Frontline · SEASON 2
Chasing the Basketball Dream
Episode 10 · 1984-04-23
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Charlie Cobb looks at young men who make it big playing basketball, and many who will not. College recruiters promise an education in exchange for play, but 75% of players never obtain a degree. Are colleges too busy with their big-time sports programs to be concerned with educating their players?
Season 2 episodes
1. Crisis at General Hospital1984-01-16
2. We Are Driven1984-01-23
3. The Old Man and the Gun1984-02-06
4. Give Me That Big Time Religion1984-02-13
5. The Campaign for Page One1984-02-27
6. The Mind of a Murderer (1)1984-03-19
7. The Mind of a Murderer (2)1984-03-26
8. The Struggle for Birmingham1984-04-02
9. Captive in El Salvador1984-04-16
10. Chasing the Basketball Dream1984-04-23
11. The Other Side of the Track1984-05-07
12. Return of the Great White Fleet1984-05-14
13. Warning from Gangland1984-05-21
14. Bread, Butter and Politics1984-06-04
15. Man's Best Friends1984-06-18
16. So You Want to Be President1984-10-09
17. Welcome to America1984-10-16
18. Not One of the Boys1984-10-23
19. Living Below the Line1984-10-30
20. The Arab and the Israeli1984-11-13
21. Better Off Dead?1984-11-20
22. Cry, Ethiopia, Cry1984-11-27
23. Red Star Over Khyber1984-12-11
24. Marshall High Fights Back1984-12-18
