Tommy Kearns/New York Carolina Club Basketball Speaker Series: “McGuire’s Miracle”

Please join the New York Carolina Club as it hosts a free virtual event with Stephanie Pace ’76 (BA) ’85 (MA), who is the owner/producer of FilmNC Capital Management LLC.

She will be discussing the acclaimed basketball documentary “McGuire’s Miracle,” of which she is the writer and director.

The documentary tells the magical story of the undefeated 1956-57 UNC Men’s National Championship Basketball team that capped their season in storybook fashion defeating a Wilt Chamberlain-led Kansas team in triple overtime in the NCAA Tournament championship game.

Joining the discussion will be former members of the 1956-57 team Tommy Kearns, Joe Quigg, and Bob Young.

Hosting the discussion will be Larry Keith ’69, who had an illustrious career at Sports Illustrated as a reporter, writer, senior editor, assistant managing editor, and editorial projects director. His many accomplishments include writing 19 Sports Illustrated cover stories and creating the editorial concept for Sports Illustrated Kids.

The trailer for the documentary can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/669418275.

DATE: Thursday, July 21 at 7:00 P.M. via Zoom
REGISTRATION: To register please go to https://unc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vceqsrzkpHdD4KDVrFGCI-3eOEhO-SZV4.
Any questions please contact David Jurman at david.jurman@alumni.unc.edu.