Tag Archive | "Jim Valvano"
Technician falls under the evil mind control of SFN, but some still resist!!!
Flashback: March 30th, 2006 from “Kennel Delivers Annual Communique To The Masses”: Dear Chancellor Oblinger, NC State is a Great University, and you are doing an excellent job building upon the strengths of previous Chancellors and taking us even further. Sincere thanks to you. [snip] Finally, I wish to state my personal support for whatever decisions you make. I [...]
Continue reading...Laugh. Think. Cry.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
V himself had said that team wasn’t very good. After a 6-8 conference record, State was seeded sixth for the 1987 ACC Tournament in Landover. But somehow – not unlike a few years earlier on an even bigger stage – Jim Valvano’s Cardiac Pack had survived and advanced to the title game, where they would [...]
Continue reading...Jamburger! Tom Suiter steps aside as WRAL anchor
Friday, December 5, 2008
One of Rocky Mount’s finest and perhaps the most liked local media personalities of our generation is stepping back from his responsibilities. From WRAL: On Dec. 18, longtime WRAL sports anchor Tom Suiter will emerge from the sports office in the back of the newsroom. As he briskly walks to the set, he will take [...]
Continue reading...Jimmy V’s Farewell Speech In Reynolds
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Jimmy V Week is underway on ESPN, and while my wife and I were out at dinner, we saw V’s incredible speech at the ESPY Awards in 1993 replayed on the World Wide Leader. It was moving, as always, but the farewell speech I remember the best from Jim Valvano was one far more direct [...]
Continue reading...NBA.com: Del Negro gets rolling as Bulls Head Coach
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
We refer you to our story from June linked here (that includes some great ‘Wolfpack talk’ from the 1980s for those that need a little insight and educating on some topics that comes second nature only to the die-hards) The Chicago Bulls’ website has a nice article on our own Vinny Del Negro. They are [...]
Continue reading...Jimmy V Classic moving to new NC State golf course
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
This is some good news that we didn’t want to ignore. After two years in Pinehurst, the annual star-studded Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic event – which supports the Cary-based V Foundation for Cancer Research – is moving back to the Triangle. The Classic originally moved to Pinehurst Resort in 2007 due to a scheduling conflict. The [...]
Continue reading...The State of State Part Four – AD Battle Royale
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
In previous entries, several commenters had expressed an interest in some historical statistics for comparison purposes. Below are some conference title and winning percentage stats over the last 22 years for the past five Athletic Directors at NC State.
Continue reading...Another Valvano Player Hired as NBA Coach
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Add former Wolfpacker Vinny Del Negro to the list of Jim Valvano’s former players who have made a big splash in basketball years after their playing careers ended. Multiple media reports indicate that Del Negro is set to become the Head Coach of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls. The deal isn’t complete, but sources said Del Negro will [...]
Continue reading...25th Anniversary – April 4, 1983; SFN Blogs the ‘Celebration’
Friday, April 4, 2008
Today’s entry is a two-parter. One part good. One part disgusting. 1983 Anniversary Many on the faculty hate it. I’m sure most of the adminstrators are oblivious to it. The folks who don’t follow sports don’t understand it. Our rivals used to shake their head at it. But, today’s date is perhaps the most important date in [...]
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...Good Luck, Clemson
Monday, December 31, 2007
The Clemson Tigers take the field tonight in the Chick-Fil-A bowl in what I think will be the ACC’s ‘defining’ bowl game of 2007. The Tigers game tonight against Auburn will only count as one game – the conference is currently a respectable 2-1 in bowls thusfar – but the magnitude of this battle [...]
Continue reading...The End of V Week
Friday, December 7, 2007
Business and other responsibilities kept us from focusing very much on Jimmy V Week…so, we thought that we would link to this entry. Additionally, you should check out the Hoop Dreams program over at Duke. CBS ran a feature on this program in March of 2005 and I started an entry that I never finished, but I [...]
Continue reading...V and DT Transcended Rivalry
Thursday, August 23, 2007
A nice find from a couple of weeks ago that we failed to link. Link For example, Sumner says, Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and former UNC coach Dean Smith aren’t the overall most popular figures in the Hall because some fans don’t like to acknowledge the accomplishments of their chief rival. But he says N.C. State basketball [...]
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...1986: V Interview on CBS
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Every fan of every school has a cache of moments that are particularly special to them for some reason or another. Because the years of 1980-1985 were so forgettable…1986 came along for me at a time where I was definitely ‘old enough to remember’ while also being somewhat ‘blank’ as it related to NC [...]
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...Bobby V Bridges The Past
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Tip of the hat to a poster on Pack Pride. Really interesting stuff in this article by Bob Valvano. The following is just the beginning excerpt of the piece: It is the late 1960’s and the college coach gets a call from his brother, who is a high school coach. The call concerns a player the high [...]
Continue reading...Jimmy V Coaching…Northwestern?
Monday, March 12, 2007
(Expect this to be on Pack Pride and The Wolfpacker’s Message Boards momentarily without a remote mention of us providing the link). From the Chicago Tribune via Sports Illustrated: Exceptional Tale: Valvano Wanted to Coach Northwestern
Continue reading...ESPN: State’s ‘83 Run
Saturday, March 3, 2007
It’s always nice to highlight articles focused on NC State’s tradition. Pat Forde of ESPN pulls a great one out that is focused on the 1983 run to the National Championship. (Link) Don’t be misled by the title of the piece and the first part of the article – it is about the entire 1983 [...]
Continue reading...Happy 4th of July
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
You can click on this link for a host of July 4th multimedia links, or you can click on this direct link to YouTube to see Jimmy V’s speech (that we have also embedded below). On February 21, 1993, NC State honored the 1983 NCAA Championship basketball team in Reynolds Coliseum. Jim Valvano was working the game [...]
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