Chansky’s Notebook: Poetic Justice

Posted Jul 27, 2018
Charlie Scott and Lefty Driesell have come full circle. Driesell never beat a UNC team with Scott on it, losing two NCAA Eastern Regional championship games to Dean Smith’s 1968 and ’69 clubs. After Smith passed away in 2015, Charlie now regards Driesell as his second father. Lefty found Scott at Laurinburg Institute and formed a lifelong relationship. (Chapelboro.com)

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