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The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty

Adrian Wojnarowski

Paperback | Pages: 390 pages

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Original Title:	The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty
ISBN:	1592401864 (ISBN13: 9781592401864)
Edition Language:	English

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In a city mired in endless decay, where the youth suffer through all the horrors of urban blight, hope comes in a most unassuming form: a tiny brick schoolhouse run by two Felician nuns where a singular basketball genius takes teenagers from the mean streets of Jersey City and turns them into champions on the hardcourt. Coach Bob Hurley had been working miracles at St. Anthony High School for over thirty years, winning state and national championships and offering his players rescue from their surroundings through college scholarships, when he met his most dysfunctional team yet. In The Miracle of St. Anthony Adrian Wojnarowski follows Hurley through a gripping and heartrending season as he struggles to lead a troubled team to glory through his unparalleled understanding of the game and his ceaseless determination to see no more children lost to these streets. In The Miracle of St. Anthony, acclaimed sports journalist Adrian Wojnarowski follows Hurley through a gripping and heartrending season, as he struggles to lead a troubled team to glory through his unparalleled understanding of the game and his ceaseless determination to see no more children lost to the city streets.

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Title	:	The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty
Author	:	Adrian Wojnarowski
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 390 pages
Published	:	January 19th 2006 by Avery Publishing Group (first published 2005)
Categories	:	Sports. Nonfiction. Basketball. Biography

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Until the last chapter, this was a 3 star book - it never really captivated me, but held my attention long enough to finish it. But the resolution I expected in the final chapter never came. 300+ pages of waiting to hear if these kids fixed their lives and the answer is TBD? Maybe the author should have waited a few years to publish so that there were answers.

I finished the Miracle of Saint Anthony. It really is a great read. Detaching myself from whether or not coach Hurley is a nice man, the book itself is an engaging, engrossing chronicle of a year when a bunch of (mostly) dysfunctional kids did something amazing. Because of him, naturally.I guess for someone not living in the US, the chronology of High School life (what ages ARE these kids) is a bit confusing, as is the logic of what colleges they may go to based on their basketball prowess. Plus

The Friday Night Lights of hoops. Is what the Miracle of St. Anthony has been called. The book goes to the town of Jersey City and takes you into a season with the legendary high-school basketball coach and his 2003-2004 team. It was a season in turmoil, disappointment, and triumph. Bob Hurley, a coach with an endless understanding of basketball shows the urban teenagers from the rough streets of New Jersey to a hard-court where anything is possible. He has worked every miracle possible for his

So, I did overall enjoy this but the writing definitely got repetitive and at points, it was disjointed.I don't necessarily agree with all of Coach Hurley's tactics, and I don't think they worked off the court for the senior class feauted in this book - not to say their struggles were his fault or he should've changed his approach - I just think some of the players would've benefitted more from hearing some positives.

Fascinating view of the world of High School Basketball from the perspective of an extraordinary Jersey City coach.

I'd give this book 10 stars if I could...

This is one of the absolute best non-fiction sports books I've read. Right up there with Darcy Freys LAST SHOT or FINAL SHOT (I can never remember the title of that one.) Jersey City, tough school, great coach, great writing.