Category: Sports
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“The Play,” played and re-played
IF YOU DIDN'T GO to the game or watch it live or watch it on the Butch Davis show, you need to see "The Play." [Go to YouTube.com and search…
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Well, you can just call me coach
I RETIRED UNDEFEATED. It's not something that any other coach that I know of can say. It's not something that Roy Williams will ever be able to say – with…
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Blue in Blue: Ringing the Victory Bell
TOMORROW DUKE WILL COME to Chapel Hill to play a football game that both teams need. The Tar Heels need to win. The Blue Devils need to lose. (Trust me…
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Wednesday June 11, 1969: Commencement
THE GRADUATION EXERCISES for George Washington High School were to be held on Wednesday, June 11, 1969. The day before, we did a dry run. One of the faculty marshals…
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Re-uniting of the class of 1969, Part II
LAST WEEKEND George Washington High School's class of 1969 held its 40th reunion. So, I went. This is Part II of a two-part series. Part I may come next week.…
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Up Cane Creek dazzles in Carrboro debut
CARRBORO, N.C. — In the wake of the logistical nightmare that tried to pass as a U2 concert at Carter-Finley Stadium, I was expecting something similar with the Carrboro debut…
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What does true human greatness look like?
THIS YEAR A GREAT MAN passed from this earth. That man was Robinson O. Everett. Characterized by his Duke Law School colleague Clark Havigurst as "a gentle, unassuming force of…
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Orange County sheriff breaks up doggerel ring
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — The Orange County Sheriff's Department has broken up what is believed to be central North Carolina's largest doggerel ring, an operation that officials believe may have been…
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Skin game: The reality of racial profiling
RACIAL PROFIING EXISTS. Those who say it doesn't haven't been paying attention. I know it exists because I have been racially profiled many times. When I was in high school,…
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The Golden Age of Football, a column about it
IT IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR when the crisp evening air, the smell of freshly mown grass and the sight of the sharp white lines on the gridiron remind…
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