Triumph of the underdog--but whose success was soon followed by a shocking downfall "A masterpiece of American storytelling."--Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Devil in the Grove NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW The unlikeliest of champions, the 1949-50 City Colle