Does Brooks Koepka need a new marketing manager? Golf Magazine has already dubbed the 2019 PGA champion as the no-nonsense superstar golf needs. That’s Brooks Koepka, the handsome but stone-faced winner of a fourth major in his last eight starts. The last golfer to do that was… nope, not Tiger, but someone named Old Tom […]

Ol’ Roy is No. 1; guess where Coach K and Duke are ranked? A friend of mine named Billy from Colorado, who is one of Roy Williams’ biggest supporters, often sends me information that the media never sees or chooses not to publish. He was the first one to harp on Williams’ record against Mike […]

The Hurricanes fans swept ’em — in class, at least. What looked like another drive for the Stanley Cup ended in near humiliation on the ice, as the Hurricanes were swept and outscored 17-5 by the Bruins, who proved to be far superior in almost every way. But if it matters, Canes fans won their […]

How exactly do we get the new ACC Network? The release from the ACC and UNC this week about the Miami-Carolina game on September 7 being carried on the new ACC Network is both exciting and a bit confusing. Sure, it’s great that Mack Brown’s Tar Heels will kick off the ACC’s long-awaited new platform, […]

Now, we’ll see if Tiger Woods is still mentally tough enough. Just when the odds were favoring Tiger winning the second leg of the 2019 golf grand slam, the PGA championship, beginning Thursday at Bethpage Black in New York, more personal trouble has hit the most talked-about player in the game. Tiger and his restaurant, […]

Could Coby White answer the Celtics’ Kyrie Irving question? The NBA lottery is tonight, as the 14 teams with ping pong balls in the drum learn what order they will pick in the NBA draft on June 20. Most of the teams in the lottery are bottom feeders from the past regular season, which is […]

Coach K needs to quit giving pep talks to other teams. Why did Mike Krzyzewski cut a promotional spot before the Carolina Hurricanes played the Bruins in game two of their Eastern Conference finals? What does college basketball have to do with professional hockey? Unless, of course, the rumors are true that Duke basketball isn’t […]

I caught up with two former Dukies late last night. There’s a reason some pro basketball and baseball players don’t want to sign with West Coast teams unless it’s the Lakers or Dodgers. That’s because millions of fans east of the Mississippi rarely get to see them play due to the time zones. Since I […]

The pros and cons of Mack Brown’s second stint at UNC. When you take over a football program that lost 13 of its last 18 games, it obviously comes with problems that need to be fixed. But Mack Brown is optimistic that nine losses in each of the last two seasons can turn into victories […]

Are the Canes going for a split or another sweep? The Hurricanes haven’t made the NHL playoffs since 2009, and this is just their fifth appearance in the 21st Century. But four of the times, they’ve reached the Eastern Conference finals, including their only Stanley Cup championship in 2006. This fast-closing wildcard entry is playing like they want […]