Authors will come face to face Posted Apr 27, 2006 These men are not hoopdaflying basketball players. They show up in street clothes instead of shorts and T-shirts. These guys might not even break a sweat on this spring afternoon. Daniel Wallace and Will Blythe are writers who love basketball. They have come to Umstead Park for an interview about the N.C. Festival of the Book, where they will be at the center of a conversation titled "Hoops in the Tar Heel State." (Raleigh News & Observer)