Dwight Howard on the cover of SI – The Hornets biggest offseason acquisition gets profiled by Lee Jenkins as he tries to figure out how to make the most of his remaining basketball career. While the redemption piece seems premature–can we at least let him have a good start to the season?–it does open your eyes,… Read more »
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From the North Cack Stacks: Best of NC Sports Media July 21-26
We’re almost there, fam. As we mentioned last week, the North Carolina sports scene gave us a lot more to digest during the summer than usual….but still, it’s the dead of summer and as much as we like reading Dave Gettleman postmortems, we want GAMES! The games aren’t quite here, but we’re getting close so… Read more »
From the North Cack Stacks: Best of NC Sports Media July 14-20
Typically speaking, absolutely nothing happens in July in the sports world, save some college football preview stuff and some NFL training camp hype at the end of the month. But this year? Um, well, let’s just say it hadn’t been a typical year. A sampling: the Carolina Hurricanes announced a sale to a new owner… Read more »
From the North Cack Stacks: The Best in NC Sports Media June 28-July 5
Around this time of year, sports hit a slow patch. However, here are some good pieces I found last week around the holiday weekend……. – NASCAR is something that North Carolinians cherish and cannot do without. Countless drivers have NC roots and connections, but one stands above all: Richard Petty. This memoir from Ed Hardin… Read more »
From the North Cack Stacks: The Weekly Best in NC Sports Media
As baseball and soccer become the main focus of the sports world (look, it’s what we have…deal with it), journalists are killing time before they can give you their college football previews–but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still cranking out good work. Here’s some of the best: -Despite falling 3-2 to the Houston Dynamo of… Read more »
Phinal Phour in Phoenix: Day 1 Notebook
First thing first: Phoenix is not a basketball town. Every day we were in Brooklyn or Memphis I saw people playing, shooting, or at least holding a basketball somewhere around the city. Not the case in Phoenix (or Glendale or Scottsdale, the other two towns events are taking place all week). It’s not a basketball… Read more »
#WholePackofBowls Day 1: No Uber in Shreveport
I assumed I’d lose some money in Shreveport–if you’re staying in a casino on Christmas Eve your activities are pretty much destined to be “sit at a blackjack table” or “watch ‘A Christmas Story’” until you fall asleep (do you go with TBS or the more traditional TNT? They BOTH air it all day now)…. Read more »
Dear Caniacs – By Michelle McMahon
Editor’s note: The SportsChannel8 Diary is where we “pass the pen” to someone outside of the SC8 team who can give us a unique perspective. This entry comes from Michelle McMahon who is moving from the Hurricanes broadcast team to the NHL Network. This article originally ran on Section 328, where you’ll find the best Canes coverage for… Read more »