Carolina Rundown: September 29
September 29, 2014 | General
Football
Deep passes and penalties were a problem in Death Valley...Lee Pace breaks it down in his Extra Points column...The highlights from an offensive slugfest in Clemson:
Basketball
If you missed it on Friday, freshman Justin Jackson won the annual mile run...Ty Lawson will try to establish himself as an All-Star this year...Harrison Barnes modeled the new Warriors uniforms:
FIRST LOOK: @warriors "slate" alternates for this upcoming season pic.twitter.com/pQgLUtC3oD
— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) September 29, 2014
Olympic sports
Field hockey earned an overtime win over No. 6 Boston College and a big road victory over No. 2 UConn...Volleyball fell to sixth-ranked Florida State in Tallahassee but rebounded to beat Syracuse at home...Top-ranked Notre Dame shut out men's soccer...Men's and women's cross country had top-10 finishes in Minnesota...Women's soccer stayed undefeated in ACC play with a win at NC State on Sunday afternoon.
Today's games
Golf is at the Primland Collegiate Invitational in Virginia, while men's tennis has All-American qualifying in Tulsa.
Tar Heels in the NFL
Quinton Coples is having a breakthrough for the Jets...Congrats to Eric Ebron, who scored his first NFL touchdown yesterday...Another productive day for Bruce Carter, who tipped a pass to produce an interception for Dallas before leaving the game with a quad injury...Julius Peppers had two tackles...Hakeem Nicks caught a pair of passes...James Hurst played well in his first start.
Tar Heels in MLB
Andrew Miller closed out a solid regular season with two-thirds of an inning of shutout pitching...Adam Warren threw an inning and a third of shutout ball in Derek Jeter's final game...Dustin Ackley had a hit, but the Mariners missed the playoffs.
Long read
Really enjoyed this piece on Ryan Switzer's relationship with his three-year-old sister.