Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops

—Mike Krzyzewski

For fifty years the rivalry between Duke and Carolina has featured famous brawls, endless controversy, long-nurtured hatred—and some of the best basketball ever played in the history of the sport. For Duke and UNC players and fans, the competition is not about winning a prize, trophy or title—it's about bragging rights and raw pride.

Blue Bloodis a thrilling chronicle of the Duke-Carolina rivalry as it has evolved over the last fifty years. With unparalleled insider access, veteran journalist and author Art Chansky details the colorful, revered, and respected rivalry—for the first time ever.

The Duke-Carolina rivalry has fostered more than thirty former players from the two schools playing or coaching in the NBA; it has enchanted a nation of spectators to watch games between the archrivals—garnering some of the highest regular-season TV ratings in history. Blue Bloodcelebrates the history of this rivalry, the traditions, the heritage, and, most importantly—spectacular basketball.

"You can see the beads of sweat on coaches' and players' faces as the tale by this former sports editor for the Durham Morning Heraldunfolds."

—News & Record(Greensboro, NC)

"A book on this rivalry was long overdue, and Chansky does it justice. This is sure to become a staple of every Tar Heel or Blue Devil fan's library."

—InsideCarolina.com

"A holy text for both sides of the rivalry. . . . This book is a coffee table necessity for anyone that claims to have a background in college basketball . . . you need to read this book cover to cover as many times as possible until you can recite from it."—The East Carolinian

"I'm biased, but I think this is the greatest rivalry, not just in college basketball, but in all of sports."

—Dick Vitale, ESPN

"Art Chansky has more than learned what Duke-Carolina is all about; he's livedit for more than thirty years. His columns, commentaries, and characterizations have long been on the money, and Blue Bloodputs them all together in an anticipated and entertaining work that reads more like a novel. But truth isstranger than fiction, and Chansky tells it just like it is."

—Curry Kirkpatrick, who has covered Duke-Carolina for Sports Illustrated,ESPN, and ESPN the Magazine