For once, I am on Bobby Hurley’s side. Before I read the report on ESPN.com, I liked Bobby Hurley for only two reasons. The first faded when after being recruited by Carolina he instead signed with Duke. The other will always remain, my dog named Hurley who was given to me by a couple of […]

The Duke-Carolina replay will be worth the listen tonight. In case something really wacky happens with the college football season and we never get a chance to see Chazz Surratt play again for the Tar Heels, the game with his play of a lifetime will re-air tonight on WCHL at 8 pm, Jones Angell, Brian Simmons and Lee Pace on the […]

It looks like state governors will make the call on college football. With the NCAA punting on guidelines to allow college football and other contact sports to resume this fall, it will be the governors who decide and that could vary widely from state to state. I’ve talked about governors of SEC states like Alabama, […]

Finally, we have a sports special without Michael Jordan. The unofficial kick-off to whatever the 2020-21 sports year will hold comes up this weekend, when Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady go golfing against Tigers Woods and Peyton Manning Sunday somewhere in Florida. TNT will carry the so-called match free, teeing off at 3 o’clock. All […]

College football is talking specifics and deciding very little. Conference commissioners, athletic directors and coaches are discussing daily how to actually start practicing and playing football. But they are hitting brick walls or talking in circles. The one agreement they have all made is that proper testing will decide if the 2020 season is actually […]

Steve Kerr had one of the most poignant moments in The Last Dance. On the last night of the 10-part documentary on the 1990 Chicago Bulls, teammate Steve Kerr was asked during his one-on-one interview if he ever discussed with Michael how their two fathers had died. Kerr said no because he felt the stories […]

Mack Brown’s media presence is burying other Big 4 schools. When UNC named Mack Brown as head football coach in November of 2018, there were hopes that he could resurrect recruiting in the state of North Carolina and increase slumping season ticket sales. But the media attention that he attracted from day one and still […]

The Last Dance turned out to be a victory waltz for MJ. Gotta tell you, I liked the first two episodes and the last two of the 10-part documentary on Michael Jordan and his dominating dynasty with the Chicago Bulls. The first two because it went back to Jordan’s youth and family values and his time […]

College football is starting the conversation in the wrong place. With more time on my hands, I am reading everything I can about the NCAA, conferences and schools trying to decide how and when to play football this fall or next spring. It’s surprising, actually amazing, that every conversation or conference call doesn’t begin with […]

The idea of spring football is picking up a lot of steam. Coaches, athletic directors and other school officials are reportedly talking regularly, but so far there is a consensus on absolutely nothing. That’s because of the unknowns in the coronavirus conundrum. Most of the scenarios bandied about do not preclude a second wave of […]