With newfound fame and fortune, NBA rookies who come from poverty face a bevy of challenges that threaten to derail their success.
- Associate Professor of Cultural Sport Psychology, University of Southern Denmark
A basketball coach at a small community college in the Midwest reveals the challenges he faces on a regular basis to save his players from the pitfalls of the streets.
Amid plans to create special sports divisions for high-poverty schools, coaches at such schools explain how they produce championship-winning teams despite having fewer resources.
For many professional athletes, leaving their troubled neighborhoods for better resourced prep schools paved the way for success.
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