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Remembering Dean Smith One Year Later

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 7, 2016 | Featured, UNC

Sunday marked one year since the death of legendary Tar Heel basketball coach Dean Smith. Word began to spread early the morning of Sunday, February 8, 2015, that the Coach Smith had passed away late the night before. Memorials...

Art’s Angle: Happy Birthday, Dean Dome

Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 15, 2016 | Featured

N.C. State’s visit marks the 30th birthday of the Dean Smith Center, which opened on the third Saturday in January, 1986, against Duke in what felt like an NCAA Tournament game. Both teams were undefeated – UNC 17-0 and ranked...

Art’s Angle: Not Up To Speed

Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 30, 2015 | Featured

Three Clemson football players were sent home before the Orange Bowl national semifinal for failing a drug test. Well, the entire Baylor team should have been tested for speed after running through and past the Tar Heel defense...

Chansky’s Notebook: An ‘F-ing’ Good Day

Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 21, 2015 | UNC Sports

BROOKLYN — What was it that sparked Brice Johnson’s best college game? When Johnson came to the bench with 16:44 left in the first half of Saturday’s UCLA-Carolina game in the CBS Sports Classic, he had one missed shot,...

Chansky’s Notebook: Best ACC Title Game Ever

Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 4, 2015 | Uncategorized

The 2015 ACC football champion? Hang on, I’ll tell you. A few things you may not know, or have forgotten, about the ACC Championship game, which will be played for the 11th time Saturday night, the 6th straight in Charlotte’s...

Chansky Notebook: UNC Winning The Hard Way

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 23, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

If champions find a way to win, the Tar Heels must be champions. Larry Fedora said his team went into Saturday’s game at Virginia Tech facing the perfect storm. Frank Beamer coaching his last home game after 29 years in...

Chansky’s Notebook: Long But Loving

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 11, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

The inaugural Dean Smith Award dinner was a bit long but very loving. The Carolina Club ballroom was packed, every table and nearly every seat sold out. And while it went on so long that Roy Williams had to buy up the last live...

Art’s Angle: Heaven Awaits

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 5, 2015 | Art's Angle, Featured

“Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven’s door.” –Bob Dylan The refrain in Dylan’s 1973 masterpiece could apply to both teams playing football Saturday in Kenan Stadium, a game which by all measures could be a classic in its...

Chansky’s Notebook: A Hollow No. 1?

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 3, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Is Carolina the most overrated preseason No. 1 in college basketball history? We’re all excited about the basketball season, which begins officially next weekend. But that excitement has to be tempered by this question: how...

Art’s Angle: Save The Date

Posted by Art Chansky | Oct 4, 2015 | Featured

Write down the date October 3, 2015. It may mark the official turnaround for Carolina Football, not only in the Larry Fedora era but possibly all time. Remember, Florida State was once a women’s college before it went coed and...

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