When North Carolina played Illinois in the recent NCAA college basketball championship, Denver photographer Rich Clarkson was there to take pictures of the Final Four for the 50th time.Clarkson is the subject of a recent ESPN special called, 50 Years of the Final Four: Behind the Lens of Rich Clarkson.
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