Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index.
A look through the hoop -- For the good of all -- The three D's : drugs, drinking, and delinquency -- Race and hoops everyday -- Knight style masculinity -- Sportsmanship and the need to win -- The dirty trick -- Epilogue : the death of Calvin Cody.
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Living through the hoop.
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Basketball-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States.
Basketball players-- Georgia.
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