"Jim Ring" is an English writer, working in print and on screen.

He read biochemistry at Bath University before switching to English at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was an exhibitioner. In the ‘eighties he worked as an advertising executive, successively at The Creative Business, Butler Dennis Garland, Yellowhammer, TBWA and WCRS. He published the Financial Times textbook on the industry, Advertising on Trial, in 1993.

Erskine Childers (1996) a biography of the author of The Riddle of the Sands, was the winner of the Marsh prize. How the English Made the Alps (2000) celebrated the contribution made by the English to Alpine mountaineering, tourism and winter sports. We Come Unseen: the Untold Story of Britain’s Cold War Submariners (2001), was the winner of the Mountbatten Prize. Riviera (2004), examined the creation by English ex-patriots of the French Riviera. Storming the Eagle’s Nest (2013), was a sequel to How the English Made the Alps: the story of the Alps in the Second World War.

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There was a lot of hype about, 'Oh, Ring can't play football. His dad's a basketball coach. He needs to stick to that,' ... There were rumors about that going around. But I just felt like I had to come out here and prove myself and prove that Ring isn't just a basketball name. Ring can play football, too.

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I've coached at Kennedy for a long time and I think we'll have to wait a while to watch a player have the type of season Rashad had here this year. He's special.

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We have been fortunate enough to secure federal funding [for current projects], but we're talking about a total of $7 million invested down here, ... The question now is, 'what do we do next?' and it's difficult to come up with money out of the city's budget.

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That's a sign of his maturity. The consistency in his game was not there last year, but he's come out to prove he deserves consideration as one of the best players around.

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I like the way we're playing. We have an identity to what we do. What I was looking for was the effort. As long as the effort was there, you take whatever happens. I think time just ran out.

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I just think that maybe he saw that this was his last go-round and his last chance to leave an impression on people as to how good a basketball player he was.

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His leadership on and off the court has been outstanding and his ability to play big in every big game that we've had just speaks volumes for his ability to play the game.

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