Arthur Agee helping others chase their Hoop Dreams

[BleedGopher]

Hoop Dreams is an all-time classic documentary. An update on Agee:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2010-07-26-agee-hoop-dreams_N.htm?POE=click-refer

Go Gophers!!

 

[Gopher Warrior]

16 years ago already.. yeesh (I went to school with Gates). There were a number of stories written recently, with 15 year anniversary of Hoop Dreams rolling around.. a few of them, if anyone is interested:

Chicago Tribune article (link is to the STrib), Nov 2008

ESPN - Seth Davis, July 2009

Slam Online, March 2010

 

[kindofgreen]

thanks!

Good reads, thanks. Hoopdreams--still a timeless documentary to me...

 

[Honyocker]

Agee has been busy. Too bad he can't keep his pants on. Guess who gets to pay the ADC for those kids....the taxpayer.

"For more than a decade, the pair have been bound by unexpected fame. The two Chicago high school basketball players were featured in "Hoop Dreams," the 1994 hit co-produced by Twin Cities Public Television that many movie lovers view as the best documentary ever made. Now in their mid-30s, their contrasting fates may surprise the many people who saw the movie.

Gates, the reserved one, has become an authoritative force who leads a church in Chicago. He is married with four kids. Agee, a spirited charmer, doesn't have a regular job but is launching a line of "Hoop Dreams" apparel. He has five kids by five women."