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Index
abuse
child, 246
domestic, 104, 217–218, 239
sexual, 101
Acacia Network, 69
Adams, Eric, 212
Addicted to Cash, 94
age of innocence, 104
Alicia (Puerto Rico’s mother), 241, 242
“All Falls Down” (Kanye West song), 269
American Jewish Congress, 33
Anderson, Kahton, 113–114
Andrell (coach), 65
anger
Chaka and, 152–153
Donnie and, 108, 216–217, 281–282, 292–294, 312
Poppa’s death and, 160
anti-gang task forces, 90
Antoine (Mo Better parent), 39–43
Associated Press, 113
asthma, 15, 46, 171, 297–298
athletes, Brownsville and, 34, 168–169
background checks, 92
banquets, annual, 316, 318–319
Baraka, Ras, 297, 298
Bard College, 158
Barr, William, 90
basketball, 317–318
Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 42–43, 266
Benedetto, Michael, 180
Bennett, Lance, 45
Betsy Head Park
as Chris’s domain, 4–5
as community space, 6–7, 29–30
Hood Starz at, 94
housing project football teams at, 168
police at, 110, 114
renovation of, 310
as run-down, 46–47, 55
Big Oomz (Oomz’s father)
on current Mo Better program, 214–215
as feeling lost, 278–280, 316
girls and, 280
hustling and, 279, 317
as Mo Better player, 15, 74
Oomz and, 56–59, 145, 207, 301
prison and, 16, 58, 71, 75–76, 305
seeing son play for first time, 213
as skeptical of Mo Better coaches, 300
at son’s practice, 277, 278, 279
starting of own football program, 76, 143
Blackman, Don, 168–169
black neighborhoods, upward mobility in, 10
Black Panthers, 34
black power, 33–34
blacks
at Intermediate School 392, 122
landlords and, 30
migration north, 30, 42, 266
police harassment of, 29
population of in New York City, 171
in specialized public schools, 101
statistics, 155–156
in suburban neighborhoods, 298
tensions with Jewish residents, 33
Bloods, 49
Bloomberg, Michael, 67, 101, 164
Bond, Warren, 112–113
Boogeyman, 49, 50, 69, 105, 294–295
Booker, Cory, 297
Boozer, Lori, 165–167, 217
Borough Park, Brooklyn, 171
Bowe, Riddick, 38
boxing, 107, 314
Boyland, William, 167
brain damage
decline in football participation and, 16, 180, 315
as distant concern, 154–155
future of football and, 270–271
NFL and, 212, 313
See also concussions
Bratton, Bill, 112, 113, 114
Brick City Lions, 297
vs. Mo Better, 258–262, 264–265, 271–274
vs. Mo Better in semifinals, 288, 302–305
as Mo Better rival, 70, 188
Mo Better’s prior loss to, 187, 188–189
Brodick, James, 89, 91, 92–93, 95
Brookings Institution, 298
Brooklyn
displacement and, 42
gentrification of, 41
migration into, 28
as unaffordable, 171
See also specific neighborhoods
Brooklyn Borough Hall, 316, 318
Brooklyn Eagle, 31
Brooklyn Golden Knights, 36
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, 170
Brooklyn Saints, 143–144, 315
Brooklyn United, 193–194
Brown, Charles S., 28
Brown, Lee, 37
Brown, Michael, 178
Brownsville, Brooklyn
asthma rates in, 171
as athletic breeding ground, 34, 168–169
Chris’s presence in, 26–28
Chris’s return to, 164–165
community pride in, 67, 169, 311
community support for Mo Better Jaguars, 47
crack cocaine in, 37
crime rate in, 7, 37, 51, 112
as dilapidated, 31, 34
displacement and, 67, 172
economic development in, 67, 169–170
education in, 7, 33, 51, 52–53
gentrification of, 169–170
graduation rates in, 171
history of, 28–38
infant mortality in, 171
life span in, 171
making it out of, 4, 7, 136, 160, 206, 212–213, 263, 300
mayoral race, 67
motto of, 37–38
Old-Timer’s Day, 165–167
oppression in, 29
policing strategies in, 112–114
public housing experiment in, 30–32
racial demographics of, 33
recent changes in, 26–27
reputation for violence, 29
sanitation department of, 34
segregation in, 29–30
social conditions in, 146
sports in, 168
staying indoors in, 131, 215
stop-and-frisk in, 111
Brownsville, Brooklyn: Blacks, Jews, and the Changing Face of the Ghetto (Pritchett), 30
Brownsville Ascend, 53
Brownsville Community Council, 3
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Brownsville Community Culinary Center, 311–312
Brownsville Community Justice Center, 89, 96
Brownsville Houses, 27, 28, 32, 89, 94, 134
Brownsville Must Have Public Housing (Brownsville Neighborhood Council), 31
Brownsville Neighborhood Council, 31
Brownsville Plan, 310–311
Brownsville Recreation Center, 164, 165
budget deficits, 297
busing to games, 195–197, 225, 226–227
Byrne, Edward, 90
Canarsie, Brooklyn, 32, 105, 307
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, 171
Carson, Sonny, 33
Castle, the, public housing, 11, 68–69, 107, 283–284
Catalina, Kevin, 113
Chaka (player), 61, 96, 148, 152–153, 249–250, 310, 312
charter schools, 53–54, 145–146, 147, 300. See also specific schools
cheerleaders, 280
Chiefs football program, 190
Chmil, Steve, 90
Chris (coach). See Legree, Chris
churches, 27, 32
cities, migration into, 170
Citizens Housing and Planning Council, 31
code violations, 69
Combs, Sean (P. Diddy), 46, 47–48
community leaders, 165, 192
community pride, 67, 169, 311
concession money, 288
concussions
as distant concern, 154–155
doctors at games and, 202
equipment and, 179–180
laws establishing protocols for, 180–181
Pop Warner organization and, 181–182
smaller football programs, 16
See also brain damage
confidence, 226
Cooke, Lenny, 173
corporal punishment, 36, 246, 266
Cotton, Justin, 157
crack cocaine, 37, 51, 89, 146, 171, 305. See also drug offenses
crew rivalries
Gio and, 103–104, 116, 137
Hood Starz and Wave Gang, 9–10, 86, 94
murders and, 92, 93
Poppa’s death and, 160–161
shootings and, 25–26, 113–114
crews
in absence of kingpins, 90–91
fear and, 96
gun access by, 92
housing projects and, 92–95
police and, 95, 113
respect and, 91–92
social media and, 114, 146
violence of, 113, 146
weak associations within, 93–96
crime rate
in black neighborhoods, 10
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