University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: September 1
September 1, 2014 | General
Football
Hard work has paid off for Mack Hollins, who played a big role in the win over Liberty...Lee Pace's Extra Points, always a must-read after a football weekend...A photo gallery from the win...A four-minute stretch in the third quarter was key to the victory...The Tar Heel quarterbacks were inconsistent...There were numerous mistakes on Saturday, but that also meant there was a lot to learn from the win...Numerous Tar Heel players paid a visit to the Children's Hospital on Friday...Freshman Elijah Hood made a big impact (literally) against Liberty:
Here's the full video highlights from the win, with Jones and Ethan on the call:
Basketball
Antawn Jamison has been working out and hoping for another NBA opportunity. He was in Chapel Hill playing pickup last week and looked good...The biggest question about the 2015 Tar Heels involves outside shooting...Tickets for Tar Heel exhibitions and a package of all regular season contests except Duke are on sale now...Bob McAdoo is caught in a reorganization of the assistant coaches in Miami...George Karl confronts the international dilemma that every Tar Heel fan is familiar with:
As a fan of @usabasketball, I will be forced to root for Coach K and two other Dukies playing in Spain. http://t.co/3rFEbvFZs4
— George Karl (@CoachKarl22) August 30, 2014
Good photo of Saturday's Ice Bucket Challenge at the football game:
And here's the video:
Olympic sports
Men's soccer whipped Cal on Friday and then lost to top-ranked UCLA on Sunday...Volleyball opened the season with a sweep of SIU but then fell to No. 11 Illinois...Field hockey cruised past Michigan and then defeated Iowa...Women's soccer went on the road and battled top-ranked UCLA to a scoreless draw (the 11th 0-0 game in program history), lost to Pepperdine, and then tackled the really difficult questions (crunchy or smooth):
And when you have to come back from the west coast on the red-eye, you end up with some time to kill in the airport. Like, say, four hours to kill in LAX:
Today's games
None.
Tar Heels in the NFL
How Hakeem Nicks is fitting in with the Colts...Great news for James Hurst, who made the 53-man Ravens roster as an undrafted rookie...
Tar Heels in MLB
Chris Iannetta had three hits, including a homer, to help the Angels sweep the A's in a key series...Dustin Ackley had two hits, including a homer and four RBI, in Seattle's 5-3 win. Ackley is hitting .319 since the All-Star break.
Long read
Finally, Charles Kuralt is back in the UNC ad:
