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Chasing the Basketball Dream

Many young men, especially many poor blacks in the nation's cities, dream of making it big by playing basketball. Charlie Cobb looks at some who make it-and many who will not-and at many of the issues in high school and college sports today. College recruiters seek the best of them, promising an educations in exchange for play. But 75% never get a college degree because, as this film suggests, colleges are too busy with their big-time sports programs to be concerned with educating their players.

English
  • Originally Aired April 23, 1984
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Production Code 210
  • Network PBS
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