Starting with my first basketball coach, Mike Moore at Irmo High School, the concept of team and the importance of teamwork has always been stressed. I was told that to achieve the common goal of …
NBA Free Agency is Christmas In July
When free agency rolls around, so do the rumors, surprise trades and occasional “did that really just happen?” moments, and this off-season is no different. Although most would reference the NBA Dr…
NC State’s Jarvis Byrd Determined to Finish the Race
RALEIGH — First in line. Finish the race. Those two sayings push former North Carolina State University defensive back Jarvis Byrd. Byrd thought his football career was over. Not once, not tw…
Kinston’s Brandon Ingram & Darnell Dunn Make NC History
CHAPEL HILL — Move over Jerry Stackhouse. Have a seat Reggie Bullock. Kinston, North Carolina, the birthplace of professional athletes such as Dwight Clark, Charles Shackleford, Quinton Copl…
Football Preview: Pack Springing Forward
RALEIGH – North Carolina State is no stranger to high expectations. The Wolfpack football team has a history of setting the bar high, only to fall short of those expectations the next season.…
UNC Spring Preview: Defense – Same Faces, New Places
CHAPEL HILL — With piles of snow lining the sidelines at Navy Field, it really didn’t look like spring. With three linebackers and four defensive linemen, the North Carolina defense had a dif…
Why the Hawks Aren’t For Real
Bill Parcells once said, “You are what your record says you are.” Well in the case of the Atlanta Hawks, I would have to beg to differ. The Hawks have won 16 games in a row and boast a 37-8 record …
Is the NFL Willing to Endorse the “If You Aren’t Cheating You Aren’t Trying” Theory?
If you aren’t cheating you aren’t trying. It’s only cheating if you get caught. Everybody cheats. Once news broke that an NFL investigation revealed that 11 out of 12 of the New England Patriots’…
I AM THE AMERICAN DREAM
I often ask myself what Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers and others known and unknown who fought to end injustice in this country, would think about the progress we’ve made. Would they lo…
Josh Smith Gets His Walking Papers
So much talent…..Wasted. Josh Smith should be a walking triple double in the NBA. At 6’9″ and 225lbs and all the athleticism anyone could dream of at that size, Josh Smith should be a player covete…