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Carolina Insider: Pitt Recap, ACC News, Ian O'Connor
January 31, 2025 | General
Preview Saturday's men's basketball game at Duke and visit with sportswriter and author Ian O'Connor on Friday's Carolina Insider podcast with Jones Angell and Adam Lucas.
Episode highlights:
• Carolina again failed to execute in a close game and lost to Pitt on Tuesday with a difficult task ahead at Duke (7:55)
• ESPN and the ACC confirmed they will stay together for the foreseeable future with some possible changes in the how the money is distributed (12:32)
• Sportswriter and author Ian O'Connor joins to discuss his book "Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time"
• Plus: 5SecondChallenge (45:03), Life Well Played (56:39), Jones' injury which led to an unfortunate pants picture (1:00:29) & Story time (1:16:20)
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Episode highlights:
• Carolina again failed to execute in a close game and lost to Pitt on Tuesday with a difficult task ahead at Duke (7:55)
• ESPN and the ACC confirmed they will stay together for the foreseeable future with some possible changes in the how the money is distributed (12:32)
• Sportswriter and author Ian O'Connor joins to discuss his book "Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time"
• Plus: 5SecondChallenge (45:03), Life Well Played (56:39), Jones' injury which led to an unfortunate pants picture (1:00:29) & Story time (1:16:20)
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