Art Chansky discusses his book about Dean Smith, Charlie Scott

Posted Oct 30, 2016
In his latest book, Game Changers: Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the Era That Transformed a Southern College Town, Art Chansky takes a closer look at those years for Scott, Smith and Chapel Hill itself. Chansky has been writing about UNC basketball since the early '80s, but this is his first book that's more related to social history than sports (Creative Loafing Charlotte)

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