No matter the reason for Ol’ Roy’s exit, Tar Heels have plenty of quality candidates
Even before Roy Williams stepped away from coaching at the relatively young age of 70 — ACC colleagues Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim are 74 and 76, respectively — close followers of the program speculated that he didn’t like the direction college basketball is taking. If true, he made the right decision.
With its resources and reputation, North Carolina shouldn’t lack for quality candidates to follow (never say replace) Ol’ Roy. But after this surprising news, Tar Heel fans may want to block out memories of the Matt Doherty hiccup.
Not that it’s likely he could be pried away from Gonzaga, but Mark Few would be the golden ticket for any big-time program.
Don’t jump to conclusions now that three U.Va. basketball players are transferring. More than 1,100 players have entered this year’s NCAA’s transfer portal. This says something about the sport in general, though I’m not surewhat.
Gonzagavs.Baylorin the championship game would be the best attraction for those who like the best teams to meet. But you don’t have to be a basketball snob to understand that without the presence of traditional blue bloods (UCLA no longer rates), this Final Four lacks a certain amount of electricity. That said, no team is more entertaining than the Zags.
Shaka Smart lived up to his surname by jumping to Marquette before he was pushed out by Texas, which had Texas Tech’s Chris Beard firmly in its sights.
It’s a small sample, but after MLB reportedly squeezed a little juice from the baseball, runs and home runs in spring training were down from recent years.
When the 2021 Masters begins on April 8, a limited number of “patrons” will be allowed inside the gates of Augusta National Golf Club. That’s fans to you and me. To paraphrase the Masters’ calling card, this is golf snobbery unlike any other.
The LeBron James I recently insisted was the clearcut MVP isn’t the one currently on injury hiatus. That makes the Brooklyn Nets’ James Harden my pick.
Starting Monday, this NFL quarterback will host “Jeopardy!” for two weeks. Answer: Who is Aaron Rodgers?
Rodgers’ Packers will meet Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs in next season’s 17th regular-season game, one of several attractive interconference matchups intended to hype interest in the final week of the regular season. One problem: Chances are pretty good that many of the best teams will have already locked down their playoff spots by then. If so, why would they risk playing their star quarterbacks?
The NFL went 43 years before adding a 17th game. It will not go another 40 before adding an 18th.
By 2022, the NFL is expected to move four games each season to an international location. This excites NFL executives, but why should the rest of us care? Exotic locales? Who cares? On TV, green fields with lines look the same wherever they are.
In news courtesy of Harry Minium at Old Dominion, four years after a 17-year-old Steven Williams started as the Monarchs’ quarterback, he’s transformed himself into a 6-foot-4, 230-pound redshirt junior linebacker. Quite a makeover.
At last count, 21 massage therapists are suing him, while another 18 have come forward to say that Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was perfectly behaved. This begs the question: How many different masseuses does one man need?