This thread and the need for a Jimmy V Run in Raleigh reminded me that I had failed to previously share the following video. And…don’t be concerned…the following video is nothing like the one we ran yesterday.
Jim Valvano
Jimmy V for Jimmy V week
SFN’s twitter feed (Link) just ran across from this tweet from Sports Illustrated’s ‘photo vault’ SI Vault Photo (1983): It’s hard to look at this picture and not love Jim Valvano You can click here to see the photo, which I have never seen. God bless.
“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 […]
R&R: News and Observer Missing Golden Opportunity
If you listened closely, you probably heard an odd buzz floating through the air around the state of North Carolina yesterday. I know that I contributed to it. What you were hearing was the elevated voices of the collective non-UNC-graduates in the area expressing their astonishment with what greeted them in their Sunday newspapers (followed […]
Technician falls under the evil mind control of SFN, but some still resist!!!
Flashback: March 30th, 2006 from “Kennel Delivers Annual Communique To The Masses”: Dear Chancellor Oblinger, NC State is a Great University, and you are doing an excellent job building upon the strengths of previous Chancellors and taking us even further. Sincere thanks to you. [snip] Finally, I wish to state my personal support for whatever […]
Laugh. Think. Cry.
V himself had said that team wasn’t very good. After a 6-8 conference record, State was seeded sixth for the 1987 ACC Tournament in Landover. But somehow – not unlike a few years earlier on an even bigger stage – Jim Valvano’s Cardiac Pack had survived and advanced to the title game, where they would […]
Jamburger! Tom Suiter steps aside as WRAL anchor
One of Rocky Mount’s finest and perhaps the most liked local media personalities of our generation is stepping back from his responsibilities. From WRAL: On Dec. 18, longtime WRAL sports anchor Tom Suiter will emerge from the sports office in the back of the newsroom. As he briskly walks to the set, he will take […]
Jimmy V’s Farewell Speech In Reynolds
Jimmy V Week is underway on ESPN, and while my wife and I were out at dinner, we saw V’s incredible speech at the ESPY Awards in 1993 replayed on the World Wide Leader. It was moving, as always, but the farewell speech I remember the best from Jim Valvano was one far more direct […]
NBA.com: Del Negro gets rolling as Bulls Head Coach
We refer you to our story from June linked here (that includes some great ‘Wolfpack talk’ from the 1980s for those that need a little insight and educating on some topics that comes second nature only to the die-hards) The Chicago Bulls’ website has a nice article on our own Vinny Del Negro. They are […]
Jimmy V Classic moving to new NC State golf course
This is some good news that we didn’t want to ignore. After two years in Pinehurst, the annual star-studded Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic event – which supports the Cary-based V Foundation for Cancer Research – is moving back to the Triangle. The Classic originally moved to Pinehurst Resort in 2007 due to a scheduling […]
