Tar Heel born, bred, and working on that third thing
Not all exits are made equal. We see it time and again; veteran players losing a step, or veteran coaches watching the game pass them by. The more graceful among them transition easily into other roles, refusing to chase the limelight that had so effortlessly followed them in their prime. Vince Carter, for example, easily […]
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We’re hitting that time of year where sports start to overlap. The fall sports are deep as they approach the end of their regular seasons, and the winter sports are gearing up to get going. We even had some baseball this past week. So you’d be excused if not everything that came out this week […]
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Well, just your average 10:30pm ET kickoff since Cal’s on the Atlantic Coast now (I know, with the current conference realignment, geography doesn’t matter). It was at least a good game even if it was UNC’s third straight loss. At least they were competitive in this one. Quarterbacks: D+ Gio Lopez returned with some poor […]
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If you went to bed at a reasonable hour last night, you probably missed most of Carolina’s 21-18 loss to Cal – in which case, you didn’t miss much. I’ll hand it to Belichick and Co., though: the Tar Heels looked better than I thought they would after schlepping across the country for a game […]
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The North Carolina Tar Heels fell to Cal 21-18 early Saturday morning. Once again, a slow start and self-inflicted wounds were major factors in the second straight loss for the Heels. Another Late Start And this is not in reference to the 10:30 PM ET kickoff. Carolina fans put their heads into their hands after […]
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Anybody that chose to stay up for the UNC/Cal game was treated to a close game by the time the fourth quarter arrived, but the quality of the game wasn’t a whole lot different than what we have been seeing from the Tar Heels. The main difference in this one is that Cal had their […]
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Whether you are ready or not, the Tar Heels are back in action tonight to face off against Cal. While this game is starting at 7:30 PM Pacific time, which is a great local time for a football game, us here in North Carolina will likely be up until almost 1 AM watching this game. […]
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In fans’ last opportunity to see the team before the season starts next spring, the Diamond Heels held an exhibition game against NC State at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Thursday night. It was a pretty cool event all around — even in an exhibition setting, the in-state rivalry doubled the crowd size and felt […]
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Bit of background: I used to work with technology and media companies at a corporate level. One thing stood out in all those interactions between engineering, accounting, news rooms, product development, tech support, sales, and all the other entities that had to work together for the product in the field to be successful: Effective leaders […]
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UNC faces California in an ACC tilt Friday night, kick-off 10:30 EDT. Let’s look inside the numbers for these two programs so far this year and see if we find a plausible path to victory for our Tar Heels. The Investment: Edge UNC The University of North Carolina made massive investments in coach, general manager, […]
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