Carolina Rundown: January 11

Basketball

Some motherly advice helped Luke Maye break out of a mini-slump...Harrison Barnes was the closer in scoring 25 points in a win at Charlotte...The Ted Valentine retirement consideration is apparently over...The Grizzlies will honor a group that includes Sam Perkins and James Worthy on MLK Day for their work with civil rights...

Gelling ??

Press ??: UNC vs. Boston College #CarolinaSZN pic.twitter.com/6zwQOdoml2
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) January 11, 2018

Football

Tough post about the realities of football from Tommy Hatton:

Since I been a sophomore in high school over my bed has read " I will play in the NFL." Unfortunately that dream will not be able to be achieved. On August 3rd, I received a routine hit in practice that left me hospitalized and in a concussion state for close to four months. Unfortunately this was not my first concussion but rather my fourth. During this time I did all types of therapies to try and subside my concussion symptoms so that I could return to the field in 2018. After meeting with some of the best neurologist in the nation I have decided that I will medically retire from football. When people ask me will I miss football the answer is simply YES. I gave everything to this game since I been a little boy, but life has a way of throwing you curveballs at the most unexpected times. I can leave football knowing that I gave everything that I had and more in order to help my team win on game day. I was never the most talented player, but the one thing that I always had was heart and it took me far in this game. So unfortunately I won't be playing on Sundays and it will hurt for a little bit but I will take all these lessons that football has taught me and apply it to whatever life throws at me. Thanks to everyone who has supported me over the years, especially the great people of New Jersey, your guys support has been so paramount to my success and I would not be here with out you all. I want to thank Coach Fedora and his staff for believing in me and offering me a scholarship to play football at the University of North Carolina. Thanks to all the great teammates that I have had over the years I love you all and thanks for making football the best experience of my life.

A post shared by Tommy Hatton (@hatton96) on Jan 10, 2018 at 4:29pm PST

Great news for TJ Yates:

After 3 long months in the NICU our boy Teddy is home! Carter finally got to meet his little brother and we couldn't be happier to have our family together for the first time. We are extremely blessed! pic.twitter.com/0iAAb8ruZ8
— T.J. Yates (@TJ_Yates) January 10, 2018

Olympic sports

An indoor track preview...

Today's games

Women's basketball hosts Clemson at 7 p.m.

Long read

Jay Bilas' latest breakdown of the top 68 teams in the country has some good insight on Tar Heel opponents past and future.

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