DeCock: Lawsuit heralds change in college sports
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-04-19 14:45:40 -0700 | sports-news
Friday, Apr. 19, 2013 Luke has worked for The News & Observer since 2000. He covered the Carolina Hurricanes and the NHL before becoming a sports columnist in August 2008...Friday at the College Sports Research Institute conference at the University...
UNC's Thorp: Presidents running sports not working
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-04-19 20:37:57 -0700 | sports-news
Outgoing North Carolina chancellor Holden Thorp said Friday presidents are often ill-equipped to run big-time sports programs and should give more control to their athletic directors. Speaking during a campus forum about balancing athletics and academics, Thorp said the "presidential-control...
UNC’s Houston Summers still throwing, after all these years
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-04-18 18:29:19 -0700 | sports-news
Whether it was a remediable tumor near his brain, struggling as a young minor league baseball player or entering a Division I sport he had never tried, Summers has persevered and prevailed. In 2005, Summers at 17 became the youngest...
UNC’s Francis steals spring game show
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-04-13 20:10:22 -0700 | sports-news
Khris Francis thought on Saturday about what he might be doing at this moment if he hadn't enrolled early at North Carolina. I'd probably be preparing for prom, to be honest, he said with a smile...Francis, who graduated early from...
Maryland gets top billing in upcoming ACC lax tournament
Source: Baltimore Sun
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-04-12 20:56:08 -0700 | sports-news
Virginia Friday night, earning the top seed in the upcoming Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. The Terps (8-1) finished with a 2-1 record in the league, which was shared by the Blue Devils (10-4) and No...With the head-to-head results among the...
Dartmouth's Folt to become UNC-Chapel Hill leader
Source: SF Gate
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-04-12 12:45:52 -0700 | sports-news
N.C. (AP) The country's oldest public university turned to the Ivy League to select a new leader Friday. The state university system's governing board picked Dartmouth College interim president Carol Folt as the first female chancellor of the University of...
Campbell is a secret no more in college baseball
Source: The Orange County Register
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-04-12 01:13:29 -0700 | sports-news
It wasn't long ago that Greg Goff would call a recruiting prospect and identify himself as the head baseball coach at Campbell University. "Who?" would be the usual response at the other end of the line...Invariably, the next question would...
NFL draft watch: Jonathan Cooper
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-04-11 11:48:11 -0700 | sports-news
The main starter for the Chargers at left guard last year, Tyronne Green, is an unsigned free agent...Back after missing his rookie season with a pre-draft injury is Johnnie Troutman. In free agency, Tom Telesco signed two guards, Chad Rinehart...
Ardrey Kell grad is 6-0 for UNC
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-04-01 22:45:09 -0700 | sports-news
North Carolina completed a 6-2 win over Clemson on Monday afternoon. Moss was electric in 22/3 innings Sunday night, striking out six of the nine batters he faced before the rain came, halting the game. Taking the mound Monday with...
UConn Men, Women To Wear New Nike Uniforms In Select Games
Source: The Hartford Courant
Beaverton :: OR :: USA | updated 2012-03-25 18:21:12 -0700 | political-news
January 25, 2012 The UConn men's and women's basketball teams will soon unveil new uniforms from Nike. The Huskies are the only school in the nation chosen by Nike to wear the uniforms for both its men's and women's teams...That...
Gottfried keeping it simple in prep for UNC game
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2012-03-25 04:42:04 -0700 | technology-news
State basketball coach Mark Gottfried wants to keep things simple in preparations for his first game against UNC as the Wolfpack's coach...The Tar Heels won by 20 at home and by 12 at State last season. Gottfried hasn't reviewed films...
Study of concussions garners 'genius grant' for UNC professor
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated 2011-11-22 16:24:01 -0800 | political-news
Kevin Guskiewicz, 45, was among the 22 MacArthur winners for 2011 announced Tuesday. He'll get $500,000 from the fellowship over the next five years, and can use the money however he wants. "It probably sounds crazy, but I want to...
Titans' Thornton joins UNC's football staff
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Hickory :: NC :: USA | updated 2011-10-16 23:58:56 -0700 | political-news
Former All-ACC selection David Thornton, who recently retired from the NFLs Tennessee Titans, has officially returned to the UNC football team as a member of the player development staff. According to a team spokesman, that means he can splice and...
Tata to share draft of Wake student assignment plans Tuesday
Source: The News & Observer
Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2011-10-12 13:21:11 -0700 | political-news
Wake Schools Superintendent Tony Tata and his staff continue to work their way through the costs and logistics of a new, choice-based assignment plan, Tata said today, adding that he'll present draft versions of feeder patterns, magnet school makeup and...
Henson tries to earn his stripes at the foul line
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | updated 2011-04-01 22:57:57 -0700 | business-news
But the reason he hasn't been on the floor during the final minutes of the Tar Heels' down-to-the wire showdowns this season is another potential game-changer: his inability to consistently bury free throws. Entering tonight's game at 9 at Boston...
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