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COLUMN: Is solution to Panthers predicament around the corner?
One thing this NFL season showed us is that teams can reverse their losing ways with something as simple as the influx of a new coach or new quarterback (i.e. – the St. Louis Rams with Sam Bradford.)
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COLUMN: The remarkable Mr. Patton
I’ve never heard Billy Joe Patton referred to as “Mr. Patton” before, but somehow that seems appropriate now.
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COLUMN: Why didn't I play football?
With the bowl season coming to a close tonight (Go Oregon!), I thought it would be a good time to address a question that I’ve been asked many different versions of over the years.
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COLUMN: Panthers' Fox was an overlooked winner
John Fox is the most unappreciated coach I’ve known of in my years as a sports fan.
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COLUMN: Not much summer for college's 'boys of summer'
First off, happy new year to all of my readers. I hope you had as fun of a New Year’s Eve as I did and I wish you all luck in your 2011 resolutions.
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COLUMN: Remembering a local legend
With the nickname “Bull” you get attention, and when you are 6-foot-5, 220-plus pounds and nicknamed Bull, you get special attention.
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COLUMN: Reflections on 'A Christmas Story'
Before I begin, I hope that all of you reading this had a very merry Christmas of the “white” variety this past weekend.
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COLUMN: The Greensboro Coliseum, home of memories
Hickory native Rick Barnes has many fond memories of the Greensboro Coliseum, and he spoke of them Saturday when he brought his Texas Longhorns’ basketball team to the “Gate City” to take on North Carolina.
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COLUMN: Exam season shelves the 'athlete' aspect of college students
The genesis of this column came from the concept of writing about the life of a student-athlete.
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COLUMN: NCAA still as corrupt as ever
After recently watching one of ESPN’s “30 for 30” feature films on the Southern Methodist University football program, my mind quickly drew comparisons to the current college football landscape.
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COLUMN: The high and low of college football
Several times lately I’ve mentioned records I didn’t think would ever be matched or broken in the sports world.
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COLUMN: Behind the scenes at the ACC football championship
Hello again, everyone. First of all, my apologies for being MIA last week. I was knee deep in intern work, but the best part of that is that it gave me plenty of content for this week’s column. Here we go...
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COLUMN: Lucas' passing brings to mind other great basketball names
A recent obituary caught my eye and brought back some long-ago memories. It stated that Maurice Lucas died of bladder cancer at age 58.
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COLUMN: A turkey day classic
I’ve seen a lot of Thanksgiving Day football, but none better than this year’s New Orleans-Dallas game.
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COLUMN: Some records will last forever
Records and statistics are one of the top reasons we love sports.We like to compare our favorite player or team to someone else’s.
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COLUMN: There's much to be thankful for
Since this is the week of Thanksgiving, I found it appropriate to use this forum to simply send out a big thank you to all of those who’ve been keeping up with my writing since this began in September.
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COLUMN: Pats returns huge nucleus for '11 campaign
Friday’s loss to Crest may have left a bad taste in Freedom’s mouth, but the Patriots must hold their heads up high for their successful overall season.
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COLUMN: Conference strength a big factor in playoff football
I’m sure that like me, most of you that are high school football fans were checking the results from last Friday’s first-round state playoff games as soon as they were released to see who won and who will meet in this week’s second-round games.
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COLUMN: The coaches behind another championship Saturday for county football
The Burke County Recreation Department recently closed out its youth football program with another championship Saturday.
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COLUMN: Bringing hockey down south
It was a typical May evening in 2002 when 13 year-old Zach Daw was scanning through TV channels and came across a Carolina Hurricanes’ broadcast.
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COLUMN: Playoffs bring end to wacky high school football season
With every passing year I cover high school football, the less and less I feel like I know.
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COLUMN: Patton-Freedom gives Burke Co. a great new rivalry
I really enjoyed the 34 years Freedom and East Burke spent at the top level of North Carolina high school sports.
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COLUMN: The ballads of Bobby and Bumgarner
Another Major League Baseball season is in the books and for many reasons, this one has been one of the more memorable Octobers I have seen for a number of reasons.
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COLUMN: Baseball still the national pastime?
Baseball has been called out national pastime for many years, but a lot of football and basketball fans would dispute that claim today.
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COLUMN: Advice for soon-to-be college students
So as anyone that follows my online blog may have noticed, I have been M.I.A. for the last week when it comes to producing online content.
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