Hey everyone, I have found the balance between my new gig and my desire to continue writing here as well. While I still won't be blogging here more than 2 or 3 times a week, I would like to share my thoughts here as I have for almost 2 years now. Here is this week's Karma of the Week. Please click on the link anyways, even if just for a second, so I can get the view counts up on the other site. Thanks for your support. http://www.examiner.com/x-2961-College-Baseball-Examiner Welcome to this...Read Full Story
Welcome back to reality Detroit! The auto-industry is in the dumper and you do not have a National Champion. With signs throughout Ford Field in Detroit proclaiming “ Tonight We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 1979 ” the University of North Carolina Tar Heels were all business. UNC allowed three players Ty Lawson, Tyler Hansbrough and Wayne “ Duke ” Ellington to lead them to the school’s fifth National Title defeating Michigan State Monday 89-72. The Tar Heels established a huge lead in the first...Read Full Story
University of North Carolina junior guard Ty Lawson had heard the whispers over the years; he knew what the questions regarding him were. He had the gifts, but did he have the guts? No guts no glory, right? Saturday night he may have finally silenced those whisperers forever. Lawson came back after missing two weeks with a toe injury lit up the LSU Tigers for 23 points and UNC is heading to the “ Sweet Sixteen ” after taming the Tigers and winning 84-70. Lawson looked rusty in the first half...Read Full Story
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Give the name Tobacco Road
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The Gonzaga Bulldogs got quite a taste of Tobacco Road in their mouths Friday night and it did not leave a pleasant after taste. The University of North Carolina shot 52.9% (36-68) from the floor and an incredible 57.9% (11-19) from outside the arc en route to a 98-77 drubbing of Gonzaga. UNC got strong performances from their starters...Read Full Story
North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson says he plans to play in the Tar Heels' game against Gonzaga on Friday. And coach Roy Williams is also optimistic the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year will play in the NCAA tournament's round of 16. Lawson missed three straight games with a toe injury before helping the top-seeded Tar Heels rally past LSU to win Saturday's second-round game in the South Regional. He experienced some minor swelling in the troublesome right big toe afterward, but...Read Full Story
The eighth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels take to the road in search of their fourth straight ACC win away from Chapel Hill, as they invade the BankUnited Center to take on the dangerous Miami- Florida Hurricanes. Roy Williams' squad dropped a ...
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The North Carolina Tar Heels lead the nation in scoring and rebounding. They showed Miami they can be good on defense, too. Sputtering on offense and evenly matched on the boards, No. 8 North Carolina used smothering defense to erase ...
Many players from our area take their skills to play in college, some to the pros. These kids are the same kids that you grew up with and quite likely dominated your high school team. Some will forget about these guys, but others ask, “Where ...
As the confetti falls from the rafters of the Superdome in New Orleans after the North Carolina Tar Heels win the 2012 National Championship, college basketball media and fans will look back on the season that was and wonder how it all happened. The ...
CORAL GABLES, Fla. North Carolina's 73-64 ACC victory against Miami on Wednesday night was another of the gritty kind of games, coach Roy Williams said - the kind that won't produce a lot of material for highlight reels but one that could help a ...
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Harrison Barnes scored 23 points and No. 8 North Carolina used smothering defense to rally from an eight-point deficit in the second half and beat Miami 73-64 Wednesday night. The Tar Heels, who came in leading the nation with 83.5 ...
Complete ResultsThe University of North Carolina women's swimming and diving team turned in a pair of solid relay performances on the opening day of the 2012 ACC Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Christiansburg Aquatics Center. UNC came within a half second of breaking the school record in the 800-yard freestyle relay and ranks second in the team standings after day one.
Ty Lawson is a NCAA basketball player, with a bum toe. Will toe pain prevent Ty Lawson from doing everything he can to help NC in March Madness? Follow this North Carolina Tar Heels point guard throughout the tourney.
... Ed Davis scored 10 points with six rebounds, while Hansbrough also had eight rebounds for the Tar Heels (28-3), who played without ACC player of the year, Ty Lawson (toe injury).
... Ed Davis scored 10 points with six rebounds, while Hansbrough also had eight rebounds for the Tar Heels (28-3), who played without ACC player of the year, Ty Lawson (toe injury).
Bowles doesn't think North Carolina guard Ty Lawson (toe injury) will play tomorrow in the quarterfinals. That's what Coach Roy Williams has been saying, anyway.