Carroll coaching tree takes root -- will it bear fruit?
Ted Miller, Pac-10...weeks of each other. There are many famous coaching trees -- Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh and Dean Smith come to mind. In college football, Hayden Fry's tree ( Bill Snyder, Barry Alvarez, Bob Stoops...
Blog | December 05, 2008Twelve wins away: Don Meyer's hard road back from the brink
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineHe is their mentor, the most influential person in their lives. No wonder his players, coaches and family members were there for Don Meyer, the second-winningest men's basketball coach of all time, when he needed them most. Buster Olney explains.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 2008Bobby Knight and Those Rabbits
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopLately I have talked to several people about some of the greatest sportswriting of all time. There are so many great articles out there. One of them t...
Blog | September 15, 2008fonGirls of Summer 08 Tour Hits Phenom 150 in San Diego
CalHiSports.comPurdue-bound Ostarello "racks it up in San Diego&local Californians and Colorado girls shine, too! Written by Harold Abend Note: Tell your frien...
Blog Entry | July 30, 2008Talking to Mike James
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...game, but because he doesn't have a blueblood basketball pedigree. He didn't play for Dean Smith, and he wasn't a lottery pick. Through it all, he has been seen as one...
Blog | May 01, 2008Tex Winter Compares Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...difference between the two came with college experience. Jordan had played in a basketball system for Dean Smith at North Carolina, thus he was better prepared to play within a team concept.Winter says...
Blog | March 29, 2007Basketball Legends vs. Racism
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame includes John Wooden, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Dean Smith and Dr. James Naismith. Adande reported on the proceedings in Kansas City to kick the thing...
Blog | November 21, 2006Election Day
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Santorum, even though Olson is not from Pennsylvania. Olson's second wife works in Republican politics.) Dean Smith $25,049 96% Democratic, 4% Special Interest Alonzo Mourning $25,000 100% Democratic Jerry Buss, Lakers...
Blog | November 06, 2006Charley Rosen Ripping Through College Coaches Like a Hurricane
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...but over a long, grueling NBA season, his players would quickly turn against him. That leaves Dean Smith, whose basketball expertise, humility, resourcefulness, and ability to communicate honestly with his players would have made...
Blog | April 18, 2006Chat with Jerry Stackhouse
...Award. On Saturday, Aug. 27, Stackhouse will host the World's Greatest Alumni Game at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, NC. A few of the players set to play are fellow Tarheels...
Chat | August 19, 2005
LB and Pop
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...that they went with David Thompson instead. But Brown kept his eye on Popovich, and on Dean Smith's recommendation, he took Pop under his wing at Kansas, and later gave him his big...
Blog | June 08, 2005Chat with ESPN sideline reporter Beth Mowins
...on the women's NCAA Tournament. Mowins was in Knoxville on Tuesday, as Pat Summitt broke Dean Smith's record for Div. I coaching victories. Ask Beth about Summitt's accomplishment or anything about...
Chat | March 20, 2005
Hansbrough sets career scoring record in UNC win vs. Evansville
Associated PressTyler Hansbrough scored 20 points to break North Carolina's career scoring record and help the top-ranked Tar Heels beat Evansville 91-73.
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