Bill Reynolds built his youth around sports. As a boy in a blue-collar Rhode Island town, he spend his hours shooting hoops and dreaming of stardom. From his adolescence to high school fame to a scholarship at Brown University, Reynolds enjoyed the perks of athletic glory. But those days soon ended and the onetime star drifted between his past and an uncertain future.Glory Daysis a warm, touching, and funny book about what happens when jocks grow older --about getting a life without losing touch with your dreams.
[A] thoughtful memoir Dallas Morning News
[An] eloquent testimony...[Reynolds] sees though the scam: Sports is not life, but it almost is. Columbus Dispatch
A bang-up job by Reynolds. For all the failed Little Leaguers and average high school and college jocks this is 'the real story of sports in America'. Kirkus Review
A wonderful book. The Chattanooga Times
Bill Reynoldsis a sports columnist for theProvidence Journal-Bulletinand the author of several previous books, includingFall River DreamsandSuccess Is a Choice, with Rick Pitino. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.