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Join us when former NBA Champion and ESPN Analyst Kendrick Perkins visits to discuss his memoir, The Education of Kendrick Perkins.
**This event is FREE but registration is required.**
The first 100 attendees will receive a complimentary copy of The Education of Kendrick Perkins: A Memoir courtesy of the author.
Doors open at 6:00 PM.
About the author:
Kendrick Perkins is a former NBA champion and current ESPN analyst who played 14 seasons in the league, building a reputation as both one of basketball’s toughest enforcers and one of its most respected teammates. Drafted straight out of Clifton J. Ozen High School after winning a state championship, he played for the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers and New Orleans Pelicans. He won an NBA title with Boston in 2008 and made additional Finals appearances with Oklahoma City in 2012 and Cleveland in 2015 and 2018. Since retiring in 2019, Perkins has become a prominent media voice on ESPN programs including NBA Countdown, NBA Today, Hoop Streams, First Take and Get Up, while also authoring The Education of Kendrick Perkins: A Memoir, a reflection on his life, career and personal growth.
In The Education of Kendrick Perkins, he opens a different side of himself: a powerful and intimate memoir that goes beyond basketball to discuss the reality of being Black in America.
Abandoned by his father, then orphaned after the murder of his mother, Perk was raised by his grandparents in a small Texas town. He left their home at age eighteen, drafted out of high school by the legendary Celtics. For a country boy, Boston was a completely new world, and the NBA a league of legends: Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Garnett, James Harden, Shaquille O’Neal, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Kevin Durant, and more. Perk had to learn how to play with and against these stars, while adjusting to life on the road as a professional athlete.
Kendrick Perkins will be in conversation with Branson Wright, an accomplished filmmaker, producer, writer and director, as well as a nationally known sportswriter with nearly 30 years of experience covering all levels of sports. Wright has produced acclaimed projects including the HBO documentary Women of Troy, ESPN’s 30-for-30 Believeland, and his most recent film, King of the Block, now streaming on Prime Video and Apple TV. He is the president and founder of Be Right Ventures. Wright, who previously covered sports at The Cleveland Plain Dealer, now contributes to ESPN’s Andscape, Front Row Sports and The Guardian. He co-hosts The Sports Brothers podcast alongside Delvis Valentine.
Books will be available for purchase, courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.
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The Parma-Snow Branch is home to the Sari Feldman Auditorium, a flexible, state-of-the-art venue for theatrical groups, recitals, concerts, meetings, speaker presentations, wedding receptions and other group events.
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