Bill Reynolds

Bill Reynolds is an American author, sports journalist, and university lecturer known for his evocative writing on athletics, culture, and human perseverance. A longtime columnist for The Providence Journal, he has covered college basketball and regional sports for decades.

He is the author of several acclaimed books, including Fall River Dreams, which chronicles high school basketball in a working-class Massachusetts town, Hope: A School, a Team, a Dream, and co-authoring Rick Pitino’s bestselling Success Is a Choice.

Reynolds’s poignant, deeply human approach to sports journalism has earned him induction into the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame. His books capture the emotional soul of competitive sports.