num_pages: 300
description: Ruth Devon starred for Georgetown Basketball back in collegeuntil she injured her knee married her coach and found a new career calling games on the radio. Twenty years later Ruth and her now-ex-husband Lester are two of the most famous faces in sports media. When Lester decides to retire from the announcers booth Ruth goes after his job. If she gets it she will be the first woman to call NBA games on national television.For now Ruth is reporting from the sideline of the NBA finals immersed in the high-pressure spectacle of the post-season. But in a deserted locker room at halftime Ruth makes a discovery that shatters her vision of her future. Instantly she is torn between the two things she has always wanted most: the game and motherhood.With warmth and incisive observation Adrian brings to life the obsessions emotions and drama of fandom. The Second Season asks why how and whom we watch while offering a rich and complicated account of motherhood marriage and ambition. Adrians character study of Ruth Devon illuminates a beautiful basketball mindand the struggle of a woman who claims authority in a male-dominated world.
language: English
title: The Second Season
publisher: Blackstone Publishing