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No Team Shoots Itself In The Dick Quite Like N.C. State
“Did you watch that sweet Baylor-Kansas game last night? Frank Mason and Josh Jackson are the real deal, huh? College basketball rules, man. The tournament’s going to be so sick this year. Anyone could win!” ...
Superstar Freshman Dennis Smith Jr. Went Ballistic On Duke<em></em>
Until this evening, North Carolina State hadn’t won a basketball game at Duke since 1995. That 1994-95 Duke team finished with 18 losses, the most in school history, and since then, the Blue Devils have dominated the Wolfpack. N.C. State may have fallen behind Duke and UNC (and maybe Wake Forest) in...
Kentucky Downs North Carolina Thanks To Miracle Freshman Malik Monk
Malik Monk’s three-pointer with 17 seconds remaining gave Kentucky the lead for good in the Wildcats’ lightning-fire matchup against North Carolina, as the freshman phenom finished with 47 points in leading his team to a 103-100 win over the Tar Heels....
N.C. Central Loses Celebration Bowl Thanks To Excessive Celebration Penalty
Grambling State won today’s Celebration Bowl 10-9 after a would-be tying touchdown had the extra point fouled up by an excessive celebration penalty....
North Carolina GOP Uses Hurricane Relief Session To Undercut Incoming Governor's Powers
Since everything went to shit, partial solace has been found in the belief that, even if your party of choice failed to win The Big One, there’s plenty that can be done in all levels of government to induce progress. The shitty flip side to this line of thinking is that the same principle applies to...
Isiah Thomas Gleefully Hoists Disembodied Crying Jordan Head As Tribute To Hoosiers' Win
No. 13 Indiana hosted No. 3 North Carolina last night in a game in which members of the 1981 Hoosier team—the Isiah Thomas-led bunch that won the championship that season by whipping the Tar Heels in the final—were on hand 1) to be honored for their past triumph before this game, and 2) to watch a ...
NCSU & UNC Launch Bench-Clearing Brawl
North Carolina State and North Carolina brawled in the second quarter today after a play eventually ruled an incompletion after video replay....
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UNC Kicker Taunts Florida State With Tomahawk Chop After Nailing Game-Winner
Through three quarters, North Carolina managed to contain Dalvin Cook and the Florida State offense while still being explosive on offense, per usual. This allowed the Tar Heels to head into the final period up 28-14 on the No. 12 Seminoles. UNC ended up needing a miraculous 54-yard field goal from ...
ACC Football Championship Moved To Orlando Over Anti-LGBT Law
The Atlantic Coastal Conference made its departure from the Tar Heel State official Thursday, announcing via press release that the 2016 ACC football championship game will be held in Orlando....
Don't Expect Police Video Of Keith Scott's Death Any Time Soon
Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed Friday by police, who were searching The Village at College Downs, an apartment complex, for a separate man with an outstanding warrant. The police have said the 43-year old was carrying a handgun the second time he stepped out of his vehicle, and refused to pu...
North Carolina Governor Planted Questions From Fake Reporters To Avoid Answering Ones About Anti-LGBT Law
The Charlotte Observer reports that North Carolina governor Pat McCrory’s campaign planted three fake “press” questions at a recent event to keep that newspaper from inquiring about the millions of dollars of revenue lost by the state after its passage of the anti-LGBT House Bill 2....
NCAA Removes Championship Events From North Carolina Due To Anti-LGBT Laws (UPDATE)
The NCAA announced tonight that it was removing seven championship events from the state of North Carolina during the 2016-17 school year, mostly in response to the state’s passage last spring of House Bill 2, an anti-LGBT “Bathroom Bill.” The NCAA Board of Governors removed the events because of fo...
Hornets Minority Owner Has Wild, Bigoted Shit To Say About The NBA Moving The All-Star Game
When the NBA announced it was moving the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, North Carolina, because of anti-LGBT legislation the state passed in March, the Hornets reacted quite reasonably. “We understand the NBA’s decision and the challenges around holding the All-Star Game in Charlotte this season...
North Carolina State Senator Burns Governor Over All-Star Game Fiasco
Jeff Jackson is a state senator from North Carolina, who is currently roasting his state’s dipshit governor for his hateful House Bill 2 that caused the NBA to up and move the 2017 NBA All-Star Game out of Charlotte. He has plenty of good and righteous points to make, like how much money McCrory cos...
North Carolina's Larry Fedora To Reporter: As A Woman, You Don't Understand Male Development
Media days—usually a three-day slog of coaches answering the same questions they answered in spring practice and reporters looking to score some free merch—have been making headlines the past week and a half, thanks in large part to the egos of college football’s prized coaches and administrators....
The NBA Has Moved The All-Star Game From North Carolina Because Of Anti-LGBT Law (UPDATE)
Update (5:33 p.m.): The NBA has officially relocated the 2017 NBA All-Star Game away from Charlotte, North Carolina, in response to an anti-LGBT bill the state passed in March. Here is the league’s statement:...
Duke-Albany Game Canceled Over North Carolina's Anti-LGBT Law
The Nov. 12 game between Duke and Albany is off the schedule, thanks to New York’s policy banning certain types of official travel to North Carolina in the wake of that state’s anti-LGBT HB2 law. ...
UNC Lacrosse Team Dedicates Huge Win To Coach's Late Toddler Son, Waterworks Ensue
Joe Breschi was the head coach of Ohio State’s lacrosse team in 2004, when his 3-year-old, Michael, was fatally struck by an SUV in the parking lot of his preschool. Now the eighth-year head coach at North Carolina, Breschi was back in Columbus today for a national quarterfinal game against national...