Fab Five

Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream

Book • 2009

Author

Mitch Albom

This book recounts the remarkable journey of the Fab Five—Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson—the first freshmen starters to reach the NCAA championship game, shocking Duke and transforming the sport.

Mitch Albom captures their recruitment, triumphs in the 1992 and 1993 tournaments, cultural impact, controversies, trash-talking prowess, and the pressures they faced as young Black athletes challenging traditions amid hate mail and scrutiny.

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Wes Moore

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Wes Moore

as the first book his mother gave him to spark his interest in reading because it featured basketball players he liked.

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