![]() ![]() The stories can be uplifting, like those who graduate and earn football scholarships to college heartbreaking, such as the story of one player’s trauma when his mother is sent to prison when he is being raised by her alone or downright maddening, usually when accompanied by descriptions of the desperate situations of these players. Babb weaves stories about coach Brown, stories about his players and his own inner turmoil about whether to move on to become a college football coach. Coach Brown’s story and that of his assistants and players is told in this terrific book by Kent Babb.īabb first covers coach Brown for the Washington Post in 2018 and this book is a more complete story of the complex coach. ![]() He spends as much time mentoring his players, talking to nearly every one of them daily to ensure they are safe - this takes more time than he spends on his football plays and strategy. That is not just because of the football, but also because of their coach, Brice Brown and his staff. That is part of the a-too-familiar lifestyle of the mostly Black residents but for those young men who are football players on the Edna Karr Charter School football team, there is a welcome distraction. REVIEW: In the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers, gun violence is a way of life. ![]()
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