We always like to see this kind of story because as Duke fans know, Coach K and Duke get a lot of negative attention, much of it unfair.
The truth is that Coach K does an enormous amount of good outside of the basketball world. Since Jim Valvano got sick, Mike Krzyzewski has been passionate about the V Foundation and working against cancer. Periodically we hear stories about him calling or writing people who are in their own lonely struggle against that terrible disease. This is one of those stories.
Gregory S. “Flako” Feldman, like Coach K a guy with deep Illinois roots, retired and then found out he had pancreatic cancer.