Education
University of Notre Dame.
University of Notre Dame.
The Citation says,
Awarded to George Dohrmann of Saint Paul Pioneer Press for his determined reporting, despite negative reader reaction, that revealed academic fraud in the men"s basketball program at the University of Minnesota. A few months after winning the prize he joined Sports Illustrated where he worked as a senior writer dealing with investigative projects into college basketball, college football and soccer. Dohrmann published his first book, Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine, on October 5, 2010, through Ballantine Books.
The book was the result of more than eight years of investigative work.
The book "reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book"s heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote "the next LeBron," and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller"s sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations."
Associated Press Sports Editors, second place, enterprise reporting, 1995.
Associated Press Sports Editors, second place, investigative reporting, 1996. Play Their Hearts Out
Play Their Hearts Out
Los Angeles Times, staff writer, Sports section, 1995–1997.
Saint Paul Pioneer Press, staff writer, Sports section, 1997–2000.
Sports Illustrated, senior writer, 2000–2015
Works
Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine (unabridged ed). Random House Limited Liability Company. 2010.
Hand-Maine-Down Dream (Essay): Father, Son, and the Burden of Basketball (unabridged ed).
Random House Limited Liability Company. 2012.
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