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Category: Sports

Heels must regain the emotional edge

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Staff

When Carolina fans thought about the 2010 football season back around Memorial Day, few would have imagined Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. kickoff against William & Mary could be called a critical game.

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Still in the running

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Staff

The records are identical and the similarities in the statistics are eerily similar between UNC and the University of Miami football teams.

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Money, so they say …

Posted on October 14, 2010October 14, 2010 by Staff

If anyone honestly believes payoffs from agents to athletes is going away, you had best join Johnny Depp with Alice in Wonderland.

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High school sports reports

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Staff

Carrboro more than survived this season’s first foray into conference play last week, as it gave Carolina 9 rival South Granville (4-4) a sound thrashing, 28-7. The win kept the Jaguar squad’s record spotless.

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Players declared ineligible

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Staff

UNC football student-athletes Greg Little and Robert Quinn were declared permanently ineligible, according to a decision this week by the NCAA student-athlete reinstatement staff. The university declared both student-athletes ineligible due to violations of NCAA agent-benefits, preferential-treatment and ethical-conduct rules.

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UNC offensive line producing Grade A ground beef

Posted on October 7, 2010October 7, 2010 by Staff

Clemson is a fine football team, but this is not the 1981 national championship team. These Tigers are 10th out of 12 ACC teams in rushing defense. UNC is coming off a game in which Johnny White ran for 140 yards and Shaun Draughn 137. That is a total of 263 yards rushing.

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High school sports reports

Posted on October 7, 2010October 7, 2010 by Staff

By Henry Gargan, Staff Writer Football Riverside 40 – East Chapel Hill 23 East Chapel Hill quarterback Drew Davis angrily paced the sideline during the fourth quarter of Friday night’s game. Injured by an out-of-bounds hit in the second quarter and then again by a sack in the third, he could only watch as the…

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A win and some smiles

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Staff

By Eddy Landreth Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL – A season that was supposed to be about championships and making a leap forward as a program has become another 12-game struggle for survival. In Butch Davis’ first three seasons, the coaching staff and players turned a program beaten and battered into a winner again. Throughout this…

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Transparency lacking in suspensions

Posted on September 23, 2010September 23, 2010 by Staff

The remaining football players may eventually be found to have broken either school or NCAA rules and thereby forfeit their privilege to play. But their cases will be conducted behind closed doors.

The lesson has been that they have no rights. Yes, playing ball is a privilege, but being robbed of it should not occur without an open and fair hearing that follows due process.

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‘Looking forward to the challenge’

Posted on September 16, 2010September 16, 2010 by Staff

If UNC had the defense everyone expected to be on the field back in June, it’s hard to imagine Carolina not giving Georgia Tech fits. But with so many players still in limbo because of an NCAA investigation and Carolina’s own internal investigation, it’s hard to know how a far more inexperienced defense will perform.

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High school sports reports

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Staff

FOOTBALL: Carrboro 44 – East Chapel Hill 28; Chapel Hill 28 – Pittsboro Northwood 24. SOCCER: East Chapel Hill 4 – Riverside 0; Carrboro 10 – Granville Central 1; Chapel Hill 6 – Ravenscroft 2

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Addition by subtraction for UNC football

Posted on September 9, 2010September 9, 2010 by Staff

What UNC should not do is make the mistake of forcing Butch Davis to resign or firing him without a very good reason.

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High school sports reports

Posted on September 9, 2010September 9, 2010 by Staff

FOOTBALL: Carrboro 34 – Eastern Randolph 20, Chapel Hill High 31 – Durham Riverside 28 (OT), Cedar Ridge 38 – East Chapel Hill 35. SOCCER: East Chapel Hill 1 – Broughton 1, Cary Academy 1 – Carrboro 0, Chapel Hill 4 – Riverside 2

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Author to discuss yoga for athletes

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Staff

Coach, yoga teacher and author Sage Rountree will discuss how yoga enhances sports training on Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. at Flyleaf Books.

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Ultimate Frisbee results

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Staff

The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department’s 2010 Fall Adult Ultimate Frisbee League recent match results are as follows:

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