The door to the den at the Duncan house on Goldsmith Lane has a hole in it. It’s been there for decades, a battle scar from the great Louisville–Kentucky Cold War of the 1970s and ’80s. Jeff Duncan put the divot in the door by throwing the phone book at his older brother, Steve, during an argument over the relative merits of the Cardinals (Jeff’s team) and the Wildcats (Steve’s team). That’s probably a testament to both the flimsiness of the door and the ferocity of the passions the basketball programs provoke.
