Gil Griffin writes: “After a few years of traveling back and forth to Australia for on-location reporting and research, I published Jumping at the Chance: From the Court to the Field, How NBA Hopefuls Are Changing Australian Rules Football (JABberwocky Literary Agency Inc.) The book tracks the individual journeys of four former NCAA Men’s Basketball players and two amateur sportswomen, attempting to become the first American-born and -bred athletes ever to play in the professional Australian Football League (AFL) or its sister competition, Australian Football League Women (AFLW). The Australian version of the book, Jumping at the Chance: From NBA Hopefuls to AFL Prospects: The Players of the American Experiment, was published in Australia in 2016, and both editions are available online. If you have never heard of the sport, the U.S. edition’s prologue features a complete explanation of the game, beginning with its subtitle: It’s Not Rugby.”
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