Jerome Kersey: Overcoming the Odds

by Kerry Eggers, Terry Porter (Foreword by)

Overview

Jerome Kersey was born in Clarksville, Virginia, which is a small rural community in southside Virginia, and he attended public schools in Mecklenburg County. The thought of playing in the NBA was indeed a dream, requiring a belief beyond the reality of his youth. He became a scholarship athlete at Longwood University, which was just becoming accustomed to “men on campus” for a school that was always known as a state teacher’s college. The combination of athletic maturity, great mentors and coaches and a few good breaks provided Jerome Kersey the means of “Overcoming the Odds” to have a legendary career in the NBA. This book shares his story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781736898932
Publisher:	Dementi Milestone Publishing
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	867,830
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Kerry Eggers is a journalist/author who wrote sports for Portland newspapers for 45 years. He worked for the Oregon Journal from 1975-82, at The Oregonian from 1982-2000 and at the Portland Tribune from 2001-2020. Eggers is a six-time National Sports Media Association’s Oregon Sportswriter of the Year, winning in 1981, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2011 and 2018. Through his career, Eggers covered a variety of major events, including two Summer Olympic Games, four Super Bowls, a World Series, two major-league All-Star Games, five College World Series, two national championship football games, three Davis Cup ties, a golf U.S. Open, a Pro Bowl, six track and field Olympic trials and many NBA Finals and NBA All-Star games.

Table of Contents

About the Author iv

Dedications: Hoke / Kerry v

Preface Hoke Currie v

Foreword Terry Porter vii

Introduction: In the Blink of An Eye xiv

Acknowledgments xvii

Chapter 1 It All Began in Clarksville 1

Chapter 2 From 'Dairy' to Dominant 23

Chapter 3 Sir Lancer-Lot 37

Chapter 4 The Cobra Strikes 45

Chapter 5 Making the League 65

Chapter 6 The Rookie 89

Chapter 7 'Larry Bird, I Want You 103

Chapter 8 'Jerome Will Get a Lot of Minutes' 113

Chapter 9 Small Forward Controversy 127

Chapter 10 Finally a Starter 147

Chapter 11 Trippin' to the NBA Finals 159

Chapter 12 Coulda Been, Shoulda Been Champs 175

Chapter 13 Another Big Swing and Miss 193

Chapter 14 Downward Turn 217

Chapter 15 'Nothing Like It in the World' 235

Chapter 16 New Teams and Finally a Ring 247

Chapter 17 'Someone You Truly Fall in Love With' 265

Chapter 18 Relationships 283

Chapter 19 Gone Far Too Soon 305

Index 321