![]() ![]() ![]() In Gene Luen Yang’s semi-autobiographical memoir, Dragon Hoops, we get one such story which is not only about basketball, but how it intersects with race, class and identity. As a fan of the game, I have watched every basketball movie in existence, and often found the ones that I have re-watched because they stayed with me, had more to do with people than basketball. Since then, the city has gotten two other professional basketball teams, my beloved Knicks have gotten a rebirth, and my love for basketball has endured. John’s University was seeing resurgence and the Knicks were being coached by Pat Riley, and had made it to the finals. The college teams within the city like St. The city has seen its share of triumphs in sports, but it seemed as though, everything was converging. As I sit here writing more than two decades from my formative years, it did not feel like it then, but it was something magical about the city then. People’s History of the Marvel UniverseĪs a kid growing up in New York City during the 1990s, I can definitely say that there was nothing else like it. ![]()
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