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

by Alwyn Featherston

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.

Genres: Sports, Biography

230 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2007

About the author

Alwyn Featherston was a native of North Carolina. A Duke graduate, in 1974 he joined the Durham Sun, an afternoon paper, then moved to the Durham Herald-Sun and served as a beat writer covering UNC, Duke and N.C. State. Among his three published books was “Tobacco Road,” a 2006 “History of the Most Intense Backyard Rivalries in Sports.”

He left the Durham Herald-Sun in 2005.

In addition to his work as a sports reporter Mr. Featherston was a military historian.

Mr. Featherston passed away on November 5, 2018 due to complications from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and heart surgery.

Reviews

[L · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very quick read... really more a collection of short stories than a cohesive book. Most of the stories were great, though the unfamiliar ones were more exciting.