Flatwater Free PressDirk Chatelain, a lifelong Nebraskan, spent 18 years at the Omaha World-Herald and authored “24th & Glory,” a portrait of North Omaha history and its epic generation of athletes. He's the five-time Nebraska sportswriter of the year.
One of Nebraska’s best basketball coaches loves wind sprints, hates texting, demands accountability and refuses to give an inch. His hoops golden rules are being tested outside the gym walls.
He dribbled down the middle of Grant Street, past the century-old brick landmarks that shaped his neighborhood: Zion Baptist Church and the Dreamland Ballroom, the Omaha Star and…