University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: October 13
October 13, 2014 | General
Football
Lee Pace breaks down the high-scoring loss at Notre Dame in Extra Points...In case you missed it, here's Turner's Take on the game...The highlights from South Bend, with Jones Angell's call:
Basketball
An exclusive Q&A with Joel Berry II...A photo gallery of Rick Fox's visit to Chapel Hill...Fox posted this photo of the visit:
LoadingChapelHill DeanDome Class of 91 #GoHeels @CarolinaBasketball #UNC @NBATV @NBA #HangTime
And speaking of photos, how about this one of 18-year-old Dean Smith:
It's 18-year-old Dean Smith and his date at a 1949 frat party at Kansas: pic.twitter.com/3xCKQTzbQa
— SI Vault (@si_vault) October 10, 2014
NBA: Raymond Felton sprained his ankle on Friday night and could miss up to six weeks...Tyler Zeller has been impressive early for the Celtics...Harrison Barnes started for the Warriors, which could be a permanent move.
Olympic sports
Men's soccer blew out Virginia Tech on Friday. Lots of goals in the video highlights:
Field hockey got a nonconference road shutout at Longwood and then beat VCU...Volleyball swept Virginia at Carmichael, and here are the highlights:
Swimming swept Tennessee in the dual meet season opener...On Saturday the Blue won two fall world series games over the Navy before Sunday's game was rained out...On Sunday, field hockey trounced VCU, men's golf finished runner-up in Durham and women's soccer came from behind to beat Pitt... Anson Dorrance's crew has won eight in a row after starting the season 1-2-1...The Diamond Heels are dealing with injuries in the Fall World Series.
Today's games
Fencing is at the North American Cup in Portland.
Tar Heels in the NFL
Huge day for Giovani Bernard with 137 yards and an 89-yard TD for the Bengals in an unusual overtime tie against the Panthers...Watch the NFL.com's "Galloping Gio" highlight video...Brandon Tate had four catches, including a touchdown, in the same game...Julius Peppers had four tackles, including one for loss, in a Green Bay win...Eric Ebron caught two passes for 23 yards for the Lions...Da'Norris Searcy had a pair of tackles for the Bills...Sylvester Williams had a tackle for loss for the Broncos...Quinton Coples had a tackle for the Jets.
Tar Heels in MLB
Seattle bloggers are agitating for a Kyle Seager contract extension ASAP...Andrew Miller threw 1.1 scoreless innings in game one of the ALCS, with three strikeouts.
Long read
In honor of Giovani Bernard's NFL-long run yesterday, a very good ESPN piece on Bernard's early life:
