Gone but not forgotten (because they’re still ripping us off)
One aspect of the ongoing scandal at my alma mater has been the revelation of an institutional culture of administrators openly enriching themselves at the expense of the citizens of North Carolina, who are — they should remember — forced to fund the university no matter what. That includes no matter how removed from responsible, [...]
Continue reading...Tributes to Kay Yow
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Updated: 850 The Buzz has posted a series of Yow remembrances Right Angles announces the following: NC State womens basketball coach Kay Yow had many, many friends and admirers. Today on NewsTalk 680 WPTF, you’ll hear from them — including UNC womens basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell and longtime colleague and ACC associate commissioner Nora Lynn Finch — [...]
Continue reading...The return of K-Rob
Monday, November 17, 2008
As stated in an earlier post, NC State may choose to under-promote our alums currently making major contributions in the National Football League, but we will do our best not to ignore their contributions. Koren Robinson was re-signed this year by Seattle after a string of injuries to its receiving corps that was, well, NC State-esque. [...]
Continue reading...Barbrady mentality
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Once again, the darlings in Chapel Hill get a pass. Per the N&O: UNC-Chapel Hill will not face sanctions over a pickup game Tuesday. The men’s basketball team played with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in violation of a rule that coaches are not allowed to watch pickup games during the offseason. Division I basketball teams are also [...]
Continue reading...ACC Tournament game entry: NC State v. Miami
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Well. All good things have to end. So do bad things. This season, for example. ACC Tournament games on Thursday are like … eh. I can’t even care enough to think up a good analogy. We are all hoping, of course, for a repeat and follow-through of what the Wolfpack did last year. And Washington is [...]
Continue reading...Chilling anniversary: The Broken Nose
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
It was a horrifying moment. A chilling blow in the middle of a contested ACC game. Blood began to flow immediately. The shocked victim looked up, grabbed his nose, saw the blood pouring out, and had to exit the game. Who can ever forget it? But then — oh, the bravery! The strength of character! [...]
Continue reading...Tough loss, on dealing with one — Valvano philosophy
Friday, February 1, 2008
If you’re a passionate fan as I am, who believes as Vince Lombardi does that “Show me a ‘good loser’ and I’ll show you a loser,” it’s good to keep this Valvano advice in mind: Jimmy V says he’ll allow his players 24 hours to feel sorry for themselves and curse the basketball gods. Then, he [...]
Continue reading...Pack takes on the Green Devils tonight
Thursday, January 31, 2008
It’s a game no one expects the Pack to win, at Cameron Indoor Stadium against the No. 3 team in the nation, the Duke Green1 Devils. The facts of the matter are, however, that it’s a rivalry game and it’s the ACC, so all bets are off. To win, the Pack will need superb [...]
Continue reading...Young Pack fan finds happiness
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Remember that poor little boy from last March? He’s happier now:
Continue reading...October 27th 8:12 PM EST
Wolfpack win despite rumors of divine opposition
Saturday, October 27, 2007
NC State 29, Virginia 24
Continue reading...Kay Yow wins ESPY Award named for Jim Valvano
Thursday, July 12, 2007
It’s nice to see others have been inspired by NC State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow over the years! Per WRAL: North Carolina State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow won the inaugural Jimmy V ESPY for Perseverance on Wednesday. She was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer while coaching the Wolfpack during this year’s NCAA tournament. Yow [...]
Continue reading...In memoriam
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Tonight students at NC State are meeting on Harris Field in front of Witherspoon Student Center for a candlelight vigil in memory of the students slain yesterday in the senseless massacre at our sister institution, Virginia Tech. For those of us who cannot be there, we light a virtual candle here. Godspeed to the souls [...]
Continue reading...Friday frivolity: “GOOOOOOOOAL! ROD-NEEEEY! ROD-NEEEEY!” etc.
Friday, April 13, 2007
I found this on YouTube, and it’s too hilarious not to pass along: Longtime State fans will remember some of the wild shots Rodney Monroe made while at NC State, one of the best shooters the ACC has ever seen, and how he looked when he got in the zone. Well, here he is making [...]
Continue reading...Happy Anniversary!
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Really, nothing more needs to be said (but feel free to take a deeper look into some very interesting thoughts by clicking here). Just sit back and enjoy the most famous 44 seconds in NC State athletics history — and all the pandemonium that ensued afterward. Also, please pay close attention to Coach Valvano’s comments [...]
Continue reading...The Valvano approach to the Final Four
Sunday, March 25, 2007
I friggin’ love YouTube for finds like this, an ESPN preview of the 1983 National Championship game: Check it out. You’ll see glimpses of Valvano’s love for life, his passion for the game as well as his perspective about the relative importance of basketball in life, his pre-game instruction to “have fun” (something that the current [...]
Continue reading...Yow’s scrappy Wolfpack faces another No. 1
Saturday, March 24, 2007
The only team in the country this year to defeat Duke and North Carolina is facing another giant: Connecticut. The NCAA tournament game between the fourth-seeded Wolfpack and the No. 1 seed UConn tips off tonight at 9 p.m. NC State coach Kay Yow continues her inspirational battle against stage-4 breast cancer. The News & Observer [...]
Continue reading...Kay Yow, inspiration
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
I’m embarrassed to admit, but I write this post in shock and sadness. I had not realized, not until reading an article in The New York Times (of all places!), just how serious NC State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow’s cancer had progressed. The hall-of-fame legend who once coached the Olympic women’s team is at [...]
Continue reading...ESPN: What we learned in Tampa
Monday, March 12, 2007
I’m going to tease with Bomani Jones’ second lesson first before delving into the real meat of this piece. Here is that second lesson: “The nation should be glad NC State didn’t make the NCAAs.” Jones praises NC State and Sidney Lowe highly here:
Continue reading...Media naysayers (and Lee Fowler): Come and get some more crow!
Thursday, March 8, 2007
For every last one of you who said it — and you jackasses know who you are, and so do we — NC State fans are delusional if they think they can expect to compete against Duke with Coach K and UNC with Roy Williams! What coach is going to want to go there?
Continue reading...Dunking UNC
Monday, February 5, 2007
Here’s that dunk compilation you know you’ve been waiting for: (For game comments please go to Spin’s great guest piece, “Get It Back.”)
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