“Though focusing on one disgraced coach and his former program, this exposé shows just how wide and deep is the corruption corroding men's college basketball....It's ‘a climate of moral rot’ that will exist as long as college basketball generates huge sums of money while those who play the game, often from underprivileged families, are supposed to receive nothing. While the FBI investigation continues to play itself out in court, Sokolove's welcome context could well influence the court of public opinion.” —Kirkus, starred review
“A tale as fresh as the headlines about corruption and salaciousness in college sports.” —The New York Times
The book that inspired the NBC primetime series Rise.
“Poignant…Captivating…[Sokolove] shines a heartening light on how one of those passionate heroes devoted himself to educating, rather than training, young people.” —The New York Times
"The Ticket Out does for baseball what the 1994 movie Hoop Dreams did for basketball." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Warrior Girls brings alive the reality that our daughters are suffering from an epidemic of devastating sports injuries that can be prevented with exercise programs." —Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
"A first-class work of sound reporting and inescapable conclusions." —Roger Angell