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What is profoundly disturbing about "Hoop Dreams" is not that its two protagonists will probably fall short of NBA stardom. Rather, it is the particular kind of failure--intractable, cyclical and tragic--that makes the film pathetic...

Author: By Samuel J. Rascoff, | Title: Losing Life's Game | 11/18/1994 | See Source »

...school and ending with freshman year of college, through family struggles, vibrant victories, and finally to the harsh realities that undercut the "dreams" of the film's title. William and Arthur's dreams are born, cultivated, encouraged, exploited and destroyed. The movie shows how and why their dreams of NBA stardom become less like dreams and more like bitter aftertastes...

Author: By Mimi N. Schultz, | Title: 'Dreams' A Provocative Mix of Hoops and Glory | 11/17/1994 | See Source »

...William and Arthur starts here. Aggressive and patronizing, St. Joseph's coach Gene Pingatore incessantly waxes nostalgic about Isaiah, as if to pound constantly into each boy's mind that Thomas was the one recruit that did what St. Joseph's wanted: he made it to the the NBA. In Pingatore's eyes, Thomas' fame and fortune lend testimony to St. Joseph's High School's everlasting committment to the underprivileged, untapped talent of Chicago's inner-city African-American population. Read the message from St. Joseph's administration to all basketball recruits: if you don't look good...

Author: By Mimi N. Schultz, | Title: 'Dreams' A Provocative Mix of Hoops and Glory | 11/17/1994 | See Source »

...what cost? Doesn't he see that doing stuff like this hurts his reputation among other NBA players? Remember, without basketball, Shaq--he media darling--is nothing...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: What The Shaq? | 11/9/1994 | See Source »

...other words, here's what I'd do if I were president/commissioner for a day of the NCAA, NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, WLAF, PGA, ECAC, IBF-WBA-WBC and several more organizations with acronyms I'm not at liberty to name...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Shopping Daze | 11/8/1994 | See Source »

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