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Man, I almost made it through the day without mentioning what a big day it is. Tonight at midnight, the college basketball season begins. Some places are holding public Midnight Madness practices, but not as many schools as in years past. Lots of coaches have decided they can’t waste a practice. In honor of the…
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Virginia’s junior tight end Heath Miller is not only possibly the best tight end in the country, he might be the best in ACC history. He broke the career tight end touchdown record last year while still a sophomore. He also broke the single season catch and yardage record last year. It turns out though,…
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Louisville at Miami – Once again, I failed to get my preview out before a Thursday night game. I’ll tell you what I would have said though. I would have said that Louisville is a very good team and Miami better be careful. The Cardinals have had good quarterbacks and a good offense for several…
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The Tar Heel basketball team thinks (correctly) that it’s had too much of a focus on me, me, me in recent years. They swear that that’s gonna be different this year. That’s good, but then, don’t teams always say that? Unfortunately, it’s not that easy to change people. It can be done, but not always.…
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When I was a kid, my friends and I would play sports every afternoon. We didn’t necessarily play the sports you see on TV. We played variants of those along with made up games that used rules that fit the geography. If a friend’s house had a wall with no windows, we’d make up a…
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It looks like the News & Observer has started running their preseason rundowns of each ACC basketball team. The first piece is about Wake Forest, a team many have ranked as #1 to start the year. As coach Skip Prosser points out though, they are going to need to defend better this season if that…
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NC State and Maryland have developed quite a little rivalry in the past four years. Each school recently hired a new coach. Each coach was a well-respected assistant getting his shot at the bigtime at his alma mater. Each coach, Ralph Friedgen at Maryland and Chuck Amato at NC State, found instant success. Both schools…
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The big win last night was not just a win for one side, but a win for the whole United States. The debate? No, not that. Not the Yankees or Cardinals either. Nope, I’m talking about the victorious US Men’s soccer team. They waxed that Panamanian ass to the tune of 6-0. It was a…
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In case you haven’t heard, there’s a big ACC football game this weekend. An ACC game with national implications. That just doesn’t happen much in this league (for the purposes of this column, the Miami-FSU game earlier this season didn’t really count as an ACC game). In fact, the Virginia-Florida State game on Saturday night…
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I’ve always thought that playing in the NBA would be one of the best jobs possible. Well, I just found a better one – not playing in the NBA. Amal McCaskill is my hero.