The audacity of hoop : basketball and the age of Obama / Alexander Wolff.

"While basketball didn't take up residence in the White House in January 2009, the game nonetheless played an outsized role in forming the man who did. In The Audacity of Hoop, celebrated sportswriter Alexander Wolff examines Barack Obama, the person and president, by the light of basketball. This g...

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Main Author: Wolff, Alexander, 1957-
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2016.
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Physical Description:181 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 x 27 cm
Format: Book

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