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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...

Chansky’s Notebook: Larry Brown Does It Again

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 30, 2015 | Featured, National

Thank you, Larry Brown, for showing us what academic fraud really is. Some people are waiting for me to blast my old friend Larry Brown after his third NCAA probation was announced Tuesday. And I won’t disappoint them. Larry...

Chansky’s notebook: Well-Played Argyle

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 17, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

The argyle look. Do we like it in football? Until the last few years, argyle was synonymous with Carolina Basketball because Chapel Hill native and fashion designer Alexander Julian made it part of Tar Heel hoops when he...

Chansky’s Notebook: From Good to GREAT?

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 2, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

The Tar Heels can make a good season GREAT by beating South Carolina. Of course it’s a 12-game schedule and of course it’s too early to say one game can make or break Carolina’s 2015 team. But the opener against South Carolina...

Chansky’s Notebook: Love Affair at the Wyndham

Posted by Art Chansky | Aug 24, 2015 | Featured, Sports

The Wyndham championship still had a perfect ending. The first appearance of Tiger Woods at the Wyndham championship had record crowds showing up at Sedgefield Country Club since Thursday. And Woods had them at hello when he...

Chansky’s Notebook: Vicious Cycle Continues

Posted by Art Chansky | Aug 17, 2015 | Featured, UNC

Will the Wainstein Report ever go away? Not looking like it. For the media and all those ABC fans, the Wainstein Report is the gift that keeps on giving. That one last independent probe into the academic scandal, which the Board...

Earth to Art Chansky: It Wasn’t About the Women

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 21, 2015 | The Commentators

Editor’s note: Art Chansky’s Sports Notebook on July 14th was about UNC Coach Sylvia Hatchell. Chansky followed with a longer Art’s Angle on the subject of Coach Hatchell on July 15th. The commentary below...

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