“Charley Rosen, the voice of NBA history, has dialed up a biography of Sugar Ray Richardson’s experiences in life and basketball. Sugar is both a painful and empathetic experience of a man’s quest to exorcise his demons. Basketball is his expression of joy, but life isn’t that easy for Ray. It’s a timepiece on NBA basketball in the ’80s and on our society’s ability to move through the blocks of our racial issues.”

—Phil Jackson