It’s almost the official middle of summertime – about six weeks past Memorial Day and about six weeks until the start of the college football season - so it is obviously a slow time where college sports are concerned. Fall practices are still several weeks out, and it’s really too soon for the major media outlets to start covering […]
Media
Raycom to expand web and television interaction; NC State officials dumbfounded, irate
Raycom Sports has entered into an agreement with another company to enhance its internet offerings during game telecasts starting during football season. (Link to article) CHARLOTTE – Raycom Sports is hoping to capitalize on sports fans’ growing multitasking.The syndicator has announced a partnership with Jacked SportsTop that will begin during telecasts of Atlantic Coast Conference […]
Lee Fowler appearance on 99.9FM Wednesday morning
No…you read that headline correctly. One of the only Athletics Directors in the country to have his own television show needs to make another radio appearance. Update: You can click here to hear the interview. In addition to his regular column in the Wolfpacker magazine and the recent tour of the entire State of North […]
Changes Coming to N&O Sports Section
I recognize the value in the synergies created by merging many of the duplicative functions created by having operations in both Raleigh and Charlotte; but, the N&O’s Sports Page had easily become the best part of the newspaper while the Charlotte Observer‘s sports page is rife with bias, off-base coverage and one of the worst […]
Pack Pride vs The Wolfpacker
This is a topic that we have never discussed here on SFN and it is time to get it out there as my premium subscription to Pack Pride has recently expired and I cannot decide if I am going to renew it. I have severely limited familiarity with TheWolfpacker.com because of (1) my historical ties […]
UCLA Farks Overexposed Hopsbrough
Courtesy of The Onion The Final Four is almost here. Which means a lot of things…and this year it means that the world will have the ‘pleasure’ of watching the most amazing college basketball player in history! With Rick Morrissey leading the charge in this fantastic article, we FINALLY have some other folks in the […]
Billy Packer – Patron Saint of Objectivity
It was the rarest of rarities (aside from Wolfpack championships) – a long profile in Sunday’s N&O that seemed tailor made for me. There are tons of great anecdotes (don’t miss the “shard grabbing” story) – read the whole thing. But the overriding theme reinforces what I like about Packer – his near slavish devotion […]
‘Signgate’ stupidity and the good old double standard!
Been traveling a lot. (No…not the Tyler Hopswalk kind of traveling) Busy with work. Only so many hours in the day to keep the blog updated. I was at the game last night. Saw the “disgraceful” (sarcasm) sign that the baseball player held up at halftime. Didn’t think twice about it. All I could make […]
Chilling anniversary: The Broken Nose
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! […]
Who knew getting commitments from South Carolina was such a big deal?
Today’s Charlotte Observer provides us a great opportunity to bring a couple of recent stories together for a quick note. There is certainly nothing earth shattering here; just some interesting observations. Earlier this week we shared two different entries that you should read if you havent. One was an entry focused on NC State football […]
