The Legends Club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (886 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 038553941X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in Potomac, Maryland with his wife Christine and is the father of three children, Danny, Brigid, and Jane. . He was inducted into the U.S. He is the author of A Season on the Brink and A Good Walk Spoiled, both #1 New York Times bestsellers and Last Shot, which won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for mystery writing in the Young Adult category. He currently writes for The Washington Post and Golf Dige
"Lacks Objectivitvity" according to Jim C. I was disappointed by this book. I grew up watching these teams and coaches but I think this book is written for ACC fans who are huge fans of these coaches. This book deifies the three coaches but it lacks any objectivity. For instance, Valvano's recruiting violations are glossed over minor transgressions and ticky tacky. Who runs these universities and is winning basketball games the end all of college - reading this book one would think winning at college basketball is everything. . dave ferree said The title sums it up - I recommend the book.. I have always enjoyed sports author John Feinstein's writing. He's easy to read - funny, tells a good story, writes about subjects I really like, and has a great perspective. "The Legends Club" is no exception. He tells the story of the three ACC basketball coaches' national accomplishments in an enjoyable and interesting way. His sources are many, knowledgable, and very credible. He weaves in entertaining side stories, and in general, paints a good picture of them and ACC championshi. "" TOBACCO ROAD " BASKETBALL - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW" according to Brad Patten. Feinstein has created another thoughtful, interesting look into a well known, legendary, collegiate competition. The "Tobacco Road" basketball tradition and the longstanding history of one of basketball's premier conferences, Atlantic Coast Conference, comes to life after Feinstein's meticulous fact finding and thorough engaging writing style. Dean Smith, Jim Valvano and Coach K. are all included in this well done story. Anyone who has ever payed attention to these three universities
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 allegiance in a hot-bed area. In the skillful hands of John Feinstein, this extraordinary rivalry—and the men behind it—come to life in a unique, intimate way. The table was set nine days later, when on March 27, 1980, Jim Valvano was hired by North Carolina State to be their new head coach. Duke's new man was Mike Krzyzewski. 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, #1 New York Times bestseller John FeinsteinOn March 18, 1980, the immensely powerful Duke basketball program announced the hiring of its new coach—the man who would resurrect the
"The book is one of John Feinstein's best, a beguilingly personal, sometimes heartbreaking look at the psychic cost of doing battle in America’s most brutally, nakedly competitive (and actual) arenas. He would be pleased with “The Legends Club” because it will evoke all three from readers, no matter where their college basketball allegiances lie." --The Washington Post "The legends are right there in the subtitle: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry. The unbilled fourth legend is the author. It makes a fitting bookend to the author’s first, “A Season on the Brink” (1986), his ha