John Valenti

About The Author

John Valenti is an award winning and nine-time Pulitzer-nominated reporter, having worked over three decades for Newsday. He had a featured role in the Emmy Award-winning 2013 ESPN 30-for-30 documentary Big Shot. Valenti lives with his family in Elmhurst, New York.

Books by John Valenti

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The Story of Lloyd Daniels and Other Playground Basketball Legends

By John Valenti
With Ron Naclerio
“If you care about basketball or about people, you will care about this book.” —(John Feinstein, author of Season on the Brink)

“[Daniels’s] story was quite powerful in an age before the Internet and social media and is a fantastic read for this generation’s basketball p...
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