The Commentators – Ellie Kinnaird – July 17, 2015

UNC Center of Sports Business

Susan Wyler, R.D.N. of Triangle Nutritional Wellness, shared her wealth of knowledge about the science-based evidence for achieving wellness.

Nonprofit Showcase with Fred Black features the amazing organizations that help people in so many ways and are doing so much to make our community a better place to live and work. Our goal is to help everyone become more aware of the work they are doing and how we can all help them to continue to help us. Guest: The Community Empowerment Fund offers savings opportunities, financial education, and assertive support to individuals who are seeking employment, housing, and financial freedom. The opportunities for employment and greater housing that CEF advances motivate participants to build personal assets, gain higher income, engage in a healthy community, and sustain transitions out of poverty. This weeks guest: The American Red Cross

A local reporter, author and longtime community activist…the program will cover the spectrum of local and state hot topics, with the feel of friends and colleagues gathering at the water cooler to discuss the issues of the day. This weeks guest is Margaret Dardess

Sports Focus, presented by WCHL and the UNC School of Media and Journalism, is dedicated to in-depth examinations of issues of overarching importance in the sports world. Each week we'll discuss problems and look for solutions to problems in professional, collegiate and amateur sports. “On this weeks edition of Sports Focus… Coach Jimmy Adams.

Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy talk with counselor, pastor and author of the best-selling book The 5 Love Languages Gary Chapman, Ph.D., about the new book he co-authored, Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade: The 5 Love Languages and the Alzheimer’s Journey.

D.G.Martin is smart. He is a retired lawyer, Green Beret, athlete,and democratic politician. He can talk about anything and everything, and does he ever. Above all, D.G. is curious. Curious about his guest and curious to learn from them. This weeks guest is Pittsboro resident Ruth Moose. Retired after 15 years on the Creative Writing faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, winner of the Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Novel competition and noted writer of poetry and short stories,

Carolyn Waters is this week’s Hometown Hero. She’s the founder of "100f Women Who Give A Whoot.

What can we do about gundamentalism?

Carolina will own the emotion on senior night against Duke.