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description: THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER CONNIE HAWKINS BUT IT IS ALSO ABOUT AMERICAN ATHLETICS. THE HOPE AND DESPAIR OF THE GHETTO SCHOOLYARD THE CUTTHROAT COLLEGE RECRUITING THE CAMARADERIE AND DISSENSION IN THE LOCKER ROOM THE GAMBLING SCANDALS THE BLACKLISTS THE LEGAL BATTLES-HAWKINS HAS BEEN THROUGH THEM ALL. HE HAS PLAYED WITH THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS (WHERE HE FOUND RACISM AND EXPLOTATION) AND BEGAN AN ALL-STAR IN THREE PROFESSIONAL LEAGUES. TODAY HAWKINS IS A SUPERSTAR WITH THE NBA PHOENIX SUNS. HE REMAINS A LEGEND IN THE BLACK PLAYGROUNDS WHERE HIS NAME IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE TERM SCHOOLYARD BALLPLAYER. BUT FOR EIGHT YEARS THE GRACEFUL 6'8 HAWKINS WAS AN OUTCAST PLAYINBG IN TAINTED OBSCURITY BLACKLISTED BY THE NBA. AS A FRIGHTENED TEENAGER HE HAD MADE FALSE CONFESSIONS-UNDER POLICE PRESSURE-AND WAS WRONGFULLY IMPLICATED IN A FIXING SCANDAL.
language: English
title: Foul! The Connie Hawkins Story
publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston