Reading: Selection 1
John Updike: "Ex-Basketball Player"
Given the statistics on the previous page combined, only .62% of high school athletes in football, basketball, and baseball are drafted into the professional ranks; there are a lot of ex-ballplayers out there. How do they handle the sudden fall from prominence? Do they move on, cling to past glories, or a little bit of both?
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John Updike: "Ex-Basketball Player"
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Given the statistics on the previous page combined, only .62% of high school athletes in football, basketball, and baseball are drafted into the professional ranks; there are a lot of ex-ballplayers out there. How do they handle the sudden fall from prominence? Do they move on, cling to past glories, or a little bit of both?
Read the poem Ex-Basketball Player by John UpdikeClick PDF if link above does not work.
Click here for notes on the poem.
Ex-Basketball Player audio
Take the Ex_Basketball Player Reading Quiz in Schoology.
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