The 'New Way'
While other athletic departments put Band-Aids on the ills of big-time college sports and some coaches and administrators may be sitting on secrets in the wake of the Penn State scandal, UNC finds itself with a golden...
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The Site That Knew The Score
Posted by Art Chansky | Jun 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
UNC Athletics is re-launching its official website under the url of GoHeels.com, which is hardly a new name to Tar Heel Internet junkies. In the early days of the web, about 15 years ago, GoHeels was the website of choice for...
Read More'Wow!' And 'Why?'
Posted by Art Chansky | May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
My first two reactions to what is being called a home run hire of Hubert Davis joining the Carolina Basketball staff were “Wow!” and “Why?” Huuuuubert is a near-legendary figure in Tar Heel history since the nephew of former UNC...
Read MoreOn The Fast Track
Posted by Art Chansky | Apr 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
The way Larry Fedora likes to play football is the way Roy Williams wants to play basketball: Fast. For the first time in 15 years, or since Mack Brown and Dean Smith ran things, Carolina may have compatible football and...
Read MoreLaLa Land Opus
Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
LOS ANGELES — Despite 3,000 miles between us and seemingly 3 million people swarming this city, there were signs of home everywhere. Mitch Kupchak, the former UNC star (1976 ACC Player of the Year) and current general...
Read MoreHappy Duke-Carolina Day
Posted by Staff | Feb 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Some treat it like a national holiday. Meetings get cancelled. People head home early. Traditions abound. One of my traditions for Duke-Carolina Day is to re-visit the story of that especially famous game back in 1974. Not...
Read MoreMy coach did not spit on anybody's hand
Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 6, 2012 | D.G. Martin
It is too bad that sports reporters and historians at Atlantic Coast Conference headquarters are not reading “ACC Basketball.” This UNC Press book by Sam Walker was published last year and chronicles the game during...
Read MoreThe ACC's first 20 years
Posted by D.G. Martin | Nov 28, 2011 | D.G. Martin
Just as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is poised to expand again, North Carolina’s basketball victory over South Carolina in Las Vegas last week brought back memories. They are memories of a time when the ACC was...
Read MoreRating Dean The Best
Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
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...
Read MoreA 'Classic' Beginning
Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
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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