Raleigh City Sports is the premier podcast covering NCFC/NC Courage, though they discuss Hurricanes, ACC and all things Raleigh as well. Podcasts feature some combo of Fitz, Mike, and Ryan and usually a guest or two, often an NCFC/Courage player. You can check them out at Raleigh City Sports dot com. Fitz & Ryan talk the Canes… Read more »
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Raleigh City Sports Ep. 95: #RyanOut and Canes Playoff Talk +NCFC Recap PLUS BONUS POD talking injuries
Raleigh City Sports is the premier podcast covering NCFC/NC Courage, though they discuss Hurricanes, ACC and all things Raleigh as well. Podcasts feature some combo of Fitz, Mike, and Ryan and usually a guest or two, often an NCFC/Courage player. You can check them out at Raleigh City Sports dot com. Ryan is “out of town” so… Read more »
Cheaters Never Win: Game 4 Edition
SportsChannel8’s Carolina Hurricanes coverage is led by the guys from Section 328, season ticket holders who make noise, tailgate, follow, and discuss the Canes as well as anyone does it. Welcome new friends and new listeners! We’re so darn excited for tonight’s game 4, we had to get two for this week’s episode. Mike Maniscalco from… Read more »
Media Musings: Different Job, Same Beat for Person
By R.L. Bynum Leaving newspapers, adjusting to the change wasn’t easy for Person Sports writers are no different than athletes: Changing teams and playbooks requires some adjustments. It took a few weeks for Joe Person to fully make the transition from decades in the newspaper industry to being part of The Athletic. Unlike most athletes,… Read more »
Open Letter To UVa Fan from SportsChannel8
Dear UVa Fan: Congratulations on making the National Title game! We’re proud of the season you had and although you won’t hear us doing any A-C-C chants tonight, it is nice to have other teams in the conference do some of the heavy lifting to ensure our status as “best basketball conference.” Can you believe… Read more »
Plunked: How it feels to get hit by an 88 mph fastball
By Shawn Krest No one told me about the hiss. A good fastball is sometimes called a hummer in baseball slang, but the actual sound is far less pleasant than that. The sound is supposedly made by the seams, ripping through air as the ball spins toward the plate. The higher the spin rate,… Read more »
Media Musings: “Saint” Ives Helps Make The GameDay Hoops Crew Look Good
by R.L. Bynum UNC alum a key part of ESPN’s College GameDay basketball broadcasts When an ESPN College GameDay broadcast starts Saturday morning during basketball season, most of the hardest work is done for the show’s main researcher. The rest of the week is much busier for Bryan Ives, a 31-year-old UNC alum from Charlotte… Read more »
Media Musings: Schools Prepare For ACC Network Launch
By R.L Bynum Duke ahead of the game as schools race to prepare for ACC Network When the ACC Network was announced in July 2016, the scramble began at nearly every league school to get the needed facilities built. There was no such scramble at Duke. Its facilities were part of the planned Blue Devil… Read more »