Jeremy Lin: Faith, Joy, and Basketball

by Ted Kluck

Publisher:

Bethany House

, 2012

Overview

Ted Kluck is a freelance writer specializing in sports and faith. He has written eight books, including Dallas and the Spitfire, and his work has appeared in such places as ESPN the Magazine, and Christianity Today. His first book won a Christianity Today Book of the Year award. Ted lives in Grand Ledge, Michigan, with his wife and two sons.

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The Most Surprising Sports Hero of Our Time


From avid sports fans to casual culture-watchers, it seems no one can get enough of Jeremy Lin. He captured the attention of the nation in just a few weeks’ time as he went from unknown underdog to rescuer of the woebegone New York Knicks. Everything from his race (Asian-American) to his alma mater (Harvard) has made Lin one of the most unusual sports stars in years. But what forces have shaped Jeremy Lin into who he is today, and what motivates him to keep striving toward his goals?

Bestselling, award-winning author Ted Kluck uses his unique backgrounds in sports writing and faith writing to uncover the fascinating world of an out-of-nowhere star who continues to surprise.

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Product Details

• Title : Jeremy Lin: Faith, Joy, and Basketball
• Author: Kluck, Ted
• Publisher: Bethany House
• Publication Date: 2012
• ISBN: 9781441261229

About Ted Kluck

Ted Kluck is an award-winning author and sports writer whose work has appeared in ESPN the Magazine, Sports Spectrum Magazine, and ESPN.com. He is the author of multiple books, including Facing Tyson: Fifteen Fighters, Fifteen Stories (2006), Game Time: Inside College Football (2007), Paper Tiger: One Athlete’s Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football (2007), Robert Griffin III: Athlete, Leader, Believer (2013), and Three-Week Professionals: Inside the 1987 NFL Players’ Strike (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). Kluck played a season of professional indoor football as a long snapper and coached high school football.