By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream Washington How we'll live

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By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream Washington How we'll liveWhen Lily and Alex entered a packed gymnasium in Queens, New York in 1972, they barely recognized their son. The boy who escaped to America with them, who was bullied as he struggled to learn English and cope with family tragedy, was now a young man who had discovered and secretly honed his basketball talent on the outdoor courts of New York City. That young man was Ernie Grunfeld, who would go on to win an Olympic gold medal and reach previously