Tiger deserves this comeback, but hardly the medal of freedom. When I think about the sports heroes who have won the presidential medal of freedom, I think of another golfer, Charlie Sifford, who was the first African-American to play on the PGA Tour and grace the once-bigoted grounds of Augusta National. I also think of […]

For once, I agree with Donald Trump. Well, sort of. Of course, President Trump condemned the disqualification of Maximum Security in the Kentucky Derby. Did he do it because he bet on the horse with 9-2 odds in the Run for the Roses? We all know how Trump likes to win at whatever cost. In […]

Carolina and Duke recruiting had an interesting juxtaposition. Perhaps surprisingly, Roy Williams kept adding to his haul for next season when sleeper stretch forward Justin Pierce became the sixth player to join the Tar Heels’ 2019-20 roster. The grad transfer from William & Mary looked headed to Notre Dame or Michigan, where there appeared to […]

ESPN.com got the hiring of Courtney Banghart all wrong. I was almost flabbergasted when reading ESPN’s coverage of Carolina’s new women’s basketball coach. All the supposition and innuendo were off base and the writer showed little knowledge of what has gone at UNC the last 10 years or so. Why hire Banghart, a 40-year-old Dartmouth […]

Bubba Cunningham has continued redefining the Carolina Way. With his hiring of new women’s basketball coach Courtney Banghart, Cunningham has reaffirmed his commitment to make UNC athletics as good as it can be, regardless of where his administrators and coaches come from. The old “Carolina Way,” which somehow morphed from Dean Smith’s mantra to play hard, play smart and […]

Is Carolina’s recruiting over? That’s a Precious question. With the commitment of Charleston Southern shooting star Christian Keeling, inquiring minds want to know if Roy Williams is done recruiting for the 2019-20 season. That answer is probably yes — with an asterisk. Keeling, a graduate transfer who averaged more than 18 points and drained just […]

How do you think Kevin Durant would have done in his one season at UNC? In his 12 years in the NBA, Durant has become arguably the best basketball player on the planet. With his 45, 50 and 35 points in his last three playoffs games, Durant has established the defending and two-time NBA champion […]

Seventh Woods became a victim of today’s circumstance. Perhaps the pinnacle for Carolina’s back-up playmaker was his eighth-grade highlight tape when he was hailed as the best 14-year-old basketballer in the country. He was a four-star recruit and wound up a perennial point guard coming off the bench for Roy Williams. In his three seasons […]

The Carolina Hurricanes just erased 10 years of misery. It was a game I just couldn’t turn off. The Hurricanes continued their reappearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs after missing out since 2009 and consequently fading from much of the general public’s consciousness. Then, they did the near-impossible in bringing hockey back to life in […]

Two surprises in the Cole Anthony commitment to Carolina. With more than 90 percent of the recruiting gurus predicting Anthony would be a Tar Heel, the announcement on ESPN Tuesday morning still had a couple of cool angles to it. The decision itself was tipped off by the dynamic 6-3 combo guard and No. 2 […]