Clemson was livid that Florida State wouldn’t play the game. Let’s be lawyers, and make a case for each of the teams that did not play its scheduled game over the weekend. Clemson had traveled to Florida State when it learned a player with mild symptoms who had practiced with the team all week tested […]

Questions abound now that Wake Forest reports an outbreak. With the Tar Heels having an open date this weekend, Mack Brown has not held his regular press conferences over Zoom and, thus, did not have to answer any obvious questions about Wake Forest calling off its game at Duke tomorrow. Wake coach Dave Clawson said […]

The college basketball regular season is a necessary means to an end. It is pretty clear among college athletic administrators that if the NCAA basketball tournament is not played for a second straight year, the future of collegiate sport itself will be in serious jeopardy. The NCAA had enough reserve money to make a $225 […]

Carolina and Duke players have lost ground in the NBA draft. Like everything else with sports in the COVID era, the NBA draft goes off tonight after being postponed for five months. And if you look at the various mock draft boards, certain things jump off your screen. First of all, about half the names […]

The COVID surge is causing musical chairs that is no game. Just last week, I was praising the ACC and Carolina for doing a better job than most other conferences and schools with the coronavirus crisis. As it turns out, that was partly premature. Much of the nation is still reacting along partisan lines to […]

Could Sam Howell beat out Trevor Lawrence for All-ACC quarterback? Yes, the Clemson star is the face of ACC football and, considering the Tigers could win another national championship behind Lawrence, he may also be the face of the game itself. But the long-haired junior has already missed two starts due to COVID, and his […]

Marshall lives on after 50 years, thankfully. The 50th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that killed 75 Marshall football players, coaches and staff is Saturday when the undefeated and No. 16 Thundering Herd plays Middle Tennessee. It continues a tradition at the school where, every year, on the Saturday closest to the November 14 […]

What if Phil Mickelson and Mack Brown amended their bet? With the Masters being moved back to this weekend due to COVID, perhaps the three-time champion should revisit the fun bet he made with Carolina’s football coach back in 2003. The famed lefthander was still seeking his first Green Jacket when he partnered with the Texas football coach at the […]

UNC teams did a commendable job beating the odds. Who among us thought the ACC would be playing football and other fall sports last summer? With the pandemic upon us and the medical experts still learning, the seasons looked like a long shot. While other conferences pumped the breaks and/or called off football, the ACC […]

As we know by now, you can’t trust the polls. When the ESPN college basketball preseason poll came out a couple of weeks ago, the Tar Heels were ranked No. 15. The AP projections this week have Carolina one spot lower, at No. 16. Shouldn’t we be wary, after last week’s miscalculated election, that the […]