Category: The skinny
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…
World Cup odds and ends, and an odd end
Well, I waited all day for our soccer expert to post something here but, alas, you’re stuck with me – someone who watches soccer only…
Raleigh Sports Club getting some big name speakers
Those who like to talk about sports and support local sports teams have been joining the Raleigh Sports Club for years now – with the…
Great chapter on the link between Bobby Frasor, Erin Andrews
Dan Wiederer of The Fayetteville Observer is one of the best young reporters on ACC basketball and just did a book, “Blue Streak,” on UNC’s…
For an inexpensive Friday evening of sport, try racin’
An overlooked outlet for sports in Wake County is racin’ on Friday nights at the Wake County Speedway. I have lived in the area for…
ESPN misses the mark on Big 12
The big story in college sports in recent days has been expansion, and ESPN clearly missed on this one Monday. The WWL’s Joe Schad reported…
The goal is to score, right?
Capital Sports colleague Cliff Barnes touched on this in his comment about Brian Abernethy’s blog entry, but it bears repeating. If the score in most…
UNC players, not head coach, should and are taking the heat from fans this off season
Let’s be frank – some UNC alums felt Roy Williams had betrayed Carolina by not accepting the Tar Heel coaching job the first time it…
World Cup: America’s team reflects America’s attitude
Brian Abernethy is blogging on the World Cup for the Capital Sports Report Rising from relative obscurity to the international soccer limelight in just a…
Despite rumors, the Terps aren’t leaving the ACC
One of the persistent rumors out there is that the Big Ten wants to add Maryland. But frankly, this isn’t going to happen. First of…





