The scope of the UNC academic scandal continues to widen as national outlets are finally catching onto the story. Many of these stories are linked in this entry from yesterday. If you missed it, please take a moment to catch up on the recent developments concerning the UNC faculty’s request for an independent investigation given […]
UNC Scandal
…and boom goes the dynamite
This News and Observer story posted recently proves that the Mayans were right after all! There are actual adults in Chapel Hill. CHAPEL HILL –       A report by a special faculty committee looking into the academic fraud scandal at UNC-Chapel Hill found an athletics program largely divorced from the faculty, academic counselors for […]
Mandel: “Shouldn’t Emmert Step-in [at UN*], too?”
With the unprecedented punishment levied against Penn State yesterday, Stewart Mandel says that NCAA “displinary czar” Mark Emmert “overstepped” and then touches on a question many of us are asking about the ever-inconsistent NCAA (SI.com): “While there’s been much speculation about whether this fits this specific bylaw or that specific bylaw,” said Emmert, “it certainly […]
DAVIS AND ATTORNEYS FILE FOR TRO – Why UNC loses the 216 battle
UPDATE: Lawyers for Butch Davis have filed an eleventh hour requesting the Court to quash the subpoena or in the alternative to issue a TRO ordering the media to NOT release the contents of any phone records that are deemed public record. Doesn’t that fly in the face of the very essence of “public record?” […]
Pope Center member calls for investigation of UNC system(updated with details of gift to UNC-CH)
To add some additional perspective, we are adding some links that can help our readers learn more about the Pope Foundation, its history, and its relationship with UNC-CH and UNC-CH athletics. They have been generous donors to UNC-CH for both educational purposes and athletics. This addtional information explains the reasons the donations to advance Western […]
Bobleesays: Oh for “a Buford Pusser .. sigh.
Buford Pusser Link to full blog entry here. Between Jennifer Wiley and “Warren Martin’s girlfriend†refusing to speak….. Julius running off to deepest darkest Africa…. and releasing records that are redacted out the wazoo, my alma mater could not appear more guilty if she were standing over a dead body holding a smoking gun, a […]
UNC downplayed tutor’s actions to the NCAA – Updated 9:33 pm
UNC downplayed tutor’s actions to the NCAA: “Please help,†the player wrote to the tutor. “I’m going down. 🙁 †The player attached a paper that was six double-spaced pages, according to the document. The tutor emailed back later with a note that the paper was now 8.5 pages, with only a little bit more […]
Ruling on Butch Davis’ 216 area code records coming
WTVD’s Mark Armstrong is providing some timely updates on the UNC athletic improprieties and academic fraud cases. This is a link to his twitter account that has updated with the following today: Ruling on release of Butch Davis ‘216’ phone records will occur July 19th Redacted ‘Statement of Fact’ forms, reinstatement requests sent to NCAA […]
UNC’s Chris Hawkins pleads guilty on cocaine charges
Not too long ago I got sucked into a little verbal sparring with a Wal-Mart Tar heel fan who – to my astonishment – actually threw out the ‘insult’ of ‘Chris Washburn’. I kid you not. Almost THIRTY YEARS after the top rated high school basketball player in the country – who was heavily recruited […]
N & O: No-show classes mostly for athletes
Good morning! The News and Observer has played Santa yet again. Wait until you get a load of some of the bombshells in Kane’s latest front-page above-the-fold article that hit this morning. The entire thing is a must-read. Here are some explosive passages: Students looking to enroll in a summer class at UNC-Chapel Hill taught by […]
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