With the additions of two highly rated running backs, NC State suddenly has a surplus of quality running backs. Since running back is probably the easiest position to play as a true freshmen, both expect to play right away. Obviously, that can’t happen, at least not the number of carries that each guy expects, particularly…

St Augustine’s track coach George Williams is a bit of a legend. He has built an unlikely dynasty at the small DII school, winning multiple national championships and producing several world-class runners and jumpers. Williams is currently serving as the coach of US Track & Field team at the Olympics. He seems like a really…

UNC seems set to get a commitment from 6’9″ Tyler Hansbrough, the #3 rated basketball recruit this year. UNC is also in strong running for Richard Hendrix, the #2 recruit. That would be an outstanding class except for the fact that highly rated big men rarely go to college anymore. Carolina may have gotten guys…

The SportsProf wrote a great piece yesterday about taking his son to his first baseball game. As a father of two small boys, this one touched me. I’m not really a baseball guy, but you can’t deny the father-son connections in baseball. I don’t know why it’s that way, maybe it’s because the pace of…

I’ve gotten tired of ranting about ACC expansion. Before I started this site, I bitched to my friends in endless streams of email vitriol. Here on Dave Sez, I’ve belittled John Swofford enough times that I’ve just grown tired of it. I can’t muster the energy to say it all again. Thank God for Chris…

I post a lot of links and write a lot of words about the seedy side of youth basketball. You have shady AAU coaches, shoe representatives, college coaches, and all sorts of other sycophants hanging all over these kids. They teach them all the wrong things about life without managing to teach much in the…

When wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery was playing at NC State he never seemed to get much national attention, despite leading the ACC in receiving two years in a row. Well, now the NY Jets are figuring out that they got a pretty player with their fourth round pick.

The US beat Australia today in the Olympics (sorry if that’s a spoiler) 89-79. What I found interesting in the Yahoo! write-up were comments from Larry Brown about Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James. About Anthony, who played only 2 minutes, Brown said “I don’t need a guy who doesn’t want to buy in. How you…

The ACC released the basketball schedules for the upcoming season. As the News & Observer points out, there will be 31 games that start at 9pm or later. That sucks. I understand that it’s good for TV and all that, but you have to keep kids involved. Not to mention how difficult it can be…

Star Virginia linebacker Ahmad Brooks has missed two consecutive practices for personal reasons. Neither the team nor Brooks’ family is saying what the issues are. No one is saying for sure whether Brooks will be back for the first game of the season on September 4 against Temple. The sophomore Brooks is the centerpiece of…