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(01/26/06 5:00am)
Reyshawn Terry hadn't even made it off the court and North Carolina coach Roy Williams was already in his face.
While waiting for Danny Green to check in for the junior forward, Williams pulled at his sport coat and sent it flying toward the team managers.
But when Williams yanked Terry with 12:24 remaining in the game, it wasn't because he made a big block and missed his jumpshot on the other end. It wasn't because he repeatedly struggled to transition back on defense and left his man open.
Instead, he went to the bench as punishment for bickering with freshman Bobby Frasor.
"I don't like my players to be correcting other players out on the court ... we're a family," Williams said.
"Reyshawn was jumping on Bobby. Bobby made a mistake but two possessions before that we had a 2-on-1 fastbreak ... Reyshawn pulled that jumpshot, Bobby didn't scream at him so Reyshawn shouldn't scream at Bobby."
When Williams let Terry reenter the lineup just more than a minute later, Terry took the criticism and tried not to let it affect the rest of his game.
"I just forgot about it," Terry said
Wednesday's loss to Boston College was an up and down night for Terry, who only took one shot in the first half - a three-point basket that tied the game at 13 - and finished with 10 points.
Usually that stat line from the first-year starter equates victory for the Tar Heels, who are now 10-3 when he scores in double figures.
But he made some mistakes -such as pulling up for a jumpshot on a play when Williams always tells his players to go for the layup - and committed four turnovers.
"It was a roller coaster," Terry said.
That up and down ride also included six rebounds and a 2-for-4 effort from behind the arc.
"He has struggles sometimes, every now and then Coach gets on him but he knows it's for the good so he tries to take it positively and step his game up," said freshman Danny Green. "He helps out a lot on the boards offensively, defensively - he got a lot of big rebounds."
Learning not to harp on teammates midgame, especially when younger players are battling veterans squads, is something that hopefully will evolve with time. Terry still has to fully adjust to holding a leadership role on a team with only one senior starter, David Noel.
"It's my first year as a starter, and I'm still learning," he said.
But Green is confident that Terry will figure it out.
"Right now if he just keeps doing what he's doing and cuts back on the mental lapses and the stuff we have as a team, I think we'll be really good," Green said.
Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
(01/23/06 5:00am)
In what turned out to be an ugly victory, the North Carolina women's basketball team looked inside.
And there the Tar Heels found Erlana Larkins.
The sophomore forward, who leads the team in rebounds, scored 22 points for the Tar Heels for the second consecutive game.
"We've got to get her the ball," said UNC Coach Sylvia Hatchell. "She works so hard in there, we got to get her the ball. . She's tough down in there and she's hard to guard."
While the team looks to the co-captain for buckets underneath, Larkins said she tries to let the game come to her.
"If there's a good shot, I'm going to take it and if not, I'm going to pass it back out," said Larkins, who also had seven rebounds. "I just go with the flow more so than try to do something on offense."
She managed to find that groove Sunday afternoon despite Florida State's double team.
"She's got a lot of power to her and a lot of skill to go with that power," said FSU Coach Sue Semrau. "I just think she's one of the best post players in the country and she's tough to stop."
The biggest halt in Larkins' capabilities came when she went to the bench in foul trouble. With 6:36 remaining in the game, Larkins picked up her fourth personal and sat for just more than two minutes.
Larkins put up 13 points in the first half, going 5-for-5 from the field, although she didn't notice her early perfection.
"I just was confident that the shots were going in," Larkins said. "I just felt like if we were getting the ball inside like Coach Hatchell said that things would go well for us: We would either get a foul or a basket."
The shots that Larkins didn't sink were out of character.
"Erlana, she missed in and out, Hatchell said. "We got the ball inside but I think we missed some shots that we should have made."
Larkins also struggled slightly at the free throw line. She came into the game making 72 percent from the charity stripe but sank just 6-of-10 against the 'Noles.
The Tar Heels will continue to look inside for Larkins' points as they face both Wake Forest and No. 2 Duke on the road next weekend.
But Larkins isn't fazed by the team's reliance on her play.
"I just try to do what I can do, I guess, when I can do it," Larkins said and started laughing.
Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
(01/17/06 5:00am)
I didn't think it was possible. I always knew it was bad, but I didn't think the standards could sink this low.
But then FOX unveiled its new reality series, "Skating with Celebrities."
I don't know who to be more disappointed in - the creators or the professional skaters who signed on to participate.
From the producers' end, the show is an obvious attempt by FOX to compete with ABC's surprisingly popular "Dancing with the Stars."
But these aren't B-list figure skaters. Scott Hamilton and Nancy Kerrigan are household names.
The cast also includes Kurt Browning, Lloyd Eisler, John Zimmerman, Jenni Meno and Tai Babilonia. The group has combined to win five olympic medals, 25 U.S. and Canadian national titles and 10 world championships.
Dignity! Where is the dignity in all of this?
It's not there. These athletes are selling out. TV commercials or cameo appearances on Seinfeld or SNL strike me as legitimate, but professionals on reality TV, I just can't take.
The show's motto: "Six pro skaters. Six celebrities. A train wreck on the ice."
That train actually collided a long way back down the line, as professional athletes selling out is not a new phenomenon.
FOX already crashed in this department once when they tried to break into late-night television in 1998 with "The Magic Hour." That is, a lame attempt at a talk-show hosted by retired hoopster Magic Johnson, an idea that never should have made it off the edit room floor.
The same appalling appearances that make you bang your head against the wall are still going on. They're just happening in pop culture's current favorite form of entertainment - reality TV.
Getting back to "Dancing with the Stars" - Jerry Rice, what were you thinking? As a two-time player of the year, you're arguably the finest receiver in NFL history and you're better than this. The man with the hands, yes, but leave the dancing to Fred Astaire.
Flip to VH1 circa 2003 and hide your eyes. Jose Canseco is wearing women's underwear on the Surreal Life, where has-been celebrities lived together in pathetic attempt to stay in the limelight.
But the athletes don't just participate in the reality debacles, they host them too.
Olympic skier Jonny Moseley, who took gold in 1998 in the men's moguls, is possibly more famous for his emcee job on MTV. Maybe I can justify doing it once. But Moseley has had three stints guiding MTV reality show lifers in team competitions on the Real World/Road Rules challenges.
Cheesiness aside, the reality-based sports shows are an insult to the institution.
As a former figure skater, I can vouch that mastering double salchows and spins takes years of grueling work outs and painful injuries. It's preposterous and irreverent to insinuate that anyone could master these techniques in just a few weeks.
Sure, it may make good television. Audiences love watching washed-up celebrities fall on their faces and gash themselves with blades. But figure skating already battles to be considered a valid sport - which it undoubtedly is - and "Skating with Celebrities" undermines those efforts.
These athletes were once the face of their sports, but now they are the face of mockery.
Yes, money is money. But these professional athletes had their 15 minutes. They should hold on to their integrity and leave the reality to those who haven't.
Contact Mary Duby at duby@unc.edu.
(04/28/05 4:00am)
On Nov. 19, 2004, North Carolina didn’t look like national champions.
(04/25/05 4:00am)
This time, Courtney Bumpers didn’t have to share.
(03/24/05 5:00am)
The timing couldn’t have been more perfect.
(02/28/05 5:00am)
Considering the extremely close nature of the three contests between the North Carolina and N.C. State gymnastics teams this season, it seemed almost fitting that the Wolfpack handed UNC its first loss of the year.
(02/21/05 5:00am)
The one-goal game.
(01/31/05 5:00am)
If there is one thing the North Carolina women’s tennis team hasn’t shied away from so far this season, it’s tough competition.
(01/24/05 5:00am)
After ousting the North Carolina women’s tennis team in the NCAA Regional final last year, Tennessee came to Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center and covered the visitor sign on the scoring posts with orange signs reading “UT,” as if laying claim to the courts.
(11/24/04 5:00am)
The second half of North Carolina's thrashing of Charleston Southern looked more like a foot race than a basketball game.
(11/18/04 5:00am)
After defeating the North Carolina volleyball team twice during the regular season, Florida State might overlook its first round ACC Tournament match against the Tar Heels.
(10/25/04 4:00am)
North Carolina's Molly Pyles sprinted beyond the endline to keep a pass inbounds during game three of the volleyball team's 3-1 loss to Georgia Tech.
(10/22/04 4:00am)
If it can be said the North Carolina volleyball team has an arch nemesis, Georgia Tech is probably it.
(10/11/04 4:00am)
High emotions had been a crucial element to the North Carolina volleyball team's five-game winning streak coming into Sunday's match against No. 25 Florida A&M.
(09/28/04 4:00am)
Mistakes uncharacteristic of the North Carolina football team haunted the offense against Louisville on Saturday.