The Legends Club by John Feinstein

The Legends Club by John Feinstein

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The riveting inside story of college basketball's fiercest rivalry among three coaching legends--University of North Carolina's Dean Smith, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, and North Carolina State's Jim Valvano--by the king of college basketball writers.

"One of Feinstein's best."--Chicago Tribune

On March 18, 1980, the Duke basketball program announced the hiring of Mike Krzyzewski, the man who would restore glory to the team. The only problem: no one knew who Krzyzewski was. Nine days later, Jim Valvano was hired by North Carolina State to be their new head coach. The hiring didn't raise as many eyebrows, but the two new coaches had a similar goal: to unseat North Carolina's Dean Smith as the king of college basketball. And just like that, the most sensational competitive decade in history was about to unfold.

In the skillful hands of John Feinstein, The Legends Club captures an era in American sport and culture, documenting the inside view of a decade of absolutely incredible competition. Feinstein pulls back the curtain on the recruiting wars, the intensely personal competition that wasn't always friendly, the enormous pressure and national stakes, and the battle for the very soul of college basketball.

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ISBN 13	9780804173179
ISBN 10	0804173176
Title	The Legends Club
Author	John Feinstein
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2017-02-21
Number of pages	512
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