We should have known if you let the PGA Championship get this close to South Carolina (real South Carolina, not the beaches) then we’d get some drunk redneck in town for the tournament jumping on stage with some country singer. We just didn’t know it would be these two. Darius Rucker and John Daly covering… Read more »
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Which College Football Summer Preview Magazine Is the Best?
Sporting News? Phil Steele? Athlon? Street & Smith? Sports Illustrated? Everyone has their favorite place to get the numbers of returning projected starters for their team, but if you read them all you might believe every Power 5 school is a dark horse to win the National Championship (except for Alabama, which is always the… Read more »
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Copy of ESPN’s ACC Network Programming Promo
SportsChannel8 has obtained an exclusive copy of a promo for a potential blockbuster night of programming on the ACC Network that includes a mix of reality shows, game shows and re-aired sporting events, just like most other cable channels these days. Are these shows you’d watch? Have other programming suggestions? Set your DVRs now. That… Read more »
“GET OUT 2” Trailer starring Luke Kennard and Savannah Chrisley
Last Thursday the NBA held their annual player selection meeting, better known as the Draft. The headlines included some guy from the PAC 12 going 1st overall and Jimmy Butler going from a cold city to an even colder city. Locally, the headlines included the Hornets getting perhaps the steal of the draft by selecting… Read more »
The Carolina Mudcats Are The Most Interesting Team In Minor League Baseball And It’s Not Even Close
In a sport where most fans couldn’t tell you the team’s place in the standings or name many of the players, being “interesting” is more important than being “good.” And measuring by the Interesting Scale, the Carolina Mudcats have been the best team in minor league baseball the past ten days. Let’s take a look… Read more »
“Pitino, You S-U-C-K” | A Special Investig8tion
No one will remember much about the game that took place between Louisville and UNC in Chapel Hill on February 22nd, 2017. No one will forget what happened at halftime of the game between Louisville and UNC in Chapel Hill on February 22nd, 2017. But will we ever know what REALLY happened between Louisville coach… Read more »
Does Mark Gottfried Blame The Media For His Firing?
NC State coach Mark Gottfried has received praise for his grace in handling of a difficult situation: coaching out a season after being fired. His dismissal has also touched off a discussion locally and nationally about NC State basketball, what coaches they can and cannot attract, and even a little turf war between local and… Read more »
A Salute To Mark Gottfried: The Latest (Former) NC State Head Coach
At the time it happens, it’s easy to view every coach firing as a “failed” coaching job (it’s not). Likewise it’s easy to be melancholy at the time of a coach’s departure and forget what happy times there were. And so it is with Mark Gottfried, for whom we wish the best both in the… Read more »