Category: The skinny
Brind’Amour won’t play, will join Canes organization
The Carolina Hurricanes made the right, and classy, move with Rod Brind’Amour. Brind’Amour announced Wednesday afternoon that he won’t return to the Carolina Hurricanes as…
Tysiac delivers strong read on N.C. State’s Fowler
Worth a read today is great story in The News & Observer on Lee Fowler at N.C. State. Fowler’s final day is today, and Ken…
Duke-Carolina on primetime network TV? Whoopty do
As Dane Huffman mentioned below, CBS Sports announced today that the Saturday, March 5, 2011 Duke at North Carolina basketball game will be aired in…
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…
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…
