Month: December 2008

  • Learning the Goldsmith Variations

    FRED GOLDSMITH, you may or may not remember, was the head football coach at Duke from 1994 to 1998. We commemorate this month the 10th anniversary of his firing. Goldsmith…

  • Toilet paper and other crises

    AS A ONE-TIME SCHOLAR of mass communication, I say that the daily papers (and other news media) may be part of our current economic crisis. Their own economic troubles aside…

  • Finally, Dorrance wins “The Big One”

    FINALLY, UNC WOMEN’S SOCCER COACH Anson Dorrance got his team into a game that counted, a big game, and a game where his team wasn’t favored — then won it.…

  • My most favoritest home game

    MY LOVELY AND SPORTS-LOVING WIFE Sandra and I go to almost every UNC home football game. We often sit in the Pope box because, well, we need to. Don’t get…