Category: Sports
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Inflating Carolina: Achieving a workable solution
GRADE INFLATION IS SUCH A PROBLEM for the University of North Carolina that I can't even find a list of UNC's recent valedictorians. Why not? Probably because printing it out…
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Inflating Carolina: The root of the problem
CAROLINA, AND ABOUT EVERY OTHER COLLEGE in America, has a problem with continually inflating grades, having become an institution where all the students are above average — almost literally. As…
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Coaches association expels Duke’s Cutcliffe
WACO, Texas — Meeting in emergency session, the executive committee of the American Football Coaches Association voted unanimously to expel Duke University head football coach David Cutcliffe from its ranks…
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Some players who have gone pro early
AS THE NEW SEMESTER BEGINS, my thoughts turn to today, January 15, the deadline for eligible college football players to declare for the National Football League draft. (Happily, for me,…
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Ten or so things that I learned from my dad
MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY is today. My birthday present for Dr. Clifford Garland Gaddy, Sr., M.D., is a recounting of some of the best gifts he has given to me: things…
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Sometimes it is good to lose — sometimes
WEB-ONLY SPECIAL FOR MY SPECIAL WEB-ONLY READERS IT IS GOOD TO LOSE — sometimes. No, this is not an article written to give small consolation to Wolfpack men's basketball fans…
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Lessons we can all learn from Tiger Woods
FOR A LONG TIME lots of people have wanted to learn from Tiger Woods. Many were golfers who wanted to improve their game. Sadly, most people can't improve their golf…
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Coach Anson Dorrance’s losses mount
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL, Coach Dorrance might say. Don't be distracted by the man watching from the sidelines, I counter. In the aftermath of winning his 20th NCAA-sanctioned…
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Gameday notes & other sports-related excretions
Note: Due to recent events near the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, this column's coverage of football has been suspended until bowl season. A new year's resolution For the coming new…
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It’s official: Butch Davis is a genius
IT'S OFFICIAL. Butch Davis is a genius. I told my wife, a couple of years ago, when the University of North Carolina head football coach hired Everett Withers as his…
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