What if we were left with merely playing games? Paying attention to the news gets more difficult every day, as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the globe. If the most extreme projections are true, the U.S. may be forced into a protective policy of isolation — not only on national borders but states, as well. […]

Obviously, we’re not “doing a great job” with the coronavirus. Despite the president turning a daily press briefing into a nationally televised campaign for reelection, he isn’t really telling the whole truth now, is he? Fox News may mimic what he says, but other news outlets continue to report on a virus rampaging across America. […]

Is it safe to make plans for the college football season? Despite the wide disparity in projections about how long the coronavirus will change our lives, and with the end of winter sports and all spring and summer games being at least postponed, a big question is if the air will come out of the balloon that […]

Cindy Parlow wasn’t looking for the job; watch out now that she has it. One of the most decorated UNC women soccer players had such a successful career after she left Chapel Hill that when Carlos Cordeiro was forced out as President of the U.S. Soccer Federation, Parlow was the obvious choice to step in […]

Cam Newton and Jameis Winston are free agents with nowhere to go. It is pretty incredible. Two All-American Heisman Trophy winners who led their colleges to national championships, both first-round NFL draft picks and each threw for thousands of yards. And now, neither of them has anywhere to go. Cam Newton was the self-proclaimed Superman […]

A great communicator, Mack Brown wants to over-communicate. All coaches claim they love their players and put them first. Some do and some don’t. But Carolina has special coaches with all of their varsity programs and is lucky to have them. At the top of the list is Mack Brown, and it’s not hard to […]

The 2016 NCAA championship game was a true classic. Full disclosure, I was in Houston for Villanova’s dramatic win over Carolina, but I did not watch the replay when I got home and hadn’t seen it until CBS showed it Sunday afternoon during the current halt of live sports. The game was better than the 1982 […]

Tom Brady did not leave New England for the money. Together with his super-model wife Giselle Bundchen, Brady’s net worth is more than a half a billion dollars. So, you think he left the New England Patriots because they wouldn’t pay him what he wanted? No, not even close. Brady took the gamble of leaving the […]

A controlled environment may be the key to resuming. UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham had an insightful interview with Jones Angell recently in which they discussed the current status of college sports. Of course, the players and coaches are part of a university and the ACC, so the overriding policies of cancellation or suspension must […]

Well, one Final Four came out in this year of no more games played. Personally, I hate those online polls that make you start from the highest and click “NEXT” to get all the way down to who you want to know is the prettiest actress of all time or the best American sports car […]