Art Chansky
Get Ready To Rumble
Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Frankly, I am worried Carolina’s basketball team may be too good for its own good. The Tar Heels have improved their defense and intensity since early season losses to UNLV and Kentucky, and they blew out their first two...
Read MoreGood Chemistry, At Last
Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Even as Larry Fedora injects a youthful, wide-eyed energy into Carolina Football not seen here since Mack Brown, the Butch backers and Holden haters continue to view the glass as more than half empty. I ran into such a group...
Read MoreThe Bowl 'System'
Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Many viewers who watched Carolina’s dismal loss to Missouri in the Independence Bowl Monday night – an apt ending to the ugly Butch Davis era – wondered why the Tar Heels even agreed to go to Shreveport, Louisiana, over...
Read MoreA 'Subtle' Case
Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
On the surface, Ohio State’s NCAA sanctions in football do not bode well for Carolina’s forthcoming verdict. In almost every case, the NCAA extended the Buckeyes’ self-imposed penalties, adding four lost scholarships to the five...
Read MoreChapel Hill Saturday
Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
For me, Saturday was a bright blue reminder of why we’re so lucky to live in Chapel Hill. Compared to other places, it’s just so easy and friendly. Went out to get the paper and on the way in I saw my right rear tire was almost...
Read MoreBlue Skies Ahead
Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
It still may not seem so to the knuckleheads who hate Holden Thorp, but the Chancellor had a plan that he could finally hatch last July 26, when he decided that Butch Davis and the embarrassment his football program cost UNC had...
Read MoreThe Weekend Watch
Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
If you’re a devout Tar Heel and ACC sports fan, who did not succumb to the Saturday sunshine, it turned out to be a helluva weekend watch, beginning with the Carolina-Kentucky tip at high noon and ending with Russell Wilson...
Read MoreOn The Road Again (Updated)
Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
LAS VEGAS – They came from Idaho, South Dakota, New Mexico and across the deserts of Nevada, all decked out in Carolina blue hats, shirts and fine wear. It’s a phenomenon with Tar Heel basketball, wherever the team plays and...
Read MoreRating Dean The Best
Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
I did not mind the well-deserved accolades for Mike Krzyzewski after he set the new victory record for Division 1 basketball coaches. What gave me a slow burn is how Dean Smith was left outside the three-point line by certain...
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