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Landon Turner Named Top College Offensive Lineman

Posted by Staff | Dec 3, 2015 | UNC Sports

UNC senior guard Landon Turner has been named the winner of the 2015 Jim Parker Award, which is given annually by the Touchdown Club of Columbus to the nation’s top offensive lineman. Turner, a four-year starter and a...

Stroman On Sports: Chapel Hill, Football Town

Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 30, 2015 | UNC Sports

The Tar Heel basketball team has NCAA title hopes this year, but it’s football that has the spotlight.

Stroman On Sports: Stadiums, Safety, And Paris

Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 16, 2015 | Safety

In the wake of the Paris attacks, what (if anything) should sporting venues do to step up security?

Stroman On Sports: Troubled Athletes

Posted by Aaron Keck | Oct 31, 2015 | Professional

In making sports a big-money industry, are we enabling athletes’ bad behavior?

Stroman On Sports: The “Tiger Effect”

Posted by Aaron Keck | Aug 25, 2015 | National

Tiger Woods may not be the same golfer he was ten years ago, but his economic impact hasn’t abated.

Chansky’s Notebook: Abby Or No Abby?

Posted by Art Chansky | Jun 29, 2015 | Sports

This is today’s Art Chansky’s Sports Notebook as heard on 97.9 WCHL. You can listen to previous Sports Notebooks here. Can the USA women score enough to beat potent Germany? Despite only a 1-0 win over China, the U.S. women’s...

Legacy of Dean Smith to Live On Through Award

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 24, 2015 | UNC Sports

The University of North Carolina and the United States Basketball Writers Association announced a new award to honor Dean Smith on Wednesday. USBWA President and Yahoo! Sports writer Pat Forde says that there was one...

My Wife, My City

Posted by Art Chansky | Apr 17, 2013 | Uncategorized

Finally, Wednesday morning, Jan cried. Before then, she was caught somewhere between five minutes from the finish line at the Boston Marathon and the tragedy that occurred a mile or so up the road. She and her sister, both UNC...

No. 1 Tar Heels Split Two With Clemson

Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 1, 2013 | Sports

CHAPEL HILL – The No. 1 UNC baseball team split a doubleheader with Clemson on Monday, losing 5-4 in 11 innings in the nightcap after clinching the three-game series with a 6-2 afternoon win. It was a busy Easter Monday...

Coach K's Great, But . . .

Posted by Art Chansky | Apr 1, 2013 | Uncategorized

Now that the ACC has failed to reach the Final Four for three straight years for the first time since 1961, let’s set the record straight about Duke and Coach K. Krzyzewski is a terrific coach, called “the John...

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