Category: The skinny
Ten area high school football openers to consider attending, with predictions
Here are 10 opening football games that are within driving distance in the Triangle area tonight. In bold is the predicted winner. Games are at…
Willis leaves Carolina to be closer to his father? I’m not buying it
North Carolina freshman defensive end Brandon Willis, who enrolled in January and has been practicing with the team, has decided to transfer to UCLA, his…
Thomson’s first shot was heard ’round North Carolina
Bobby Thomson, the man whose shot was heard ‘round the world in 1951, died Monday at the age of 86. But few know, or remember,…
Carolina Predicted To Claim 2010 ACC Field Hockey Title
ACC NEWS RELEASE – Defending National Champion North Carolina received four first place votes and was selected by the league’s head coaches to win the…
Baseball America says Carolina comes up a loser at signing deadline
With players having to decide by mid-August if they are going pro or going on to college, Durham-based Baseball America did a piece on the…
Favre on a plane headed to Minnesota, or the story that never ends
The neverending drama surrounding quarterback Brett Favre took another turn minutes ago when he boarded a plane for Minnesota. Reportedly, he has told a few…
Balmer dealt, but questions remain
Whether the deterioration of Kentwan Balmer’s situation with San Franciso was related to the NCAA investigation of UNC is hard to tell. Balmer didn’t show…
UNC player who had scrap at N.C. State finds new maturity
CHAPEL HILL – Donte Paige-Moss has added nearly 40 pounds of muscle from a year ago. But his new strength is only one change for…
Redskins find Garner speedster who does the John Wall dance
The Washington Redskins may have found its fastest player since Darrell Green in the person of Garner native Brandon Banks. Banks, wearing the No. 16,…
UNC’s McDonald lights up the Bahamas with 25 points (we think)
UNC sophomore Leslie McDonald scored 25 points in only 17 minutes to help the Tar Heels to a 123-86 victory over the Bahamas All-Stars last…
