By the time Jerome Allen was in junior high, he was on a trajectory that would expose him to worlds beyond his North Philadelphia neighborhood. Basketball was his passport from poverty to privilege and access. Privilege and access would be his undoing, almost costing him everything. In his memoir, WHEN THE ALPHABET COMES: A Life Changed by Exposure, Jerome Allen chronicles not only his exposure to affluence, celebrity and living abroad, but the consequences of unwanted public exposure during a college admissions scandal and ...
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By the time Jerome Allen was in junior high, he was on a trajectory that would expose him to worlds beyond his North Philadelphia neighborhood. Basketball was his passport from poverty to privilege and access. Privilege and access would be his undoing, almost costing him everything. In his memoir, WHEN THE ALPHABET COMES: A Life Changed by Exposure, Jerome Allen chronicles not only his exposure to affluence, celebrity and living abroad, but the consequences of unwanted public exposure during a college admissions scandal and federal prosecution. As Allen reviews his changing personal landscapes of integrity, reputation, leadership, altruism, access and privilege, he reveals how he remains grounded in faith and family.
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Fine. Softcovers. First edition stated. VERY WARM, PERSONAL, 24-LINE INSCRIPTION FROM ALLEN TO FAMED COACH FRAN DUNPHY, SIGNED AND WITH A BIBLICAL NOTATION ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. 259 pp. Foreword by Isiah Thomas. Fine. Philadelphia-born Jerome Allen was a 4-year starter for the University of Pennsylvania and played in the NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets. After retiring from playing, he was head coach at Penn 2010-2115, joined the Boston Celtics coaching staff and then the Detroit Pistons staff. In 2020, it was revealed that he had accepted a bribe in 2018 for getting a student on the recruitment list in order to get accepted at Penn. As a witness during the trial, Allen siad he had gotten some $300, 000 in the scandal and was ordered to pay back the original $18, 000 and additional $200, 000. He received a 15-year ban from the NCAA, the longest such penalty ever handed out to a coach.
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