{"product_id":"the-boys-of-dunbar-a-story-of-love-hope-and-basketball","title":"The Boys of Dunbar: A Story of Love, Hope, and Basketball","description":"The inspiring true story of a high-school basketball team that overcame desperate circumstances in 1980s Baltimore to produce four NBA players and give hope to a neighborhood and a city  thanks to a remarkable coach who relentlessly pursued perfection.  As the crack epidemic swept across inner-city America in the early 1980s  the streets of Baltimore were crime ridden. For poor kids from the housing projects  the future looked bleak. But basketball could provide the quickest ticket out  an opportunity to earn a college scholarship and perhaps even play in the NBA.  Dunbar High School had one of the most successful basketball programs  not only in Baltimore but in the entire country  and in the early 1980s  the Dunbar Poets were arguably the best high school team of all time. Four starting playersMuggsy Bogues  Reggie Williams  David Wingate  and Reggie Lewiswould eventually play in the NBA  an unheard-of success rate. In The Boys of Dunbar  Alejandro Danois takes us through the 1981-1982 season with the Poets as the team conquered all its opponents. But more than that  he takes us into the lives of these kids  and especially of Coach Bob Wade  a former NFL player from the same neighborhood who knew that the basketball court  and the lessons his players would learn there  held the key to the future.  Drawing on interviews with Coach Wade  Muggsy Bogues  and others  The Boys of Dunbar is a remarkable testament to the power of dedication  inspiration  and teamwork. It is an ode to an extraordinary coach  a father figure who had lived the life of his players years before and who turned a dream into reality.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44855865409589,"sku":"ByrdShop_1451666977","price":27.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1451666977_c64ff1d9-f866-4b17-91d3-a95a3428707f.jpg?v=1770160976","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-boys-of-dunbar-a-story-of-love-hope-and-basketball","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}