Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair With Basketball - Hardcover
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"An American journalist explores the intense national love of basketball in the Philippines, spending a season in the locker room of a professional team in Manila, and dining with politicians who exploit the sport for electoral success. "
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About the Authors
James McBride, Author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung
Rick Telander, Senior Sports Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and Author of Heaven is a Playground
Alex Kotlowitz, Author of There are no Children Here and The Other Side of the River
Bethlehem Shoals, Author of FreeDarko Presents: The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac
Rafe Bartholomew is an assistant editor at Harper's Magazine. He received his master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism before traveling to the Philippines as a U.S. Fulbright scholar in 2005, when he first studied basketball's role in the country. His articles have been featured in The New York Times, Seattle Weekly, Detroit Free Press, and Slate, among other publications. He has been honored for his sports writing by the Society of Professional Journalists and in The Best American Sports Writing 2007. In October 2008, he returned to New York City after three years in Manila.
Rafe Bartholomew is an assistant editor at Harper's magazine. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Seattle Weekly, Detroit Free Press, and The Best American Sports Writing 2007. He currently lives in New York.
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