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Chansky’s Notebook: In Others’ Hands

Posted by David Glenn | Mar 23, 2026 | Sports, Sports Notebook

Since his first year as UNC head coach, Hubert Davis has failed to meet the program’s lofty standards over the past four seasons.

On the Porch: Adam Skolnick – A Writer’s Life

Posted by Aaron Johnson | Mar 22, 2026 | On The Porch

This Week:

Adam Skolnick is an author and journalist who covers travel, adventure and endurance sports, and the environment. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Wired, Lonely Planet, and Men’s Health. He’s the author of One Breath: Freediving, Death and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits, and the ghostwriter and audiobook narrator of the bestselling David Goggins memoirs, Can’t Hurt Me and Never Finished. A frequent contributor on The Rich Roll Podcast, he lives in Southern California where he was born and raised. His debut novel, American Tiger, was published December 2, 2025.

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Chansky’s Notebook: Collapse

Posted by David Glenn | Mar 20, 2026 | Sports, Sports Notebook, UNC Sports

In the history of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, which started way back in 1939, no team — from any school — had ever overcome a 19-point deficit to win a first-round game. Until now.

Chansky’s Notebook: Recalibrating

Posted by Michael Koh | Mar 19, 2026 | Sports, Sports Notebook

If Hubert Davis is to be believed, UNC is recapturing its toughness at the right time as the NCAA Tournament looms.

Chansky’s Notebook: Back to Greenville

Posted by Michael Koh | Mar 18, 2026 | Sports, Sports Notebook

UNC’s late-season slide may have lucked it into a shorter road trip, as the Tar Heels traveled to Greenville yesterday.

Chansky’s Notebook: The Reward

Posted by Michael Koh | Mar 17, 2026 | Sports, Sports Notebook

As it turns out, UNC women’s basketball fans will get at least one more look at the Tar Heels on their home floor.

Chansky’s Notebook: Bucking the Trend

Posted by David Glenn | Mar 16, 2026 | Sports, Sports Notebook

The 2026 edition of Selection Sunday brought very good news for the ACC, which was not always the case in recent years.

On the Porch: Anderson Clayton – Energizing NC Dems

Posted by Aaron Johnson | Mar 15, 2026 | On The Porch

This Week:

Anderson Clayton is the current chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party. In the 2020 election cycle, she worked in Iowa as a field organizer for the presidential campaigns of Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren, then for the Senate campaign of Amy McGrath in Kentucky. In 2021, Clayton returned to her home of Roxboro, NC and was elected chair of the Person County Democratic Party. In February 2023, Clayton was elected to a two-year term as chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party. Under her leadership, the NCDP has run candidates in all 50 NC Senate districts and 118 out of 120 NC House of Representatives districts in the 2024 cycle.