Category: The skinny
Patten abruptly retires from the NFL
David Patten, a receiver who went undrafted out of Western Carolina yet went on to win three Super Bowl rings, suddenly and surprisingly announced his…
Deacons want to keep Grobe’s ‘bug eyes’ to a minimum
Wake Forest was a stunning 5-7 last year, which tells you a great deal about how far the Deacons have come when a 5-7 season…
ESPN puts the ACC in 3-D
ACC NEWS RELEASE – ACC Football is going Three-Dimensional in a big way in 2010. ESPN has announced that the first three games the cable…
UNC’s Williams already raving about Harrison Barnes
Wow, UNC coach Roy Williams is already raving about incoming recruit Harrison Barnes from Ames, Iowa. Williams will get his first look at Barnes in…
McCants turns down chance to play in NBA to be with ailing mother
Former UNC basketball player Rashad McCants, who did not play in the NBA last season, had a chance to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers summer…
Charges against N.C. State players should just blow over
It’s a fair outcome for the marijuana charges against four N.C. State football players to, well, blow over, since the fact that a bunch of…
Cary Post 67 eliminated from American Legion State Tournament
Kernersville Post 36 overcame a 3-0 deficit with seven runs in the fifth inning to eliminate Cary Post 67 by a 10-5 score in the…
Va. Tech picked to win ACC; State, UNC each picked for 4th
Virginia Tech is the preseason favorite in ACC football, being picked to win the league on 50 of 98 ballots by media at the ACC…
Cary Legion team falls in 11th inning; moves to loser’s bracket
Cary Post 67 defeated Cherryville Post 100, 2-1, on Saturday but fell into the loser’s bracket of the American Legion State Tournament in Asheboro after…
UNC’s Quinn: Agents, runners all over Facebook
The issue of athletes receiving improper benefits from sports agents has spread like a rash over the country, touching schools such at Georgia, Florida, Alabama,…
