Ask me UNC Football recruiting questions for a mailbag.

The Tar Heels face the Gamecocks in 50 days, so how excited are you guys about that game and the season?

Instilling positivity in the youth of Eastern North Carolina is one basketball legend’s goal. Kinston’s very own, Jerry Stackhouse, came back to his hometown for a weekend event. The event kicked off Friday with golf at the Cutter Creek Golf Course. Before the golfing took place, Stackhouse spent time at the course fishing with kids from throughout the ENC. (WCTI12.com)

Jerry Stackhouse hosting SJG Kinston/Lenoir County Sports Alumni Weekend​

Basketball great Jerry Stackhouse will be in Kinston this weekend for the SJG Kinston/Lenoir County Sports Alumni Weekend. The weekend kicks off Friday with the Fishers of Kids Anglers Academy & Cutter Creek Golf Club Tournament. Stackhouse will be among the participants. The weekend lineup also includes Rasheed Wallace and Phil Ford. (WNCT)

I believe this is the last one of the 2022-23 academic/athletic year.

From the ACC:

July 14, 2023

ACC

The Atlantic Coast Conference earned the most 2022-23 NCAA championships of any conference with a league-record nine. Overall, the 16 NCAA titles by the ACC in the last two academic years are also the most of any conference. The ACC has won NCAA championships this academic year in Women's Cross Country (NC State), Field Hockey (North Carolina), Men's Soccer (Syracuse), Women's Swimming & Diving (Virginia), Fencing (Notre Dame), Women's Tennis (North Carolina), Men's Tennis (Virginia), Men's Lacrosse (Notre Dame) and Women's Golf (Wake Forest). In addition, North Carolina women's tennis won the 2023 ITA National Indoor Championship.

The CW Network announced it has secured exclusive broadcast rights to 50 ACC college football and basketball games each season through 2026-27. The first ACC football game will air on The CW on Saturday, September 9 with a matchup between the Pitt and non-conference opponent Cincinnati, with games airing every Saturday throughout the season in the afternoon and in primetime. In addition to 13 football games, The CW will broadcast 28 men’s basketball games and nine women’s basketball games. These games will be featured in December, January and February with men’s basketball doubleheaders taking place every Saturday afternoon and women’s basketball games on Sunday afternoons. Raycom Sports will produce all games for The CW.

Virginia held the No. 4 spot in the final LEARFIELD NCAA Division I Directors’ Cup standings, and North Carolina ranked eighth. They were followed by No. 16 Duke, No. 17 Florida State, No. 19 NC State and No. 20 Notre Dame to give the ACC six schools among the top 20, which is second among all conferences. This marks the 21st consecutive year that four or more ACC schools placed among the top 30 in the final LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings. North Carolina and Virginia have ranked among the top 30 nationally in each of the 29 years the Directors’ Cup has been conducted.

USTFCCCA National Women’s Athlete of the Year Katelyn Tuohy of NC State and Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year Rhett Lowder of Wake Forest are the top ACC female and male athletes for the 2022-23 academic year, as voted upon by a select media panel (81 voters). Tuohy earns the 33rd Mary Garber Award as the ACC’s most outstanding female athlete, as she becomes the first Wolfpack student-athlete to claim the honor since Julie Shea in 1980 and 1981. Lowder received the 70th Anthony J. McKevlin Award as the conference’s premier male athlete and became the first Demon Deacon to earn the honor since Tim Duncan in 1997.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the 2022-23 Academic Honor Roll, recognizing a league record 5,942 student-athletes for classroom excellence during the most recent academic year. Duke, who has led all schools for 35 out of 36 years of the Honor Roll, had an ACC single-year record 641 Honor Roll student-athletes and Virginia placed 568 on the list. Notre Dame (532), North Carolina (503), Boston College (443) and Louisville (404) each had more than 400 student-athletes earn recognition.

The ACC held its 2023 Unity Tour from Sunday through Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The tour is part of the ACC’s commitment to supporting student-athletes through meaningful educational opportunities, including the area of social justice, and is a component of the league’s social-justice platform, ACC UNITE.

The ACC and its Board of Directors have announced the 2023-24 conference leadership structure. University of Virginia President James E. Ryan will begin the first year of his two-year term as the league’s Chair of the Board of Directors and will be joined by University of North Carolina Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz as the Vice-Chair. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips serves as the Conference's Chief Executive Officer.

Matchups, dates and times for the first ACC/SEC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Challenge have been determined. The ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge will take place over back-to-back days Tuesday, Nov. 28 and Wednesday, Nov. 29, while the ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge is slated for Nov. 29 and 30. Both men’s and women’s Challenge events will feature games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network and SEC Network.

The ACC had 16 programs ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in their respective sports in the final polls for 2022-23 - the most among all conferences. Teams earning a No. 1 or No. 2 ranking in a major poll were:

• Boston College women's lacrosse (No. 2 – IL Women/IWLCA)
• Duke men's lacrosse (No. 1 – USILA, No. 2 – Inside Lacrosse)
• Florida State softball (No. 2 - USA Today/NFCA and the D1Softball)
• Louisville volleyball (No. 2 – AVCA)
• North Carolina field hockey (No. 1 – NFHCA)
• North Carolina men's golf (No. 2 – Golfstat)
• North Carolina women's soccer (No. 2 – United Soccer Coaches)
• North Carolina women's tennis (No. 1 – ITA)
• NC State women's cross country (No. 1 – USTFCCCA)
• Notre Dame men's lacrosse (No. 1 – Inside Lacrosse)
• Notre Dame women's fencing (No. 1 – US Fencing Coaches Association)
• Syracuse men's soccer (No. 1 – United Soccer Coaches)
• Virginia men's lacrosse (No. 2 – USILA)
• Virginia men's tennis (No. 1 – ITA)
• Virginia women's swimming and diving (No. 1 – CSCAA)
• Wake Forest women's golf (No. 1 – Golfweek)

I believe this is the last one of the 2022-23 academic/athletic year.

From the ACC:

July 14, 2023

ACC

The Atlantic Coast Conference earned the most 2022-23 NCAA championships of any conference with a league-record nine. Overall, the 16 NCAA titles by the ACC in the last two academic years are also the most of any conference. The ACC has won NCAA championships this academic year in Women's Cross Country (NC State), Field Hockey (North Carolina), Men's Soccer (Syracuse), Women's Swimming & Diving (Virginia), Fencing (Notre Dame), Women's Tennis (North Carolina), Men's Tennis (Virginia), Men's Lacrosse (Notre Dame) and Women's Golf (Wake Forest). In addition, North Carolina women's tennis won the 2023 ITA National Indoor Championship.

The CW Network announced it has secured exclusive broadcast rights to 50 ACC college football and basketball games each season through 2026-27. The first ACC football game will air on The CW on Saturday, September 9 with a matchup between the Pitt and non-conference opponent Cincinnati, with games airing every Saturday throughout the season in the afternoon and in primetime. In addition to 13 football games, The CW will broadcast 28 men’s basketball games and nine women’s basketball games. These games will be featured in December, January and February with men’s basketball doubleheaders taking place every Saturday afternoon and women’s basketball games on Sunday afternoons. Raycom Sports will produce all games for The CW.

Virginia held the No. 4 spot in the final LEARFIELD NCAA Division I Directors’ Cup standings, and North Carolina ranked eighth. They were followed by No. 16 Duke, No. 17 Florida State, No. 19 NC State and No. 20 Notre Dame to give the ACC six schools among the top 20, which is second among all conferences. This marks the 21st consecutive year that four or more ACC schools placed among the top 30 in the final LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings. North Carolina and Virginia have ranked among the top 30 nationally in each of the 29 years the Directors’ Cup has been conducted.

USTFCCCA National Women’s Athlete of the Year Katelyn Tuohy of NC State and Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year Rhett Lowder of Wake Forest are the top ACC female and male athletes for the 2022-23 academic year, as voted upon by a select media panel (81 voters). Tuohy earns the 33rd Mary Garber Award as the ACC’s most outstanding female athlete, as she becomes the first Wolfpack student-athlete to claim the honor since Julie Shea in 1980 and 1981. Lowder received the 70th Anthony J. McKevlin Award as the conference’s premier male athlete and became the first Demon Deacon to earn the honor since Tim Duncan in 1997.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the 2022-23 Academic Honor Roll, recognizing a league record 5,942 student-athletes for classroom excellence during the most recent academic year. Duke, who has led all schools for 35 out of 36 years of the Honor Roll, had an ACC single-year record 641 Honor Roll student-athletes and Virginia placed 568 on the list. Notre Dame (532), North Carolina (503), Boston College (443) and Louisville (404) each had more than 400 student-athletes earn recognition.

The ACC held its 2023 Unity Tour from Sunday through Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The tour is part of the ACC’s commitment to supporting student-athletes through meaningful educational opportunities, including the area of social justice, and is a component of the league’s social-justice platform, ACC UNITE.

The ACC and its Board of Directors have announced the 2023-24 conference leadership structure. University of Virginia President James E. Ryan will begin the first year of his two-year term as the league’s Chair of the Board of Directors and will be joined by University of North Carolina Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz as the Vice-Chair. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips serves as the Conference's Chief Executive Officer.

Matchups, dates and times for the first ACC/SEC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Challenge have been determined. The ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge will take place over back-to-back days Tuesday, Nov. 28 and Wednesday, Nov. 29, while the ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge is slated for Nov. 29 and 30. Both men’s and women’s Challenge events will feature games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network and SEC Network.

The ACC had 16 programs ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in their respective sports in the final polls for 2022-23 - the most among all conferences. Teams earning a No. 1 or No. 2 ranking in a major poll were:

• Boston College women's lacrosse (No. 2 – IL Women/IWLCA)
• Duke men's lacrosse (No. 1 – USILA, No. 2 – Inside Lacrosse)
• Florida State softball (No. 2 - USA Today/NFCA and the D1Softball)
• Louisville volleyball (No. 2 – AVCA)
• North Carolina field hockey (No. 1 – NFHCA)
• North Carolina men's golf (No. 2 – Golfstat)
• North Carolina women's soccer (No. 2 – United Soccer Coaches)
• North Carolina women's tennis (No. 1 – ITA)
• NC State women's cross country (No. 1 – USTFCCCA)
• Notre Dame men's lacrosse (No. 1 – Inside Lacrosse)
• Notre Dame women's fencing (No. 1 – US Fencing Coaches Association)
• Syracuse men's soccer (No. 1 – United Soccer Coaches)
• Virginia men's lacrosse (No. 2 – USILA)
• Virginia men's tennis (No. 1 – ITA)
• Virginia women's swimming and diving (No. 1 – CSCAA)
• Wake Forest women's golf (No. 1 – Golfweek)

It’s hot af and The water temp here is a miserable 85 today. Also the ocean is full of microscopic jelly fish babies that get trapped in your bathing suit and proceed to sting you relentlessly. There’s also no breeze which brings in the hordes of biting horse flies. They’re experts at landing on the small of you back where you can’t swap them before sticking their barbed probiscous in you to suck blood. But no worries the rip tides are readily available to end your suffering.

Could this be the next Drew Little?

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Some important dates:

June 29 - Keenan Jackson - UNC

June 29 - Korey Duff - Rutgers

June 30 - Braylon Staley - Tennessee

June 30 - DeAndre Cook - Penn State

July 4 - Tyshun White - UNC

July 7 - Jalon Thompson - UNC

July 8 - Kaj Sanders - Rutgers

July 12 - Justin Terrell - NC State, Virginia, UNC, Cincinnati, & Indiana

July 16 - Jordan Shipp - Michigan, UNC, & NC State

July 17 - Malcolm Ziglar - Clemson, Notre Dame, UNC, South Carolina, Kentucky, Appalachian State, ECU, and Penn State

July 18 - Javarius Green - Michigan State & UNC

July 29 - Alex Taylor - Clemson, Penn State, NC State, UNC, and Virginia Tech

I may be late to the party here, but my wife was in a car accident today (I'm getting to it). My daughter and I waited in the lobby of the ER for more than four hours. So what did my bride want to do tonight, as much discomfort as she's in? Watch a movie. I let her choose, and she opted for "Air."

She thought it would be interesting, and since we hadn't yet seen it, we did so tonight.

My thoughts (and I want yours as well):

Very good movie. I like how they didn't show Michael, which was smart. Nobody can play him, not certainly now. In 40 years maybe, but not now.

They depicted his mother accurately. Vacarro was a bit of a controversial figure, but he was always ahead of his time. And the Air Jordan shoe and name licensing deal was really the first sports NIL deal. So no wonder Vacarro was involved in the O'Bannon case 30 years later.

Good pub for UNC, too. How could it not be.

So, I am curious what you guys liked and maybe didn't like about the movie.

I never thought they'd ever let any of the Manson Family killers go free.


When I was a kid, the TV film Helter Skelter scared the shit outta me.

From The ACC:

July 13, 2023 (Burbank, CA) – The CW Network announced it has secured exclusive broadcast rights to 50 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) college football and basketball games each season through 2026-27. The first ACC football game will air on The CW on Saturday, September 9 with a matchup between the Pitt Panthers and non-conference opponent Cincinnati Bearcats, with games airing every Saturday throughout the season in the afternoon and in primetime. In addition to 13 football games, The CW will broadcast 28 men’s basketball games and nine women’s basketball games. These games will be featured in December, January and February with men’s basketball doubleheaders taking place every Saturday afternoon and women’s basketball games on Sunday afternoons. Raycom Sports will produce all games for The CW.

“We are thrilled to be adding The CW to our weekly television lineup for ACC football and basketball games,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “The CW’s national distribution will directly benefit our student-athletes, teams, alumni and fans. We appreciate ESPN and Raycom working together and look forward to the partnership with The CW..

“We are committed to making The CW a destination for live, appointment-viewing sporting events,” said Dennis Miller, President, The CW Network. “The ACC is home to some of the most decorated college football and basketball teams in the country and we look forward to welcoming these avid sports fans to the network as we continue to broaden our audience.”

“The CW is going to be a terrific partner for the legendary ACC,” said Hunter Nickell, CEO of Raycom Sports. “The longest-running television relationship in college sports belongs to the ACC and Raycom Sports. Now The CW brings national broadcast network coverage to the great fans of these 15 famous schools.”

The ACC and its 15 member institutions have enjoyed incredible success including:

· No other conference has won more NCAA national championships in the last two years than the ACC. The league has won 16 national titles in the last two academic years, including a league-record nine in 2022-23.

· The ACC has won seven national championships in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball since 2015. The ACC is the only conference to win each of those four titles over that stretch.

· The ACC has had a team in either the College Football Playoff or the BCS National Championship Game in eight of the last 10 years, including two teams in 2020. The ACC has placed the second-most teams in the CFP since its inception.

· The ACC placed nine teams in football postseason games in 2021. That marked the 22nd consecutive season in which the ACC earned at least six bowl bids. Not including the pandemic-affected 2020 season, the ACC has sent at least nine teams to a bowl every year since 2016. Since 2013, the ACC is second among all conferences with 100 postseason appearances.

· ACC men’s basketball teams have combined to win three of the last eight NCAA National Championships and eight of the last 22 NCAA Titles, and both are the most of any league. ACC teams have combined for the most NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament wins in history and five different programs have advanced to the Final Four since 2015, the most of any league. Over the last two seasons, the ACC holds a 21-10 record, the best of any major conference.

· ACC women’s basketball programs have made 23 trips to the Final Four, which includes nine different institutions and has had five Final Four appearances in the last five years. The ACC has 21-straight Elite Eight appearances and the most NCAA Tournament wins since 2014. The league’s eight bids in 2023 were the most of any conference.

The CW acquired the rights to these live ACC football and basketball games from Raycom Sports who sublicenses the rights from ESPN.

About The CW Network

The CW Network, LLC is one of America’s major broadcast networks and reaches 100% of US television households. The CW delivers 14 hours of primetime programming per week in addition to sports and other entertainment programming and is the exclusive broadcast home to LIV Golf. The fully ad-supported CW App, with more than 96 million downloads to date, is available for free to consumers on all major platforms and is home to the latest episodes and seasons of The CW’s primetime programming, live streaming of its sports content, and a library of entertaining film and television content for on-demand viewing. The CW is 75%-owned by Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), a leading diversified media company and largest CW affiliate group with 37 CW and CW Plus affiliates, covering 32% of the population. For more information about The CW, please visit www.cwtv.com.

About the ACC

The Atlantic Coast Conference, now in its 71st year of competition and 15 members strong, has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences in the nation. ACC members Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest continue to build upon the cornerstones on which the league was founded in 1953 with a consistent balance of academics, athletics and integrity. The ACC currently sponsors 28 NCAA sports – 15 for women and 13 for men – with member institutions located in 10 states. In August 2019, ESPN and the ACC partnered to launch ACC Network (ACCN), a 24/7 national network dedicated to ACC sports and league-wide original programming. For more information, visit theACC.com and follow @accsports on Instagram and @theACC on Twitter and on Facebook (facebook.com/theACC).

About Raycom Sports

Raycom Sports, based in Charlotte, N.C., is a national leader in video content production, distribution, sales and marketing and event management with over 40 years of experience and a reputation as a trusted partner. Founded in 1979, the company has produced thousands of live events from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and other top collegiate athletic conferences. In addition, Raycom Sports has produced pre-season games and specials for multiple NFL teams, highlighted by the company’s relationship with the Carolina Panthers. Raycom Sports is a founding partner of Family Entertainment Live, the family entertainment company that owns Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live tour, the Magic of Lights holiday lights attractions and the soon-to-launch Monster High Live tour. The Raycom Sports digital media team builds and manages the ACC official digital platforms and has launched two 24/7 FAST channel brands; the ACC Digital Network and Origin Sports.

Raycom Sports is owned by Gray Media Group, which is the largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets in the United States. Gray serves 113 television markets that collectively reach 36 percent of US television households.

UNC football coach Mack Brown was named to The 2023 Dodd Trophy preseason watch list, the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Peach Bowl, Inc. announced Thursday. This year's list includes 21 of the nation's top college football coaches representing all Power Five conferences, as well as the AAC, Mountain West and an independent. (GoHeels.com)