The Resurrection of Bernard King, 1982

[In 2017, NBA great Bernard King published his autobiography titled Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court. In the book, King talks about his battle with alcohol in the late 1970s (“the darkest period of my life”) and his will to overcome the addiction and reclaim his life and career:

“I was a star forward in my prim…