In this Q&A with Richard Kent, who runs IvyHoopsOnline.com, The Audacity of Hoop author Alexander Wolff talks about how the book came together and the many Ancient Eight connections in the inner basketball circle of President Obama, himself a Columbia grad. Read the full exchange here.
NY1's Budd Mishkin Talks Hoop, POTUS, With Alexander Wolff
NY1 anchor Budd Mishkin recently sat down with The Audacity of Hoop author Alexander Wolff to talk Barack Obama and basketball for a segment on Mishkin's Sports on 1 telecast. Watch their discussion here.
The Audacity Of Hoop, Featured on C-SPAN2's BookTV
C-SPAN2's BookTV featured The Audacity of Hoop author Alexander Wolff on a recent segment. Watch the presentation, in which Wolff screens and comments on images from the book during a November 2015 appearance at D.C.'s Politics and Prose Bookstore, here.
"Ball. Receptacle. What Could Go Wrong?" Talking Golf vs. Hoop Re: President Obama With Bill Littlefield On Only A Game
During a Jan. 16 appearance on the NPR sports show Only A Game, The Audacity of Hoop author Alexander Wolff and host Bill Littlefield weighed in on the critical issue of what makes for a better POTUS, golf or basketball. Listen to the entire segment here.
The State Of The POTUS' Game
In the aftermath of Barack Obama's final State of the Union address, Wall Street Journal sportswriter Matthew Futterman asked The Audacity of Hoop author Alexander Wolff about the state of the president's basketball game. Unlike the country, about which Obama said "The state of the union is strong," his hoop game has been in steady decline since the November 2010 incident in which he took an elbow to the lip that opened up a cut that required dozen stitches. Read the full Q&A here.
Columnist Bill Reynolds Takes Inventory Of Obama And Basketball's Virtues
Providence Journal columnist Bill Reynolds, a former star player at Brown and author of such classic basketball books as Big Hoops and Fall River Dreams, used the occasion of Barack Obama's final State of the Union address to catalog some of the ways the game has figured in his life and presidency. You can read the column, which uses The Audacity of Hoop as a starting point, here.
Author Doug Wilhelm, On The Audacity Of Hoop And Two Images That Spoke To Him
Doug Wilhelm is a journalist and author whose novels for emerging adults, like The Revealers, True Shoes and The Prince of Denial, show a keen understanding of the passages through which young readers go. In this blog post he discusses The Audacity of Hoop and two photos of Barack Obama that made a particular impression on him. You can learn more about Doug and his work at DougWilhelm.com.
News One Now and Roland Martin Talk Obama And Basketball
The Audacity of Hoop author Alexander Wolff joined host Roland Martin and his morning panel on the Jan. 6 edition of News One Now on TVOne, and spoke with Martin the next day on his radio show of the same name, originating on Baltimore's WOLB.
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Cites The Audacity Of Hoop
On her Jan. 2, 2016 show on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry examined activists' pressure on LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers to stage a boycott in support of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old shot by Cleveland police. Harris-Perry highlighted how basketball has surfaced in public debate during Barack Obama's presidency, and quoted The Audacity of Hoop's assertion that Obama had used basketball "more often and more effectively than any previous president had used any sport." Watch the entire segment here.
The Audacity Of Hoop Now Available As An E-Book
Every page of The Audacity of Hoop, including its more than 100 rich color photographs, are now ready for viewing on your personal device, whether Kindle or Nook, iOS or Android. Order your electronic edition from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.