Sports
'Often wrong, never in doubt'
By the time this gets out, you all have already had the chance to celebrate: Billy Packer will no longer provide commentary for CBS.
At first, I wanted to join in the merriment. I wanted to write 20 inches lambasting Packer, one for each year of my life that I've listened to him cover ACC basketball. (3 Comments)
Notes and quotes from hoops summer conference
The men's basketball team hadn't appeared for the media in three months, so, when some of the players spoke July 14, they had plenty to talk about. Marcus Ginyard, Tyler Hansbrough, Wayne Ellington, Danny Green, Deon Thompson and Bobby Frasor all spoke, and here are some of the comments the Daily Tar Heel overheard: Ginyard on Ty Lawson, Ellington and Green's return to UNC: "There was a huge celebration, actually, we had an ice cream cake; it was great (laughs). (0 Comments)
UNC baseball names assistant
North Carolina certainly didn't waste any time replacing Chad Holbrook.
The assistant head coach announced his departure July 7 for South Carolina. Just eight days later, UNC had found its man: Scott Jackson.
Jackson joins the Tar Heels after just one year as head coach at Liberty University. (1 Comment)
Hansbrough, Dawson up for ESPYs
Two UNC athletes are in the running to earn college athlete of the year awards July 20.
Rising senior Tyler Hansbrough and recent graduate Rachel Dawson are up for Male and Female College Athlete of the Year awards, respectively, in the ESPYs, the annual sports awards ceremony determined by fan votes and hosted by ESPN. (0 Comments)
Ackley & Co. excel in Cape Cod
Dustin Ackley spent the first part of the summer shelling hitters in Omaha, Neb., as the leadoff hitter in North Carolina's College World Series arsenal.
The rising junior is now spending the last part of his vacation tearing up the Cape Cod summer league. (0 Comments)
