Her dad was an All-American at Johns Hopkins. Her mother played at Towson. But Sydney Holman may be the best lacrosse player in her decorated family.

Carolina and Kansas are in the college basketball news again, this time over #1 recruit Andrew Wiggins.

Over the last 15 years, a legitimate criticism of the UNC athletic department by those who looked closely inside was too much myopia.

Finally, Wednesday morning, Jan cried. Before then, she was caught somewhere between five minutes from the finish line at the Boston Marathon and the tragedy that occurred a mile or so up the road. She and her sister, both UNC graduates from Winston-Salem, were running Boston for the first time, the oldest footrace in America […]

Now that the ACC has failed to reach the Final Four for three straight years for the first time since 1961, let’s set the record straight about Duke and Coach K. Krzyzewski is a terrific coach, called “the John Wooden of this era” by Sunday’s vanquisher, Louisville’s Rick Pitino. Certainly with four national championships, 11 […]

It had to be Kansas. Kansas. Kansas. Roy Williams may be over the heartbreak and heartache his leaving Lawrence caused in 2003, but it’s just getting worse with me. The tweets, emails and blog posts are already out there, claiming that Bill Self has built a better program at KU than ol’ Roy has at […]

Chapelboro.com has been publishing excerpts from Return To The Top on the 20th Anniversary of Dean Smith’s 2nd NCAA title season in 1993. Check the “Hoop it Up” section for all the excerpts from this fantastic series.  By George Lynch, UNC ‘93 In the end, the coaching staff had a lot to do with how […]

Carolina and Villanova have played 14 times in men’s basketball, with the Tar Heels holding a 10-4 record, 4-1 in the NCAA Tournament. But almost all of the games have been significant. To wit:   Their first meeting was in 1956, when Frank McGuire’s eventual (1957) national championship team was playing together for the first […]

Carolina’s improbable run from mediocrity ended literally two minutes too early, as the Tar Heels lost their third consecutive ACC tournament championship game and this time face a much stiffer penalty than merely  the heartbreak of defeat the last two years.   After a third loss to “old” and talented Miami this season, the crime […]

All season long Chapelboro.com’s “Hoop It Up” will be republishing select excerpts from Return To The Top on the 20th Anniversary of Dean Smith’s 2nd NCAA title season in 1993. Check back on Monday of each week for the next RTTT. By George Lynch, UNC ‘93 I have always thought that Carolina Basketball teams over […]