Dribbling a Basketball on the Road to Damascus
A Novel
A coming-of-age novel that takes us from a very tall boy’s discovery of his love of basketball to a young man who engages in point-shaving while a college player on his way to NBA brilliance with a shadow hanging over him—a book that sheds light on both the sheer beauty and some of the ugliness in the game.
A bildungsroman and the most autobiographical yet of Charley Rosen’s many works of fiction, nonfiction and reportage on the subject of basketball, Dribbling a Basketball on the Road to Damascus tells the story of the life of Chazz Klein, a power forward and elite scorer who starts at Metropolitan College and ends up on the Knicks by way of the Detroit Pistons. Klein…
A native of the Bronx and longtime pal of basketball guru Phil Jackson, CHARLEY ROSEN led the league in technical fouls during each of his six years as a coach in the now-defunct Continental Basketball Association. Since then he has become the world’s foremost writer of fiction and nonfiction on the subject of basketball, chronicling the drama that takes place both on and off the court. His many novels include The House of Moses All-Stars, a New York Times Notable Book, and Sammy Wong: All-American. His non-fiction works include The Scandals of ’51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball and More than a Game, with Phil Jackson. Rosen is an analyst for hoopshype.com and a devotee of the Triangle Offense. He lives in Accord, NY.
Dribbling a Basketball on the Road to Damascus
Charley Rosen
The NBA in Black and White
Ray Scott
Trouthe, Lies, and Basketball
Charley Rosen
Sammy Wong, All-American
Charley Rosen
The House of Moses All-Stars
Charley Rosen
No Blood, No Foul
Charley Rosen
The Wizard of Odds
Charley Rosen
More Than a Game
Phil Jackson and Charley Rosen
The Scandals of '51
Charley Rosen
The Cockroach Basketball League
Charley Rosen; foreword by Phil Jackson