Across the River: Life, Death, and Football in an American City – Hardcover
Across the River: Life, Death, and Football in an American City
Author: Babb, Kent
Publication Date: 08/10/2021
Format: Hardcover
In Across the River, award-winning sports journalist Kent Babb follows the Karr football team through its 2019 season as Brown and his team – perhaps the scrappiest and most rebellious group in the program’s history – vie to again succeed on and off the field. What is sure to be a classic work of sports journalism, Across the River is a necessary investigation into the serious realities of young athletes in struggling neighborhoods: gentrification, eviction, mental health issues, the drug trade, and gun violence. It offers a rich and unflinching portrait of a coach, his players, and the West Bank, a community where it’s difficult – but not impossible – to rise above the chaos, discover purpose, and find a way out.
