Duke basketball schedule will be fascinating as Krzyzewski chases Smith’s victory total
Duke basketball schedules are always carefully thought out, and you can bet the 11th through the 13th games of the 2010-11 season will be interesting…
Soccer still faces tough road in U.S.
So, quick, who leads the Eastern Conference of the MLS? Give up? New York and Columbus are tied, with 24 points. Think 1 percent of…
N.C. State’s Woodson continues dazzling start
The spectacular start to Randy Woodson’s tenure as chancellor continued Friday when the Wolfpack named Debbie Yow its new athletics director. Yow, who had been…
Home run hire for Wolfpack
NC State clearly made a great choice in luring Debbie Yow home from Maryland to be its next athletics director. The Gibsonville native’s appointment to…
Challenging a national sports columnist ends with me being called an idiot
I objected to a recent column by CBSsports.com senior writer Gary Parrish, who also hosts an ESPN radio program. He “bravely” denigrated the basketball talents…
Barakat brought dedication, patience to ACC
Fred Barakat died Monday of a heart attack in Greensboro, and if you’ve followed the ACC for years, you have a sense of who he…
Breaking down Duke’s fouls from 2010 season
A great site for sports fans is Statsheet.com, run by Robbie Allen. On the site, you can break down all sorts of stats from sports…
No boost on African soil
Given the build-up to the World Cup coming to the African continent for the first time, you would have expected the African teams to have…
One of the best Red Sox fans, a Tar Heel, passes away on Father’s Day after long battle
I’m a member of a very active and successful Red Sox fan club. One of the friends of the club has been an inspiration to…
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Bobby Hutchens has his Father’s Day priorities straight
Bobby Hutchens, director of competition for Stewart-Haas Racing, lost his wife to cancer last December and has decided to stay home in Winston-Salem with his…
