The Athletic exposé on UNC smells in so many ways. By now, if you care, you have probably read and seen the story and videos produced by The Athletic website, which took its first foray into hard-core investigative journalism — and it failed miserably. Nobody involved in this story has a fraction of the expertise Carolina Interim […]

Is Leaky Black the most important, or the most forgotten, among the Tar Heels? During Operation Basketball in Charlotte, Roy Williams was asked about his rotation if the season started today. He listed freshman sensation Cole Anthony, junior Garrison Brooks, senior Brandon Robinson, grad transfers Justin Pierce and Christian Keeling and probably freshman Armando Bacot. […]

Our governor admits he’s the second most famous Roy in the state. Roy Cooper held a fundraiser in Chapel Hill as part of his reelection campaign to remain in the Governor’s Mansion four more years. After his remarks about extended Medicare, overturning legislative vetoes and gerrymandering, Cooper engaged in some lighthearted conversation about sports. He […]

Georgia Tech is Carolina’s new biggest game of the season. I am going out on a limb here and say that the Tar Heels will lose to top-ranked and undefeated Clemson Saturday in Kenan Stadium, although keeping it close and avoiding more injuries will be moral victories of sorts for Mack Brown’s thin and banged-up […]

So much for the recruiting blogger’s crystal ball. Those who really know about the commitment of Georgia 5-star phenom Walker Kessler insist that Carolina had a good chance of landing him since the recruiting process began. And Roy Williams always insists he knows more about it than any speculators. Duke got in late with the 7-foot Kessler and put the bum’s […]

Is what happened in the desert good or bad for the Panthers? Oh, brother, what do we have here? The Carolina Panthers have been such a multiple mess that rumors were flying about new owner David Tepper getting rid of everyone, from their injury prone QB 1 to head coach Ron Rivera. After losing their […]

Do you realize that App State gave up 41 points to another UNC?   Appalachian State is 2-0, having scored 98 points in two wins over East Tennessee State and UNC Charlotte.  But the score against dear old UNCC was 56-41. If the 49ers can score 41 against the Mounties, the Tar Heels might score 81, […]

The ACC football season is sure off to bizarre start. When he was here the first time, Mack Brown used to talk in comparative analysis coach-speak, such as Team A beat Team B and Team C beat Team A, so Team C must be the best of the bunch. He may be out of that […]

Before commenting on Carolina’s 2019-20 basketball slate, I thought I’d go to theACC.com to see the league’s composite schedule, particularly how it will handle the opening week with 15 conference teams. Going there, I was reminded why I rarely do. For a $500 million athletic conference, the ACC has always had one lousy website. Slow to access on […]

The first loss of a season is always a tough one to swallow. Because he loves this community, Mack Brown has graciously agreed to an exclusive morning segment with WCHL each week called Mondays with Mack, during which he and Ron Stutts discuss the prior game and the next opponent for his Tar Heels. Always super positive, Brown sounded […]