Category: Sports
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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Ending spousal abuse: A memoir
I HATE TO ADMIT THIS, especially in so public a forum, but I think others like me, if there are any, could benefit from my honesty. For over ten years…
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Losers — in the Losers’ Bracket
MY WIFE IS A LOSER. Or at least she is since she met me. (Which may explain why we have grocery bags full of tennis trophies in our basement, very…
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Satan goes out at the “top of his game”
DURHAM — Satan announced today that he is stepping down immediately as the primary force for evil in this world. No word has been given on any of his possible…
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Bad blood: A blue blood feud
I HATE TO OPEN OLD WOUNDS — but, hey, we are heading fast into basketball season — and I always was bad about picking at a scab. When two of…
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The Good News for (American) Football Fans
TO REACH THOSE who have become too far removed from the language, culture and ethos of the ancient Middle East, a new translation of the Holy Bible tailored for the…
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Price gouging for fun and profit
THE OTHER DAY, while perversely listening to Air America, conservative little me, I tried to think of something they and I could agree on. My thought: price gouging; now that's…
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