Art Chansky's Notebook

The 'Swahili Scandal'

Posted by Art Chansky | Apr 16, 2012 | Uncategorized

One of the reasons you never want an NCAA investigation – and certainly not probation – hitting your campus is because of the residue it leaves. UNC is trying to move forward from the football mess that put it in the national...

It Would Be Hog Heaven!

Posted by Art Chansky | Apr 6, 2012 | Uncategorized

The University of Arkansas has a perfect solution to its problem with philandering football coach Bobby Petrino. Fire him and hire Butch Davis. Think about it. Davis is an Arkansas grad and former player there (until injured...

The Name Game

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized

Sorry, sports fans, it’s no longer about the name on the front of the uniform. It’s about the name on the back. That has been the case in professional sports since free agency began, but now it has become endemic to college...

Leave 'Em Laughing, Lewis

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized

He shuffles down Franklin Street toward lunch with a friend, unnoticed by passers-by because he is not pontificating, gesticulating or shaking his head in the funny fashion that defines Lewis Black. One of America’s best known...

Unanswered Questions

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 16, 2012 | Uncategorized

The NCAA’s 38-page report on the Carolina football sanctions is detailed in its outline of violations by the school and the individuals involved (although no names are mentioned; just Student Athlete 1, Student Athlete 2, former...

The Fine Voting Line

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized

Harrison Barnes and Kendall Marshall are perfect examples of why players DO and DON’T make the All-ACC first team in basketball. Barnes was supposed to, Marshall wasn’t. Carolina’s entire dominating front court made the first...

LaLa Land Opus

Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized

LOS ANGELES — Despite 3,000 miles between us and seemingly 3 million people swarming this city, there were signs of home everywhere. Mitch Kupchak, the former UNC star (1976 ACC Player of the Year) and current general...

Laughable Loophole

Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 15, 2012 | Uncategorized

Okay, all of those who think it’s okay for Butch Davis to finagle an “administrative” job in the National Football League and keep his full severance from UNC, raise your right hand. Those of you who think Davis is trying to...

The Chansky Plan

Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 7, 2012 | Uncategorized

Well, timing is everything. Just last week, I explained the ACC’s current 16-game basketball schedule to those who don’t know, or care, how it works. Thought my breakdown of the two permanent partners, three-year rotation of...

The ACC's Funky Format

Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 31, 2012 | Uncategorized

Does it beguile you, bemuse you or just plain bug you that Carolina plays six ACC opponents only once each season and the other five twice? And while the Tar Heels hosted Georgia Tech Sunday night and visit Wake Forest tonight,...

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