Art Chansky's Notebook

Chansky’s Notebook: Cathartic Saturday

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 14, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

The Tar Heels had no choice . . . but to kick some butt. It was going to be a long nine days, in fact a long 29 days before Carolina had a chance to prove it’s a better football team than it showed in Charlotte while losing to...

Chansky’s Notebook: Charter Member

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 10, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Perfect. John Thompson is the first Dean Smith Award winner. Dean Smith’s relationship went back to John Thompson’s days as a high school coach at St. Anthony’s in the nation’s capital. Thompson sent his adopted son, Donald...

Art’s Angle: BIG PLAYS, BAD PLAYS

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 4, 2015 | Featured

CHARLOTTE – You think Carolina may someday go out and just play football up to its full capabilities? Not that the Tar Heels are world beaters, clearly they are not, but the performance Thursday night considering the...

Chansky’s Notebook: From Good to GREAT?

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 2, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

The Tar Heels can make a good season GREAT by beating South Carolina. Of course it’s a 12-game schedule and of course it’s too early to say one game can make or break Carolina’s 2015 team. But the opener against South Carolina...

Chansky’s Notebook: Love Affair at the Wyndham

Posted by Art Chansky | Aug 24, 2015 | Featured, Sports

The Wyndham championship still had a perfect ending. The first appearance of Tiger Woods at the Wyndham championship had record crowds showing up at Sedgefield Country Club since Thursday. And Woods had them at hello when he...

Chansky’s Notebook: Vicious Cycle Continues

Posted by Art Chansky | Aug 17, 2015 | Featured, UNC

Will the Wainstein Report ever go away? Not looking like it. For the media and all those ABC fans, the Wainstein Report is the gift that keeps on giving. That one last independent probe into the academic scandal, which the Board...

Chansky’s Notebook: A Fair Call by the Coach

Posted by Art Chansky | Aug 10, 2015 | Sports

This is today’s Art Chansky’s Sports Notebook as heard on 97.9 WCHL. You can listen to previous Sports Notebooks here. Larry Fedora is a stand up guy. Stand up, sit down, fight, fight, fight! I love Larry Fedora being UNC’s...

Chansky’s Notebook: Chizik’s Challenge

Posted by Art Chansky | Jul 30, 2015 | Sports

This is today’s Art Chansky’s Sports Notebook as heard on 97.9 WCHL. You can listen to previous Sports Notebooks here. Gene Chizik sounds good, but can he change a really bad Carolina defense? UNC’s new defensive coordinator...

Chansky’s Notebook: Heeee’s back!

Posted by Art Chansky | Jul 23, 2015 | Sports

The Hornets are giving Tyler Hansbrough one last chance. Psycho T knew exactly what he was doing when he stayed at UNC all four years. A bruising power forward in college, Hansbrough figured he would be an undersized pro, and he...

Chansky’s Notebook: Make Your Own Noise

Posted by Art Chansky | Jul 22, 2015 | Sports

Larry Fedora hopes his passion will trump pessimism. UNC’s football coach met the media at Pinehurst Tuesday and was asked immediately about telling recruits what HE thinks about the future of the Tar Heels. Fedora is saying he...

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