“Absolutely delightful. The Season Never Ends takes you back to the first moment you fell in love with basketball.”
“Heartfelt and well-turned—but basketball is only their setting. Don’s real subject is the richness of life and the lessons learned, if only we step up and take our shot.”
“Every basketball coach, player, and fan needs to read this book.”
“Don Shelby’s lifelong love affair with the game of basketball shines through in this book. Filled with witty and wonderful stories, The Season Never Ends shows us that sometimes a game is more than a game.”
Games of HORSE with ever-rising stakes. Indiana grandmothers who harass small-town basketball refs from the bleachers. Navigating the fraught territory of being a parent-coach. And learning that an assist is the best statistic—on the court and in life.
Don Shelby’s The Season Never Ends is not just a book about basketball and small-town values. It’s a primer on how to live a meaningful and value-driven life.
Drawn from his own upbringing in rural Indiana as the child of working-class parents who loved basketball just as much as he did, Shelby’s wholesome stories offer a chance to experience the grace of a community that nourishes itself charity, fellowship, and the love of basketball.
A perfect book for families, children, church groups, and sports teams.