Mike DeCourcy says that Julius Hodge should stay at point guard for NC State. That’s funny. Hodge has never really been State’s point guard. Oh sure, he handles the ball a lot and even brings it up the court a lot, but he’s not a point guard. Those duties were shared largely by Hodge, Scooter…

Dave Bliss makes me sick. The stuff he pulled at Baylor was reprehensible. He violated multiple NCAA rules, including paying players. He brought in unsavory characters to play on his team (at a Christian school, no less). He covered up drug use and positive tests by his players. And then, the big one, he tried…

I don’t think I’ve ever brought up this issue. I’m not sure why, as I have a problem with it. Why on earth did NC State hire CJ Hunters as an assistant strength coach? The guy was kicked off the US Olympic team just before the 2000 Olympics after failing four drug tests. Four! So,…

The boys over at the Duke Basketball Report miss Dean Smith. I’m with them. I grew up as a pretty rabid UNC and Dean hater. I thought they were pretensious and snide and damn if they didn’t always win. Infuriating. Over the years, I mellowed on them, in large part because I married a big…

The negotiations between Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers have gotten ugly. We first got word that talks had broken down yesterday, when the Chargers went public with their frustration. Like many people, I read that and was shocked. Philips Rivers does not seem to be the kind of guy to negotiate that way,…

Thad Mumau has a great article up on the outstanding high school basketball class of 1979. The class included Ralph Sampson, James Worthy, Isiah Thomas, Sam Bowie, Dominique Wilkins, Terry Cummings, Melvin Turpin, Clark Kellogg, Antoine Carr, Rodney McCray and the big trio at NC State, Thurl Bailey, Sidney Lowe and Derrick Whittenburg. The DBR…

When the guys at the Duke Basketball Report write up something like this saying that UNC could be “extraordinarily good,” you have to listen. Wanna bet they had to go have a beer after writing that?

Here is yet another article on a major shoe company

Former Duke football and basketball player Reggie Love signed today with the Green Bay Packers. No word on what sort of tea bags they offer in Packers training camp.

Speaking of ACC coaching trees… Bobby Gonzalez may be the hottest young coach in America. He has built a very competitive program at Manhattan, and at the same time, built his reputation. As Gregg Doyel reports, Gonzalez missed out on a couple of openings this past year, but you can bet that won’t happen again…