Category: The skinny
Duke’s Irving, State’s Leslie earn weekly ACC basketball honors
Duke’s Kyrie Irving and NC State’s C.J. Leslie were named Atlantic Coast Conference Co-Rookies of the Week following their outstanding performances this past week. Irving…
Opener shows finding the right chemistry is key for Pack basketball
N.C. State fans are starved for a winner in basketball, which is why this season is so anticipated. Watching Sidney Lowe’s previous teams could be…
UNC women’s soccer wins; men’s team loses
The North Carolina women’s soccer team advanced in the NCAA tournament today in Chapel Hill while the men’s team fell in the finals of the…
Good start doesn’t translate to good game for Tar Heels
North Carolina has been a slow-starting, good finishing team this year. That all changed in a 26-10 loss to Virginia Tech in Chapel Hill. On…
Wolfpack posts mature performance on weak Wake defense
N.C. State accomplished what it had to do on Saturday for homecoming, which says a great deal about the maturity of this team. Good teams…
Henson has career highs as UNC pulls away from feisty Lipscomb
During North Carolina’s 80-66 season-starting victory over Lipscomb tonight, everybody was looking to Harrison Barnes, who did score 14 points, but it was sophomore John…
North Carolina basketball preview: Young Heels should do well
(Editor’s Note: The Tar Heels kick off the 2010-2011 season tonight at home against Lipscomb University of Nashville)After admittedly the most challenging season of his…
High school football playoffs begin today – predictions below
The regular season for high school football wound down last week but playoffs start tonight. Here are predictions for tonight’s games involving Triangle-area teams. Friday…
UNC tells former tutor Wiley not to associate with football program
In a sternly worded letter, the University of North Carolina has disassociated itself from former tutor Jennifer Wiley, the school announced late Thursday afternoon. Athletics…
This Zeller gets away from UNC basketball program
Cody Zeller, the brother of North Carolina’s Tyler Zeller, has decided to play basketball at Indiana and not UNC, according to WTHI in Terre Haute,…
