Charlotte has a Racial Brouhaha. This one involves a hotel levying a mysterious surcharge on guests attending the CIAA Basketball Tournament. At issue is a preconception that Blacks/ AfAms are “poor tippers”.
Before you read AgentPierce’s 9th Anniversary of Duke Lacrosse. That we learned about that Sports Illustrated story was a pretty amazing coincidence. I never should have found it as I seldom visit that site. …..
Sports Illustrated has a loooong article on UNC’s Mess. An SI writer / UNC alum from early 80s does a “What happened to my beloved Alma Mater !!!!
Sports Illustrated has a looog article on UNC’s TGU. An SI writer / UNC alum from early 80s asks “what happened to my once-wonderful Alma Mater !!!! All the sordid details PLUS new sordid details you may not be aware of.
From my perspective it was “a dud”. No silverware thrown, F-bombs hurled, or one TruBlue having a caniption fit! Mary Willingham & Jay Smith spoke to an enthusiastic packed Raleigh Sports Club Wednesday…. The audience was “seasoned” and attentive ….
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All of Life’s questions can be found within The Godfather, CaddyShack or Animal House. And Lonesome Dove. Larry McMurtry’s opus/epic “oater” of the adventures of Texas Rangers …. Even questions about Syracuse’s misadventures w/ Coach Jim Boeheim.
Did you see the NYT article about former UNC FBer Ryan Hoffman? It’s Linked here. That this involves UNC FB is coincidental, in light of all the other crap surrounding UNC Athletics.
Name a former VP, an Ax Murderer and the latest recipient of the Dickie Baddour ARE YOU KIDDING ME Award. I never met Spiro, Lizzie or this Jan Boxill person. I cannot attest to the ethical purity of any of the three,….
March was not a good month for Julius Caesar…. nor for the past 7-8 years for the Gothic Rockpile in West Derm. In March 2006 there was Duke Lacross OUCH! BUT this year…..
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I’ve been holding off anticipating Mary & Jay’s book being “out”; and a MEGA surprise. Both are another week or so away.
Meanwhile Mary Willingham settles and Fan Mobs rear their ugly head AGAIN.
Happy Friday 13th culminating a week that has been an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet of Irony satisfying the column fodder appetite of the most ravenous conspiracy theorist. Beginning with Coach Smith AND then (2) Tark died AND then (3) ___; AND then…
A “Rainbow Moment” occurred Friday at Don Shea’s funeral that makes a great column. Don Shea’s passing was a prelude. 8,000,000,000 Chinese remain disinterested as is their custom.
I didn’t know him that well but “we were friends”. Anyone who ever met Don Shea can lay that claim. Don Shea died this week. If you met Don Shea in person and didn’t like the guy, I’d say the problem was on your end.
I bristle at a tendency to use the absolute when describing anything; be it Bond girls or sunsets. Rather than “best” or “greatest ever” I am declaring this past weekend’s gathering of the 1969 Big 8 Missouri Tigers as VERY well done.
A well-known, controversial Micro-Manager is “in the news”. There one and only one circumstance in which a “Micro-Manager” is granted immunity from persa or-prose cution. If he is YOUR Micro-Manager. Meanwhile over at Skadden Arp….
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