When pro athletes retire from, say, basketball, they usually try to go on to work in a sports-related field, like coaching or commentary.
NBA All-Star Joe Barry Carroll took a different path, following his love of fine art and writing. In recent years, he’s created his own works, mostly paintings. Several of those paintings appear with personal reflections in his 2013 memoir, “Growing Up: In Words and Images.”
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