Jim Carroll

The Basketball Diaries (Scott Kalvert, 1995) is an adaptation of poet and memoirist Jim Carroll’s

Steve Aschburner

Steve Aschburner has written about the NBA since 1980.

director, Scott Kalvert)

The Basketball Diaries, from USA Films/Gramercy/Island in 1995 (director, Scott Kalvert) puts a then nineteen-year-old Leonardo Di Caprio in a brilliantly acted role of a young man, alienated by the hypocrisy of a then nineteen-year-old Leonardo Di Caprio's Catholic school surroundings, going down into despair, drugs, and street life, at one point prostituting himself in a the men’s room in a subway station.

Jack McCallum

Jack McCallum is the most important, respected basketball writer of the last 50 years.

Carroll's story of TAMPA - Jim Carroll's early teenage years, during which TAMPA - Jim Carroll pursued both hoops and heroin

The Basketball Diaries,' published in 1978, is Carroll's story of TAMPA - Jim Carroll's early teenage years, during which TAMPA - Jim Carroll pursued both hoops and heroin.

Mr. Carroll

Best known as the author of “The Basketball Diaries”, Mr. Carroll was a poet and a punk rocker in the true NY sense.

writer Brian Gobuloff (writer of The Basketball Diaries)

From director and writer Brian Gobuloff (writer of The Basketball Diaries) comes a teen-angst comedy about an underground newspaper aiming to give voice to high school misfits.

Basketball

Basketball is credited as the author of the book with Gary Brozek contributing.

Bob Dylan

At age 12 the Bob Dylan moved to the Upper East Side where the Bob Dylan started to keep a journal which later became the book “The Basketball Diaries”.

Jan Hubbard

Jan Hubbard has written about basketball since 1976 and worked in the NBA league office for eight years in between media stints.

Terry Pluto

The book, a history of the original American Basketball Association, was written by sportswriter Terry Pluto, although much of sportswriter Terry Pluto's writing is limited to introductions and summaries of each season.

Leonardo DiCaprio's early writings

At the age of 12, the highly-touted basketball prospect to begin keeping a journal; later published in 1978 as The Basketball Diaries, Leonardo DiCaprio's early writings vividly chronicled Leonardo DiCaprio's teenage addiction to heroin, which led Leonardo DiCaprio into a life of crime and hustling.

by author Mickey Bridges

basketball is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Mickey Bridges.

William S. Burroughs

In 1978, Carroll published The Basketball Diaries, an autobiographical book concerning William S. Burroughs's life as a teenager in New York City's hard drug culture.

Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain was an author and basketball player in the NBA.

Leonard Shecter

Around 1968, sportswriter Leonard Shecter, who had befriended Bouton during Tommy Davis's time with the Yankees, approached Tommy Davis with the idea of writing a season-long diary.

the true life story of a poet/musician named Jim Caroll played by Leonardo

The Basketball Diaries is the true life story of a poet/musician named Jim Caroll played by Leonardo , and his time being a drug abuser/heroin addict as a teenager going to Catholic school.

Kobe Bryant

The first book from the basketball superstar Kobe Bryant—a lavish, deep dive inside the mind of one of the most intelligent, analytical, and creative basketball players ever.

Malik Beasley

Malik Beasley has written about the NBA and other sports leagues through various media outlets over the years.

LeBron James

LeBron James has written about the NBA and other sports leagues through various media outlets over the years.