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Hayes Permar

What does Hayes like about sports? Walk offs, walkovers, walk ups, walk outs, walks, Ewoks, “Walk Like A Man” by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. He is from Wake County and dropped out of Davidson, UNC and NC State, jumps on whatever in-state bandwagon is currently tracking towards a championship and has a favorite team but pretends he doesn’t for journalistic purposes.

‘Death Lineup’ Helps Tar Heels Survive Deacs

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featured photo courtesy goheels.com/Jeffrey Camarati By R.L. Bynum Who won? CHAPEL HILL — No. 13 North Carolina survived a number of defensive lapses, particularly from the perimeter, but turned up the heat on defense by holding Wake Forest scoreless for the final 2:21 of the Tar Heels’ 73–69 victory in the ACC opener for both… Read more »

Terriers Kick Tar Heels’ Derrière

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featured image courtesy of goheels.com/Jeffrey A. Camarati by R.L. Bynum What happened? CHAPEL HILL — No. 5 North Carolina couldn’t weather extended stretches without a field goal — including the final 4:29 of the game — and a hot-shooting Wofford team. Poor late-game execution ended the Tar Heels’ 23-game home win streak with a 79-75… Read more »

R.L.’s Media Musings: the Fox/Disney Deal

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Editor’s note: New contributor R.L. will write regularly about media topics of interest to the sports fans of NC. He’ll also contribute to our coverage of UNC hoops. And if I know him well, he’ll probably write some stuff about running (he’s closing in on 50 career marathons). R.L. spent 27 years as a newspaper… Read more »

Tar Heels’ Shooting Against Western Sizzlin

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featured photo courtesy of goheels.com//Peyton Williams 8 Things from UNC’s Tar Heels easy test vs. Western Carolina heading to their exam break By R.L. Bynum What happened? CHAPEL HILL — Combining North Carolina’s rebounding domination (53-25) with incredible proficiency from 3-point range doomed Western Carolina, even after the Catamounts jumped to a 5-0 lead. The… Read more »

R.L.’s Media Musings: An Update on Cam vs. The Media

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Editor’s note: New contributor R.L. will write regularly about media topics of interest to the sports fans of NC. He’ll also contribute to our coverage of UNC hoops. And if I know him well, he’ll probably write some stuff about running (he’s closing in on 50 career marathons). R.L. spent 27 years as a newspaper… Read more »

Defensive Tar Heels ride the Green Wave

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featured image by Jeffrey Camarati/goheels.com 8 Things From UNC’s Win Over Tulane By R.L. Bynum What happened? CHAPEL HILL — As probably the least-talented opponent that North Carolina has faced this season, Tulane (6–25 last season) gave the Tar Heels a chance at an easy victory. They pounced on that opportunity early on the way… Read more »

Where did UNC outplay Davidson? In Charlotte.

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8 Things From UNC’s Win Over Davidson by R.L. Bynum   What happened? CHARLOTTE — It seems like every day of the Carolina basketball season is Maye Day. And, playing near his home in Huntersville, it was like that again with Luke Maye putting up a double-double by halftime on his way to 24 points… Read more »

Michigan Can’t Top UNC This Time Out

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8 Things From UNC’s Win over Michigan by R.L. Bynum   What happened? CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina’s 86–71 blowout of Michigan on Wednesday was as much of a feel-good game — for the most part — as the Tar Heels’ loss to Michigan State on Sunday was a nightmare. Senior guard Joel Berry, who… Read more »