The big Carolina-Duke basketball game is this Saturday, February 7, at the Smith Center – and the competition’s not just on the court. UNC and Duke’s two student newspapers, the Daily Tar Heel and the Duke Chronicle, are squaring off in the eighth annual DTH vs. Chron Rivalry Challenge – a competition to see which fan base can donate the most money to support those independent, student-run news outlets.

Visit DailyTarHeel.com/RivalryChallenge to support the DTH.

Visit DukeChronicle.com/RivalryChallenge to support the Chronicle.

Aaron spoke with DTH sports editor Matthew Maynard and Chronicle sports editor Abby DiSalvo about the Rivalry Challenge – and about that upcoming basketball game.

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