- BIG GAME, SMALL WORLD was published in Warner hardcover in 1/02. It was named a "New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winning nationwide acclaim in publications, including the "New York Times, New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, and ESPN.com, among others.- Alexander Wolff is the "New York Times bestselling co-author of "Raw Recruits (Pocket, 1991), which upon publication was hailed as "the most important sports book in years," and the author of "100 Years of Hoops (Oxmoor House, 1991), with over 100,000 copies in print.- Like John Feinstein's "A March to Madness (Little, Brown and Company, 1997) and "Season on the Brink (Simon & Schuster, 1980), BIG GAME, SMALL WORLD appeals to the large number of readers fascinated by basketball.- Alexander Wolff is an award-winning senior writer for "Sports Illustrated, and is considered the dean of basketball writers within the magazine industry.