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Making Sense of the Nonsensical
Dean Smith had lost to Norm Sloan eight straight times when his Tar Heels grabbed a six-point lead in overtime in Reynolds Coliseum on Jan. 18, 1975. Monte Towe and Moe Rivers applied a suffocating press and turned freshman Phil Ford over a couple of times, igniting a late rally to an 88-85 victory....
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T-?
The lights went out at Northwest Middle School when my daughter was a student there in the sixth grade. The teacher, to keep rein on the class, decided to play a round of Jeopardy. The question Rebecca got was: Who wrote the song Respect? Rebecca knew who wrote it. It was Otis Redding. She also hi...
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Salvaging Something From Class of 2012
The recruiting class of 2012 was never destined to challenge the class of 1990—Rodney Rogers, Randolph Childress, Trelonnie Owens, Marc Blucas, Robert Doggett and Stan King—for the distinction of best in school history. It’s not every year you get two Hall of Famers, along with two...
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Big Ones Getting Bigger at Wake
It’s way too early to tell if the prospects for an improved offensive line are looking up at Wake. But as the beat guy, I know I’m going to be looking up to talk with the offensive linemen the Deacons have landed in the past two recruiting classes. The three who signed with Wake today a...
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A Panoramic View of Baby Blue
If you were at Joel Coliseum last night, you know what the place looked like. If you weren’t, here’s some less-than-professional video to give you an idea. It speaks for itself. ...
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A Downer of a Night
Most of my buddies don’t believe it when I tell them, but sportswriting is not all fun and games. Well it is a lot of games, but not all of them are fun. Yeah, I get in free. Yeah, I get good seats. Yeah, I get to talk with the players and coaches afterwards. And oh yeah, I get complimentary ...
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Stale Words About Freshmen
From my earliest days as a sportswriter, I was cautioned to avoid cliches. It’s a policy to which I have tried to adhere, though, I have to admit, with only mixed success. We who make what living we make out of words have to come up with something. The goal is to snag and hold on to a reader&...
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Young is Young No Longer
Tony Chennault is a tough, hard-nosed Philly kid who plays hard. He also smiles a lot and is fun to be around. But there are days when it becomes painfully obvious how much work remains before he establishes himself as a solid, dependable ACC point guard. Today, against senior Andre Young of Clemso...
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Walker Good to Go
It was a pretty drive through the upstate countryside to Clemson, but I couldn’t get out of the car once I reached Littlejohn Ryan Bingham was on Outlaw Country singing Southside of Heaven and I wasn’t about to turn it off. It’s too good. It is a long song, but considering it was ...
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Walker Status: Game-Time Decision
Ty Walker made the trip to Clemson and practiced on a limited basis today, but didn’t participate in any contact drills. The medical staff will evaluate Walker Saturday morning to see if he has recovered sufficiently from the concussion sustained Wednesday against Florida State to return aga...
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Walker Will Play if Recovered
Trainer Greg Collins doesn’t know yet if Ty Walker will recover from his concussion in time to play for Wake Saturday at Clemson, and he might not know until Saturday morning. “It’s too hard to say right now,’’ Collins said during today’s practice, which Walker a...
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Winning together: A close-knit attititude is at the core of Deacon's successful season
Michael Hoag represents the Old Guard of the Wake Forest football team in more ways than one.
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Grobe: Deacons aren't ready
As he assesses his football team halfway through preseason camp, coach Jim Grobe of Wake Forest sees a bunch of players anxious and raring to play Syracuse in the Sept. 1 opener.
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New manager says Dash will contend for title
Nobody has to tell first-year manager Julio Vinas of the Winston-Salem Dash he has a tough act to follow.
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Wake Forest football team ravaged by injuries
Coach Jim Grobe has a word of advice for anybody planning to drop by BB&T Field today to watch Wake Forest's football scrimmage, scheduled for 10 a.m.
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Local baseball exhibition with Babe Ruth was a big hit in 1920
In 1920, 125,000 automobiles were registered in North Carolina, a state with a population of 2.6 million.
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Deacons land big man
Larry Bird had a little bit of everything as a Hall of Fame basketball player. He had strength, he had touch, he had vision and he had a raging desire to win.
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Deacons removing redshirts today
The redshirts have come off a number of potentially key players on the Wake Forest football roster.
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Bzdelik says he was humiliated and embarrassed
It's wrong for a coach not totally committed to a basketball program to ask his players to be.
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Pleading His Case: Tight end Wooster wants opportunity to catch more passes for Wake Forest
As the roommate of quarterback Riley Skinner, senior tight end Ben Wooster has a decided home-field advantage over the other tight ends and receivers on the Wake Forest roster.
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Local Hero: Shore will be forever linked with Babe Ruth
The most far-reaching decisions of life often require little to no deliberation. They're made for us.
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Lean Years: Howerton held the fort for local team
In another time at the same place as today, Winston-Salem's professional baseball team was operated by Cart Howerton.
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Legacy: Slack's influence on local baseball remains strong
Professional baseball would have been played at Ernie Shore Field for the past 53 years without Bill Slack. But it wouldn't have been as interesting, or as much fun. And judging from Slack's performance in his 12 1/2 seasons as manager of the Winston-Salem Red Sox, it wouldn't have been as good.
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In The Genes: Ackleys know baseball
It would be a bit of a stretch to say that had it not been for the kindness and consideration extended some 25 years ago by Bill Slack, then Dustin Ackley wouldn't be tearing the cover off the ball for North Carolina.
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Amazing Dry Spell
The ACC should petition the NCAA to present an annual award to the conference that has the best regular-season performance in baseball.
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