Determined to make the varsity basketball team, seventeen-year-old Ray finds his efforts to play both hindered and helped by the atmosphere of racism in his town.
Free throw specialist Cornell "Dunk" Duncan joins the YMCA summer basketball league all-star team, but after losing his confidence in an important game the seventh-grader makes some decisions about becoming an all-around player.
A senior basketball-player shoulders the hopes of a dying mill town and her bereaved family when she and an eccentric English-teacher/coach try to lead their team to state basketball history.
Provides instruction and advice for young women who want to play basketball, covering dribbling, passing, shooting and rebounding, as well as individual and team offense and defense.
Surveys the history of basketball, from its beginnings in a Massachusetts YMCA through its evolution into a professional sport to the modern era of highly paid superstars.
