Play Their Hearts Out

Pulitzer Prize–winning writer George Dohrmann takes readers inside the system that develops America's basketball stars — thanks to eight years of unrestrained access, a sharp awareness of a story fundamental realities, and true love for his subject. Basketball aspirations aren't limited to athletes. Coaches, parents, and shoe executives are all affected by the fever that consumes collegiate basketball hopefuls expecting to hit big-time NBA gold. Every one of them has a vested interest in keeping America's outrageously dysfunctional, enormously profitable youth basketball machine afloat, no matter the cost.