Although basketball will always be part of our identity, our mission goes beyond the court to raise awareness of substance use disorder through candid, harrowing and hopeful discussions. Chris and [...]
Most Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during the school year you can find Chris Herren sharing his message in a school auditorium, on a gym floor or in a community center [...]
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 was the day that the 30 for 30 documentary, Unguarded, premiered on ESPN. It was the day that Chris and his family shared their story on [...]
Basketball Junkie, a memoir written by Chris Herren and Bill Reynolds was released on May 1, 2011 by St. Martin’s Press. For almost a year leading up to the release, [...]
Life lessons can be found in many places. Over the years many Hoop Dreams players were given so much more than basketball training and workouts, they were part of something [...]
Many people would assume that it was just basketball players who reached out to Chris and the Hoop Dreams training staff in the early years. Although most were hoop players, [...]
Over the years, many players entered the Hoop Dreams gym with a dream and a goal. For most it was never about playing at the next level, it was more [...]
Through the years, the players who trained in the Hoop Dreams gyms were taught by some of the best teachers of the game in Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts. The [...]
On May 31, 2009 a story ran in the Boston Globe highlighting Chris’s journey, the struggle and the gratitude he felt to be in recovery and living one day at [...]
In December of 2013, Chris was asked to write a letter to his younger self as a part of the CBS This Morning’s Emmy-nominated series Note to Self. The letter [...]
