Few have more intimate knowledge of Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout history than veteran Cincinnati sportswriter Bill Koch, who has written a new book about the storied Cincinnati-Xavier men's basketball rivalry.
The book is entitled “Inside The Crosstown Shootout.” Koch has covered the Shootout for more than three decades as a writer for the former Cincinnati Post, Cincinnati Enquirer and now the UC website GoBearcats.com. Koch covered both XU and UC as a beat writer and columnist for the Post, and then was UC beat writer again for The Enquirer.
With the annual Shootout set for Thursday at UC’s Fifth Third Arena (7 p.