Review: One Fantastic Ride

Posted Oct 21, 2009
It’s entirely appropriate that it is Tyler Hansbrough, wearing the nets from the championship game victory over Michigan State, who graces the cover of One Fantastic Ride, the new book commemorating North Carolina’s championship season of 2008-09. The book’s cover thus highlights the expected, familiar narrative about the 2008-09 season: that of Tyler Hansbrough, the modern generation’s Phil Ford. (Inside Carolina)

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