Uncategorized
'Just Blow The Horn'
Posted by Staff | Nov 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I once coached with a guy who grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was the ball boy for the Utah Jazz during the prime of Karl Malone’s career. He told me that Malone didn’t like pre-game warm ups. In fact, Malone...
Read MoreGentle Giants
Posted by Staff | Nov 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m going to take this week’s column from a different angle mostly because I don’t really feel like addressing the onslaught of giving up 68 points to Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech this past weekend. On top of that, I can’t...
Read MoreThe Presidential Election and a School Field Trip
Posted by Staff | Nov 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
The presidential election and a school field trip. What does one have to do with another? Nothing, is what you would probably think. But for me, the answer is a whole lot. In what way? My grade just got back from an overnight...
Read MoreI Can't Run
Posted by Staff | Nov 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
I can’t run. Seriously. I know I’m a mess. I know how these blogs are supposed to work. I’m supposed to document my every move, every up and down, with the expectation that it will all end on an up-cycle to...
Read MorePinball? 50 Is The 'New 30'
Posted by Staff | Nov 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Was it a coincidence? The Who performed Friday night in Greensboro . . . and “pinball wizards” performed in Kenan on Saturday afternoon? The football opera was co-orchestrated not by Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey but by...
Read MoreNovember 10, 2012
Posted by Staff | Nov 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Band of Three Seeks to Lead UNC to Soccer Title
Posted by Staff | Nov 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Most women’s college soccer teams deploy a back line of four defenders, sometimes even five. Not UNC. There may be safety in numbers but, as far as Carolina is concerned, there are no national championships. So as the Tar...
Read MoreFranklin Street Of Sighs
Posted by Freddie Kiger | Nov 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week a topic for Homecoming. I started thinking about it last Sunday morning. It was quiet downtown—a good time for reflection. Alone, I shuffled past storefronts and took a perch on the wall that separates town and...
Read MoreSmoldering Ruins III
Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Let’s compare the Carolina basketball team that opens the season tonight to the last two that followed mass NBA exoduses. Are the 2012-13 Tar Heels younger and/or weaker than the 2006 and 2010 teams? The 2006 team that lost...
Read More