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This story has to sting Tar Heels a bit. Six years ago, when Carolina hired John Bunting, Pete Carroll, who has built a dynasty at USC, was available and very interested in the UNC job. Dick Baddour never called him. Ouch. In fairness, Carroll was hardly a juicy prospect at the time. Sure, he had…
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Caulton Tudor wrote an article today about how Carolina could conceivably make a strong play for Butch Davis and hire him now instead of waiting. Since Davis isn’t currently working, there’s nothing stopping him from accepting a job now. If UNC goes after an active coach, they’ll probably need to wait until the season is…
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We’ve all grown tired of the ever-increasing presence of advertising in our sporting events. First it was signs and then logos on the field/court and now even digitally-superimposed annoyances. But this may be a first, advertising that actually seriously injures a participant and very nearly seriously affects the outcome of the event – in this…
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I concede that this may not be the most original question in the world. This argument has probably been slobbered about in hundreds of bars and I bet if I Googled it, I’d find at least a dozen blog articles on this very topic. Regardless, the thought popped into my head – God knows why…
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Give Dick Baddour credit, he didn’t make John Bunting suffer any more than he had to. After UNC’s crushing 23-0 loss on national television to the mediocre Virginia Cavaliers, it was no longer a question of if but of when Bunting would be let go. By doing it now, Bunting might just get a sympathy…
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Do you guys remember Dave Stewart, the former MLB pitcher, most famously of the A’s? He was a bad ass, one of my favorite players at the time. These days, Stew is doing some online video work with a website called NBX.com. In this clip, he tells an awesome story about how former Texas Rangers…
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Wanna bet that this isn’t exactly what the suits at ESPN had in mind when they contracted with the ACC to show a bunch of Thursday night games? 2-5 Virginia hosting 1-5 UNC? Between them, the Cavaliers and Tar Heels have beaten two 1-A teams and lost to nearly every direction, West(ern Michigan), East( Carolina)…
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Over the years, I don’t think I’ve worked hard enough to express my thanks to John Swofford and his visionary leadership of the ACC. Why, a few years ago, the ACC would never have been associated with this sort of excellence. We’re all literally stomping up and down and swinging our arms with excitement over…
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Climb aboard everyone, it’s time for the Wake Forest bandwagon to get rolling! There’s room for everyone, so don’t be shy. Come on, it’s fun! I don’t care which ACC team you root for, you need to make Wake your second favorite team right now. Hell, if you pull for UNC, UVA or Duke, you…
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Grant Wahl has an outstanding article in this week’s Sports Illustrated about Jay DeMerit, an American playing in the English Premiere League. If you’re thinking to yourself “DeMeritt? I’ve never heard of him,” there’s a good reason. He’s never played for a US team at any level. He played his college soccer at Illinois-Chicago. He…