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Art Chansky

On The Road Again (Updated)

Posted by | Nov 26, 2011 |

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...

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Rating Dean The Best

Posted by | Nov 20, 2011 |

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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A 'Classic' Beginning

Posted by | Nov 13, 2011 |

When the ACC expanded to 11 and then 12 schools a few years ago, the new members were worried about UNC and Duke running away from the pack in basketball. So they asked to be treated equally in every tangible way, and from that...

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Hurry, Bubba, Hurry

Posted by | Nov 4, 2011 |

Bubba Cunningham can’t come too soon. And he might bring along a pith hat, small wooden chair and bull whip. Frankly, he’s walking into a bit of a zoo.   We’ve already fired a football coach and faced the judge and jury on nine...

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Eras of Imperfection

Posted by | Oct 28, 2011 |

As Bubba Cunningham takes over and goes about the process of producing a winning football program we can all be proud of, it brings to mind past UNC coaching regimes and blips along the way that occurred in all of them.   The...

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Courage Defended

Posted by | Oct 22, 2011 |

I have received a few comments and emails regarding my praise of Chancellor Holden Thorp for going against the “Carolina Way” in hiring Bubba Cunningham as the new athletic director.   “It was courageous to hire an Athletic...

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Thorp and Bubba

Posted by | Oct 15, 2011 |

On a long weekend that brought together the past, present and future of Carolina Athletics, one could surmise that it was the shining moment for UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp. Under incredible scrutiny and pressure since he was...

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Just Win, Baby!

Posted by | Oct 6, 2011 |

  If Everett Withers keeps it up, he’s going to make it easy on Carolina’s new athletic director.   Withers began his season as UNC’s interim football coach with a slight blip that had some people chortling in their corn flakes...

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Silence Is Golden?

Posted by | Sep 28, 2011 |

The sudden silence surrounding UNC’s search for a new athletic director is anything but deadly. In fact, it’s a sign that the process has taken a step in the right direction. As a large list of qualified and sitting AD’s from...

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The Thigpen Connection

Posted by | Sep 20, 2011 |

By far, the most damaging allegation from the NCAA into the UNC football scandal is on pages 62-63 of the 111-page response by the school, released Monday. It speaks to what, so far, the university has escaped – the dreaded lack...

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