By R.L. Bynum Inside Carolina one of nation’s most popular independent school-focused athletic sites The future for the newspaper industry is gloomy as companies focuses on growing digital revenue, knowing that it’s only a matter of time before print dies. Although Inside Carolina’s business model is vastly different, the website has shown that there can… Read more »
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UNC Loses To Texas A&M in Charlotte. Blame Charlotte.
featured image courtesy goheels.com/J.D Lyon Jr By R.L. Bynum CHARLOTTE — For the second night in three days, the same Charlotte arena that will be host for the ACC Tournament next season turned into a house of horrors for an ACC team. Two nights after Virginia became the first No. 1 seed to lose to… Read more »
Loose Lipscomb Seeks ‘Ship…but Roy Doesn’t Do 1st Round Losses
8 Things From UNC’s NCAA Tournament win over Lipscomb by R.L. Bynum CHARLOTTE — After giving older North Carolina fans stressful purple flashbacks for much of the first half, the Tar Heels finally took control to easily advance past Lipscomb 82-61 in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday afternoon. It… Read more »
Virginia Beats UNC. Wins ACC.
by R.L. Bynum NEW YORK — Even when it’s going well, facing Virginia is a torturous test. North Carolina hung on for so long and came close but could never erase its second-half deficit. When the Tar Heels made mistakes that they were able to survive against Duke a night earlier, the Cavaliers instead took… Read more »
Heels D up in Brooklyn, Will Face Hoos In Final
by R.L. Bynum NEW YORK — The tough North Carolina defense that disappeared late in the regular season has turned up in Brooklyn. That has been bad news for the Tar Heels’ opponents. For the second consecutive night, UNC faced a team that shredded its defense in the second halves of the two regular-season-ending losses…. Read more »
Theo Pinson Flourish SZN in Brooklyn
by R.L. Bynum NEW YORK — With two of North Carolina’s best 3-point threats going through shooting slumps, the Tar Heels got the key perimeter punch when they needed it from an unlikely source. Theo Pinson, the same guy who elicits groans from UNC fans when it looks like he is even thinking of attempting… Read more »
Media Musings: FBI Coverage Gets Clicks–Was It Fair?
by R.L. Bynum Was treatment of FBI story–on the web, in print; national and local–a fair presentation? There is quite a bit of difference between a player who is reportedly accused of accepting thousands of dollars in loans from an agent and players who are reportedly accused of being linked to a meal with an… Read more »
Future Celebrity Attendee of UNC-Duke Games Marvin Bagley Leads Devils’ Revenge Win
by R.L. Bynum Who won? DURHAM — North Carolina blew a 13-point second-half lead when Marvin Bagley got Duke’s offense rolling and the Tar Heels’ offense stagnated in a 74-64 Blue Devils victory on Saturday night. The ball movement that got UNC such good shots disappeared and its lead soon followed. Bagley scored 18 of… Read more »