George Dohrmann: 3 books
Hand-Me-Down Dream (Essay)
Father, Son, and the Burden of Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
In this eBook exclusive essay, Pulitzer Prize–winning sports journalist George Dohrmann follows a father and son separated by prison bars—but bonded by their pursuit of basketball glory.
The dream of playing big-time basketball never came true for Bruce Nelson, so he passed it on to his son...
Superfans
Into the Heart of Obsessive Sports Fandom
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist pulls back the curtain on the extraordinary inner lives of America’s most obsessive sports fans.
There are fans, and then there are fanatics. In this wondrously immersive look at American sports fandom, George Dohrmann travels the country to find out...
Play Their Hearts Out
A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting
Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports
Eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine...