University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heel Rundown: April 29
April 29, 2014 | General
Basketball
You don't hear about this side of Michael Jordan very often...The city of Topeka is considering building a Dean Smith statue...Carolina picked sixth in the nation in this post-NBA deadline 2014-15 top 25 and eighth in this version of the same forecast...Danny Green had two points for the Spurs...Vince Carter scored eight points for the Mavs, while Brandan Wright added four...Good story on the ups and downs of Harrison Barnes' second NBA season...Check back on the site this morning for a new column with quotes and an update on Marcus Paige...Roy Williams front and center in this ACC selfie from the Chick-fil-A charity event:
Today's events are about to begin, but first, let us take a #selfie. #CFABGolf pic.twitter.com/uERLWIg3Wl
— Chick-fil-A Bowl (@chickfilabowl) April 28, 2014
Football
A lengthy pre-draft Q&A with Kareem Martin that includes lots of UNC content...Some action shots of Larry Fedora and Roy Williams at the Chick-fil-A event:
Representing @GoHeels at #CFABGolf is @CoachFedora and Roy Williams. Do we hear a #GoHeels? pic.twitter.com/z0vswNNere
— Chick-fil-A Bowl (@chickfilabowl) April 29, 2014
Olympic sports
Volleyball is planning a European tour in two weeks...Reilly Hovis is the ACC Pitcher of the Week...Six Tar Heel individuals or groups earned Top 6 for Service awards...Women's golf will head to Stillwater for NCAA regional competition.
Today's games
Baseball hosts ECU at 6 p.m. The Pirates are talking about a season sweep of UNC and will start the same pitcher, Reid Love, who was effective last week in Greenville.
Tar Heels in MLB
Kyle Seager, boss...In a perhaps more formal title, Seager is the American League co-player of the week...Mike Morin had a hectic arrival at Yankee Stadium as he awaits his first MLB appearance.
Long read
Gary Smith announced his retirement from Sports Illustrated yesterday. He's quite simply the best sports feature writer of his generation, and even if you don't know his name, there's a good chance you know his stories. For example, he wrote the original story that turned into the movie Radio, and the story is quite a bit better than the film. This story on a Cleveland Indians boating tragedy is one of the first sports feature pieces I ever remember affecting me. He even managed to insightfully profile the always-reticent Mia Hamm. And from the "I would never read that/wow that was good" file comes this sometimes heroic, sometimes tragic story that will stick with you about Jonathan Takes Enemy and basketball on an Indian reservation.
