A sense of where you are
by John McPhee · first published 1965
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A profile of Bill Bradley during Bradley's senior year at Princeton University [More from Wikipedia][1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sense_of_Where_You_Are
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…0-5-5 or 5-5-0 depending on where the ball is). Thirdly, I'm "good enough" for my level. Off topic, but if you're interested in sports theory and writing, Suarez always makes me think of John McPhee's "A Sense of Where You Are", a profile of Bill Bradley when he was at Princeton. Probably one of my top 5 favorite sports books or articles.
on “There's Not Enough Time” ↗Consider reading John McPhee’s ‘Levels of the Game,’ about tennis. Or ‘A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton,’ about basketball. Both are about so many other things too.
on “USC's Dying Linebackers” ↗My recollection is that Bill Bradley's A Sense of Where You Are wasn't bad. But I must have read it forty-odd years ago, and don't remember whether he had a ghost-writer.
on “How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart (1994) [pdf]” ↗