To the Hoop

"A wonderful book—not just for basketball fans, but for everyone." —Earvin "Magic" Johnson  Ira Berkow steps out from behind his  New York Times  reporter's notebook to spin the wonderful and moving tale of his love—for the game of basketball, for his friends and family, and for life itself. His enduring passion for the hardwood began in his boyhood in Chicago in the 1940s and '50s, and has continued in pickup basketball with the same vigor and competitive fire of his youth,