The coming hoops campaign already worries me to death. This is a sermon I am going to preach on the road toward Houston, where the Tar Heels are favored to win the 2023 national championship. They are not a consensus pick but some of the early polls are scary. CBS Sports, for example, has Hubert […]

Is App State the most important game of UNC’s season? Mack Brown is singing the same tune in 2022, but it ends with a different refrain. While winning remains his highest priority, he insists his Tar Heels “will have to play great to have a chance” to beat the Mountaineers at Kidd Brewer Stadium at […]

Serena changed tennis, women and the world. Rarely does an athlete, celebrity or even a politician win the hearts of some people who aren’t rabid followers of what they do. Serena Williams is one of those bright stars, playing professional tennis for 25 years and becoming an international icon. First, Serena broke into the women’s […]

Gene Chizik has to repeat what he did during his first stay at UNC. Drake Maye’s first-game heroics might have won the night, but Carolina’s defensive story was not so positive. The talented Florida A&M offense racked up 279 passing yards and stayed in the game until the fourth quarter despite supposedly being overmatched. New […]

A UNC loss Saturday would be the biggest upset in college football history. Yes, the Tar Heels are 35-point favorites against Florida A&M for the Week 0 opener for both teams. The question, with the offensive unknowns and the presence of a great opposing linebacker, is can Carolina cover? A straight-up loss is out of […]

Hope Florida A&M isn’t as good as its head coach. Ever notice how great coaches were usually average players? Bobby Knight and Dean Smith, for example. How about Mack Brown? Similarly, great players usually don’t make good coaches. Bart Starr comes to mind. So does Bob Cousy. Or Wayne Gretzky or Isaiah Thomas. Even Larry […]

It had to be Maye. It had to be Maye. Remember that old ditty by Sinatra, “It Had To Be You”? Here is why, in my humble opinion, freshman Drake Maye got the nod over sophomore Jacolby Criswell as Carolina’s starting quarterback. With next-to-zero experience at running back, this team cannot find itself HAVING to […]

Davis Love is the silent type. But when he speaks, people listen. Love is one of the all-time stars of the PGA Tour since his All-American days at UNC. He has earned $45 million in pro tournaments, captained the U.S. Ryder Cup team and will do the same with the next President’s Cup, calling it […]

No matter which quarterback starts Saturday, both will play half the game. Mack Brown is expected to name his starting quarterback for the opener against Florida A&M sometime this week, perhaps at today’s press conference. Or Brown may wait for one more practice. Either way, there is reason to believe that Brown will say “Jacolby […]

This week the Big Ten Conference signed national television and media-rights deals with CBS, Fox and NBC collectively worth more than $1 billion per year, starting in 2023, shattering the previous record for any league in the history of college sports. How did the Big Ten do it? It starts with the league’s track record […]