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Darcy Frey is an American writer and educator from New York. His 1994 book The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams won awards and inspired a movie. Frey has published articles in New England Monthly, Rolling Stone, Harper's, and The New York Times Magazine. He was a contributing editor at Harper's and The New York Times Magazine.
- Darcy Frey
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May 14, 2014 · I n the summer of 1991, Darcy Frey — then a 29-year-old freelance writer — ventured into the Coney Island projects, looking for a story. He’d end up spending a season with Abraham Lincoln High School’s storied basketball program and meeting a quartet of marvelous, nearly doomed teenagers — including a 14-year-old phenom named Stephon Marbury.
Aug 20, 2011 · In 2004 Darcy Frey released an edition of The Last Shot with a new afterword, updating the lives of Tchaka Shipp, Corey Johnson, Darryl Flicking, and Stephon Marbury. I won’t give it away, but I ...
Mar 3, 2004 · Paperback – March 3, 2004. by Darcy Frey (Author) 4.5 215 ratings. See all formats and editions. Darcy Frey chronicles the aspirations of four young men as they navigate the NCAA recruitment process, their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney ...
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Darcy Frey, the author of The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams, has been a longtime Contributing Writer to Harper's and the New York Times Magazine. His essays and journalism have received numerous awards, including a National Magazine Award, and been anthologized in Best American Essays, Best American Science Writing and The Library ...
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A classic of narrative journalism about four inner-city high school basketball prospects trying to make it to the pros, with a new introduction by the author, now in audio for the first time.
