Category: The skinny
Carolina, Duke make top 10 in Directors Cup final standings
UNC SPORTS INFORMATION NEWS RELEASE – The University of North Carolina finished in seventh place nationally in the Learfield Sports Directors Cup, the Tar Heels’ 15th…
Bulls land 3 in Triple-A All-Star Game
The defending Triple-A national champion Durham Bulls will be well represented when the all-star game for the highest level of minor-league baseball is played July 14….
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 a…
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 Tysiac…
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 primetime…
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 Americans…
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 replace…
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 of…
