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Here is yet another article on a major shoe company
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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.
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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…
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The Greensboro News & Record breaks down the ACC basketball coaching trees – the head coaches who were assistants under current ACC coaches. As they point out, Herb Sendek’s done pretty well, although I don’t really think it counts if a guy only worked for you for one season (like Thad Matta under Herb Sendek).…
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I know I’ve posted several of these stories, but that’s what time of year this is. Anyway, this is maybe the best read yet on the summer basketball camps, particularly Sonny Vaccaro’s ABCD camp When you’re done, you can read this accompanying piece on Vaccaro. Try not to gag on the fact that it’s titled…
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The News & Observer has an interesting article this morning, asking the question is Darian Durant the best Tar Heel QB ever? It’s something I had never thought about. I guess he’s the best that I can recall, although Chris Keldorf is right with him. It’s pretty jarring to see just how few good quarterbacks…
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I’ve always kicked myself for never making it down to a Chavis League game. I’m sure it’s fun as hell. This is a cool little article recalling a few past Chavis highlights. ps. Chivas and then Chavis? What’s next for me? Chachi?
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Sports Illustrated has been running an interesting series of articles on the globalization of sport. The last of the four articles focused partly on the creation of a new Hispanic-owned MLS team, Chivas USA. Chivas USA is owned by billionaire Mexican businessman Jorge Vergara. Vergara already owns the original Chivas, one of the most popular…
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NC State fans are once again very excited about the upcoming football season. They’ve sold out all of their home games and are looking for big things. In this N&O article, they only subtly point out that State hasn’t quite lived up to similar expectations in recent seasons. One bit that disturbed me is the…
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Caulton Tudor points out that the ACC football POY has become a quarterbacks-only award lately. I think he’s right that that will continue this year. Tudor goes one to list his favorites for offensive and defensive players of the year. The one inexplicable ommission is Brock Berlin from Miami. Maybe he’s not the greatest QB…