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  • The etymology of the word fan

    I WILL TELL YOU WHY etymologists believe the word fan is derived from the word fanatic. This will take a moment. Last Saturday, my men's team, the Gentlemen Tar Heels,…

  • Doherty to be awarded Duke’s Spire

    DURHAM — At the halftime of the Duke-Carolina men's basketball game, Duke University will award its highest non-academic honor, the Spire Award, which recognizes those who make the significant contributions…

  • Coach K wins round number of games

    (Special to GaryGaddy.com, a column heretofore unpublished, but now, available to my web-only readers only, at no additional cost.) DURHAM — All of sportdom is abuzz as statistical analysts have…

  • Roy Williams undergoes experimental skin treatment

    CHAPEL HILL – UNC coach Roy Williams is recovering well, say doctors at the UNC Hospitals' Center for Skin Disorders, after undergoing an experimental treatments to counteract a chronic skin…

  • Chapel Hill’s “gift” to Williamsburg

    WHEN THE FORMER DEAN of the School of Law at the University of North Carolina was hired as president of the College of William and Mary, I said to my…

  • Predatory education bill passes North Carolina House

    RALEIGH — A bill designed to end "predatory education" has passed the North Carolina House of Representatives. The proposed statute (HB 937) would ban predatory college tuition rates and limits…

  • UNC women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell fired

    CHAPEL HILL — Sylvia Hatchell has been summarily dismissed from her position as the University of North Carolina's head women's basketball coach, the University announced today. "It is with some…

  • Brady benched; Bundchen in Super Bowl

    AS OVER ONE BILLION EXPECTED VIEWERS await the coin toss, inside sources with the New England Patriots reported today that reigning league MVP quarterback Tom Brady will not play in…

  • Courting racial equality in the ACC

    THIS WEEK WE CELEBRATED the birth of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., a day which has been set aside to consider his work, his legacy and his unfinished mission.…

  • Local writer’s wife goes missing

    CHAPEL HILL — The wife of the Chapel Hill Herald's leading Thursday columnist has gone missing, according to a spokesperson for the Chapel Hill Police Department's Investigative Unit. Foul play…