Yet another scandal It has been several months since the last University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sports scandal (of course, school was out for the summer). But the school is making up for lost time with a doozy. At first we heard a walk-on football player was given a concussion in some type […]
Carolina Way
Sunday’s salt in the wound – NC State, Phil Ford article in N&O
I know that the timing of News & Observer’s string of articles around the 40th anniversary of NC State’s 1974 National Championship Basketball this morning was pre-determined…nonetheless, this one focusing on the shift of power really stung. Despite the torture it created for me this morning it is worth reading; particularly for our younger audience. […]
John Skipper’s ESPN to feature UNC Scandal on OTL tonight
Will wonders ever cease? Outside the Lines will run a report this evening on ESPNnews at 6pm. The question will be if the report will be designed to genuinely ask questions and seek truth, or will it be designed to run interference for the precious Tar heel basketball program which has sent dozens of key […]
Asheville Citizen-Times: Tar Heels have lost their way
For months, The Carolina faithful — aided by, among others, the vocal Dick Vitale and Jay Bilas — campaigned for the NCAA to #FreePJ. In the end, it turned out it wasn’t the NCAA, but in fact The Flagship, that wouldn’t #FreePJ. It’s just another in a growing list of examples of The Flagship’s athletics […]
UNC-CHeat football assistant shows ‘Carolina Way’ in Sidney Lowe tweet
It is great to see that the Carolina Way is not dead!! You’ve got to see this. And, you’ve got to let every high school coach and top recruit in the state see this — because it can only serve to show the coaches and parents of impressionable young men what kind of great ‘leadership’ […]
Current UNC Student perfectly articulates the “New Carolina Way†(update day 83)
Yesterday I told you about the Daily Tar Heel’s excellent editorial calling for Butch’s ouster. Well today the DTH published an exquisite reply from a current UNC student. I don’t think I am supposed to repost entire pieces from other sources, so I will ask all readers to now go to that link and read […]
“Spirit, not the letter of the law”
Here’s what the UNC System President had to say regarding accusations made against one of North Carolina’s flagship universities: Athletics and academics are in tension by the nature of their time demands, but athletics and academics cannot be allowed to be in conflict in a great university. The evidence is clear that the academic processes […]
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