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Of Kidneys And Kane

Posted by Art Chansky | Oct 11, 2012 | Uncategorized

It’s safe to say Roy Williams’ annual preseason meeting with the media Thursday was the strangest of his 25-year head coaching career. Obviously, the first question was about Williams’ health, and he revealed some details of...

Thorp's True Legacy

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 17, 2012 | Uncategorized

For a change, Holden Thorp made a decision that left everyone happy. His detractors who grew since the firing of Butch Davis 14 months ago are happy, and some may be demented enough to think that score has been settled. ...

King Of Coaches

Posted by Art Chansky | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized

The “K” in Mike Krzyzewski‘s nickname could also stand for “King.” The Duke basketball coach has climbed to the top of his own personal and professional mountain as the highest-paid employee at his university and,...

Dirt Bags We Know

Posted by Art Chansky | Aug 16, 2012 | Uncategorized

Gregg Doyel first got my attention when he was a punk sports writer for the Charlotte Observer, obviously trying to make a name for himself. At the time, he wrote a story claiming the problems surrounding UNC’s basketball...

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...

Nyang'o-Who U?

Posted by Art Chansky | May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized

Although the deposed Julius Nyang’oro had been teaching at UNC for 20 years, during which time taking Swahili had become somewhat of an inside joke among athletes, the period about to go under the microscope of the SBI is the...

Life…The Ultimate Gift

Posted by Staff | Apr 23, 2012 | Uncategorized

Jason Ray was full of life. This was evident as his amazing energy transformed a simple costume into a jumping, pumping, running Rameses that made Carolina crowds cheer, wave, and shout. But Jason’s life was cut short when he...

On 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...

The Name Game

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized

Sorry, sports fans, it’s no longer about the name on the front of the uniform. It’s about the name on the back. That has been the case in professional sports since free agency began, but now it has become endemic to college...

The Fine Voting Line

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized

Harrison Barnes and Kendall Marshall are perfect examples of why players DO and DON’T make the All-ACC first team in basketball. Barnes was supposed to, Marshall wasn’t. Carolina’s entire dominating front court made the first...

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