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It seems that Roy Williams has done the obvious and rebuilt UNC’s famous family tree. The basketball alumni are coming back to campus again after a few of years of not feeling welcomed by Coach Doh. Having all of those guys come back can do nothing but good. My only question is this – Makhtar…
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The ACC welcomes The University of Miami and Virginia Tech into the conference today. The much debated conference expansion is now official, with the conference now having eleven teams. Next summer, Boston College will also join, bringing the number to twelve. I haven’t written much about the expansion here, mostly because it’s a sore subject…
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Tony Kornheiser writes an article making the same basic point as my Marion Jones article. With all the smoke around her, can there really be no fire?
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ESPN is running a poll to find the greatest games they’ve shown in the past 25 years. Their list includes four ACC games. For me, the greatest game was that UVA – Florida State football game. It still gives me chills thinking about that fourth quarter. I’m a little surprised it made their list, as…
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Mike Krzysewski is getting ready for next year without two possible stars, Luol Deng and Shaun Livingston. He doesn’t sound too worried about having only nine scholarship players. Two parts of this article stand out. First is Coach K’s quote, “If you’re not getting playing time this year, you’re bad.” Nice way to motivate the…
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Now this is cool. The Triangle is about to get a second all-sports radio station. AM 1090, WTSB will begin its new programming on July 12. Competition should help a ton, especially since 620 and 680 seem to have gotten rid of all of their sports shows since 850 came on the air.
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Former St. Augustine’s sprinter Jerome Young may have his 2000 Olympic Gold Medal taken away from him. Young failed a 1999 drug test, but was still allowed to compete in the Barcelona Olympics. The IAAF is now reviewing whether to revoke his medal as well as those of his 4×400 teammates, including Michael Johnson.
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Maybe we shouldn’t be so rash to send our troops over to North Korea to rough up Kim Jong Il and his boyz. It turns out that the portly Mr. Il is quite the golfer. His low round at Phyongyang’s only course? A 38 under par 34, including five holes-in-one. Talent like that shouldn’t be…
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Matt Doherty seems to have a pretty healthy attitude about his career, but I think he’s in denial about what happened at UNC. This quote from that article sums it up, “I don’t think I made some of the best decisions.” You think? You turned one of the greatest programs into a whirlpool of dissent,…
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I’ve been ignoring all this Herb Sendek-to-Ohio State talk, because it didn’t seem reasonable. Yes, he coached in Ohio for a while (at Miami), but he’s not from there. Also, Ohio State is not a step up from State. Historically, it’s probably a step down and recently, it’s about an equal step. The only reason…