Category: Sports
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UNC players Austin and Quinn reinstated for bowl
CHAPEL HILL — In an unprecedented decision, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has reinstated former University of North Carolina defensive tackle Marvin Austin and defensive end Robert Quinn, who had…
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State of California to be sold to China to pay debt
Apologies again to my readers. Due to preparations for an upcoming family reunion, I have not had the time or energy to write my regular column. In its place, I…
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Names in the news: Orange community spotlight
Due to comments from my editor, Dan "Oh, by the" Way, "suggesting" that I was not putting enough "Local" in my Local Voices column, this week's column is entirely local.…
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The News in Briefs –The Mass Media Edition
Progressive media in national OCD clinical study BETHESDA, Md. — The National Institute of Mental Health announced today a $7.7 million grant to fund a collaborative study with the University…
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How I met my wife: The true story finally revealed
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME how I met my wife I usually respond with a question: "Do you want the story we told our parents or the true story?" Or, if…
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NCAA and UNC football inquiries end as players cleared
CHAPEL HILL — The ongoing internal and external investigations of the University of North Carolina football program came to an abrupt end Thursday as the NCAA acknowledged that both prongs…
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What it was was futbol — again
A WHILE BACK MY WIFE'S FIRST COUSIN (once removed), Bobo Herring, came down from Traphill up in Wilkes County to visit his eldest son. Willy Bob, who now goes by…
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Plumlees’ gain majority, wrest power from Krzyzewski
DURHAM — Duke University head men's basketball coach Michael Krzyzewski's 30- year coaching reign effectively ended on Tuesday, say multiple sources close to the program. The Plumlee Family Syndicate, LLC,…
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The Decision: Gaddy to stay put at The Chapel Hill Herald
CHAPEL HILL — Swirls of speculation and unprecedented journalistic frenzy — stirred by the recent Lebronathon — came to a head this week with the growing recognition that a local…
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The gravity of the law: defy it at your own peril
THE LAW OF GRAVITY IS. No point in discussing it, because you are not going to change it. You don't have to like it, but you will obey it —…
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