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Ford to Appear on First Google Hangout TV

Posted by Art Chansky | Aug 20, 2013 | Sports

Former UNC assistant basketball coach, All-American and Olympic Gold Medalist Phil Ford will be the guest on the inaugural live broadcast of Blue Blood TV Tuesday night at 7 p.m. live from the Beyu Cafe in Durham on the new...

A Mad, Sad Summer

Posted by Art Chansky | Jul 26, 2013 | Uncategorized

CHANSKY — In a way, it’s consoling that the turmoil that seems pervasive in Chapel Hill these days is pretty much everywhere in sports.

Shooting Stars

Posted by Art Chansky | Jul 8, 2013 | Uncategorized

Both come from pasts filled with trouble and temptation. Both were burgeoning college basketball stars. Both irritated their coach after last season…

The “18th Wonder”

Posted by Art Chansky | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized

Anything close to Chapel Hill’s record rainfall of Sunday turns the last hole of the Chapel Hill Country Club golf course into the “18th Wonder of the World.”

Anniversary Book Celebrates North Carolina High School Athletics

Posted by Art Chansky | Jun 12, 2013 | Uncategorized

North Carolinians will love the 100-year anniversary book published by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association: Individuals, Encouraging Excellence.

Family Ties

Posted by Art Chansky | May 17, 2013 | Uncategorized

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.

That KU Comparison

Posted by Art Chansky | May 15, 2013 | Uncategorized

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

A Night That Glittered

Posted by Art Chansky | May 1, 2013 | Uncategorized

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

My Wife, My City

Posted by Art Chansky | Apr 17, 2013 | Uncategorized

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...

Coach K's Great, But . . .

Posted by Art Chansky | Apr 1, 2013 | Uncategorized

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...

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