I know one old Tar Heel who would be knee deep into politics. Yesterday, I wondered about Dean Smith, the basketball coach-human rights activist, and his opinion on what’s going on in our country. So I put a simple question on Facebook. How would Dean vote in this election if he were still with us? […]

Mack Brown is getting the kicks he needs from an Irish rugby player. Inside Carolina’s Pat James has a great long-form story out on UNC sophomore punter Ben Kiernan. The piece is, well, very long — and tells you everything you could ever want to know about Kiernan. Like everyone else who gobbled up the rebirth of Carolina football […]

Coastal Carolina didn’t want to play a 12th game, after all. In the strangest of years when perennial non-contenders have a chance to rise up and win convoluted championships, Coastal Carolina said no thanks. The Chanticleers, which is a rooster or a male chicken, had a chance to win its second road game against a Power […]

Golf is a quiet game, but this is ridiculous. If you watched any of the U.S. Open from Winged Foot over the weekend, you didn’t see any fans in the gallery. I also didn’t see a single sign placed by the USGA or a patch on any of the golfers’ attire or a sticker on […]

By trick or treat, the Tar Heels could be No. 1 by Halloween. Well, coronavirus has hit Carolina football without a single player or coach testing positive. We don’t know for sure why Charlotte bailed on its game Saturday, maybe because the 49ers lost their starting QB. But, without even strapping on the pads, the […]

What really happened with the UNC vs. Charlotte game? When the college football season began with such uncertainty, you had to wonder what it would take to cancel or postpone a game. N.C. State’s game at Virginia Tech, scheduled for last week, was postponed until next Saturday because of a COVID outbreak on the Raleigh […]

In less than two years, Carolina has met Mack Brown’s goal to be the cool school. His two coaching stints at UNC have a couple of things in common. He inherited a down program both times, but 32 years after his first try, Brown is not only more experienced, he is way savvier with the […]

Looks like college football is about to make more big moves. We’re just through the first cycle of games between schools that decided to start the season on time, and already there are stories ranging from whether the Big Ten is going to start in October, the Pac 12 trying to find somewhere without smoke hovering over […]

Will Carolina cancel games to save its football season? UNC athletics director Bubba Cunningham speculated last week that the 11-game schedule might not turn out that long, if coronavirus gets in the way, either in Chapel Hill or road destinations. The Tar Heels tested Monday after their fourth-quarter blowout of Syracuse, and Mack Brown will […]

The Cam Newton-Tom Brady juxtaposition was intriguing. It’s no coincidence that more than half of the NFL schedule will pass before the Tampa Bay Bucs and New England Patriots play a game in the same time slot. Those TV people, gotta hand it to them. The inaugural doubleheader Sunday had one more twist, the Dolphins-Patriots […]