Game of My Life Duke: Memorable Stories of Blue Devil Basketball

Featherston, Al

ISBN 10: 159670179X / ISBN 13: 9781596701793

Published by Sports Pub, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Game of My Life Duke: Memorable Stories of Blue Devil Basketball
• Publisher: Sports Pub
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159670179X
• ISBN 13: 9781596701793
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Former Blue Devil basketball players single out the game that to him is the most defining of his Duke career. Included are stars like Dick Groat, the two-sport player who later became a National League MVP shortstop, eight national players of the year, future NBA All-Star Grant Hill, future NBA general managers, future Fox commentator Mike Gminski, and future ESPN commentator Jay Bilas. It provides an in-depth look at the men and games that helped shape the legendary Duke tradition.

About the Author

Al Featherston has covered Duke and ACC sports since 1970. He joined the sports staff of the Durham Sun in 1974 and served as the assistant sports editor of that paper from 1975-91. He then worked for the new Durham Herald-Sun from 1991- 2005. He won numerous press awards, including the 2001 National Association of Sports Writers first-place award for game coverage, as well as four top awards from the North Carolina press association. Featherston is a regular columnist for Basketball Times. He resides in Durham, NC. Past titles include Battle for Mortain: The 30th Infantry Division Saves the Breakout, August 7-12, 1944 (Presidio Press, 1993 and 1998) and Tobacco Road: Duke, Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest and the History of the Most Intense Backyard Rivalries in Sports (Lyons Press, 2006).