Episode 5: Sports on the move in Durham – Podcast

NCCU Director of Athletics Dr. Louis “Skip” Perkins joins host Shimei Cook for a discussion of the history of sports at Central, and in Durham. Perkins played Tennis at NCCU, and shares a story of the time Arthur Ashe played in Durham, and the history of the long-rumored Secret Game of 1944 when Duke’s basketball team played the Eagles on campus at Central.

 

Our theme music is by Joshua Mickens. Special thanks to Al Dawson for engineering help.