The Fab Five: Basketball Trash Talk the American Dream

This means that either:
A. Mitch knew about the payments and therefore all the material he wrote concerning the Michigan basketball program is suspect because he was in on the coverup.

OR

B. Mitch didn't know about the payments and therefore all the material he wrote concerning the Michigan basketball program is suspect because he didn't even notice that the college kids he was covering were being paid over a half million dollars to play basketball.


enjoyed this Book&don't think much of the NCAA   January 2, 2003
 3 out of 10 found this review helpful

I enjoyed this Book a Great deal&don't think much of what the NCAA is doing with taking away Michigan's Wins&trips too the Championships.while I'm a Laker Fan&can't stand the Sacremento Kings Chris Webber doesn't deserve too be Messed with like that for all he achieved in College.same goes with Jaun,Jimmy,Jalen&Ray.what these Cats did ten Years back should not be forgotten they made Basketball on any level fun&worth viewing all the time.


The greatest college talent ever assembled?   October 29, 2002
 3 out of 5 found this review helpful

I'll start off with this: Anything Mitch Albom writes is bound to be good. Possibly the best sports writer of all-time, the state of Michigan is blessed to have him covering our teams.

Albom's Fab Five takes a close look at possibly the best college basketball talent ever assembled on one team. 5 Freshman taking a team to the national championship game will likely never occur again. Albom follows the team from the time Steve Fisher recruited through the infamous Timeout call Chris Webber made against North Carolina. Along the way, Albom captures the brash attitudes of Webber, Howard, Rose, King, and Jackson - 5 kids who were on top of the world in the early 1990's.


The Fab Five...Review   October 15, 2002
 2 out of 5 found this review helpful

The Fab Five covers the lives and early years of the University of Michigan's five starting basketball players. Mitch Albom's writing is engaging and kept my attention throughout the novel. Using quotes from coaches and players, he was able to impart a sense of what the atmosphere was like on the famed team. Albom gave an in-depth background of the lives of the five players, and was able to give the reader a sense of the atmosphere among this famous group of college freshmen.
The novel covers U of M's trip to the NCAA tournament and the difficult adjustment to college life for the young players. Albom gives a profile of the players, including their early lives in a humorous but detailed style as well as an account of how the players felt on the court with one another.
When the Fab five were announce with hype, the press put pressure on them to win a championship. Albom shows how the extremely hyped-up atmosphere led to the downfall of the team, and the loss of the NCAA championship.
Albom's account of the lives of these young stars is detailed and allows one to come away with a real sense of the lives of these players, essentially teenagers thrust into the spotlight. They had not learned the responsibility on the court that they needed to win, even though their talent was never in doubt. Albom tells the story of why the famed "Fab Five" failed to live up to the hype.


The Best Freshman to Ever Play the College Game?   June 6, 2001
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I thought that this book was totally worth the time i spent reading it. It was insightful and full of fun, colorful pages. Mitch Albom, being from the Detroit area, did an absolutely phenomenal job writing this book. I thought that he portrayed the attitudes and the heart of the Greatest Class Ever Recruited. I would recommend this book to any reader who is a lover of college basketball such as myself.