North Carolina
thewizardofodds.blogspot.com 8/14/2008 — A dazzling poster schedule from North Carolina, which appears to be on the upswing despite a 4-8 record in Butch Davis' first season as coach. Six of the Tar Heels' losses came by a touchdown or less, two of which were against teams ranked in the ...

Shalane Flanagan Wins Bronze In Beijing
tarheelfanblog.com 8/15/2008 — Former Tar Heel cross country/track star Shalane Flanagan won bronze in the Olympic 10,000 meters and also broke the American record with a time of 30:22.22. Just for some perspective on that, my personal best while running cross country at UNC Greensboro 15 years ago was 27:40 for 8000 meters. Granted that was a fairly pedestrian time among runners at the D1 level but still a decent clip. ...

Bela Karolyi Needs More NBC Olympics TV Time With Bob Costas
FanIQ.com 8/15/2008 — Bela final by bsap11 Aside from dramatic footage of Alicia Sacramone, the highlight of NBC's Olympic coverage last night was Bela Karolyi joining Bob Costas. Thanks to AA for getting this video up for a few hours before it's taken ...

It Takes Big Balls To Protest At Black Strip Club
bustedcoverage.com 8/15/2008 — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j90AB-cgpuo We’ve found our new guilty pleasure. Meet the preachers who take to the strip clubs, Hooters and pervert hangouts of Fayetteville, North Carolina to save the world from sin. See the entire ...

NCAA College Football Polls, College Football Rankings, NCAA Football Poll
sports.espn.go.com 8/16/2008 — South Carolina 84, Fresno State 83, California 59, Utah 53, Cincinnati 44, Florida State 41, Michigan 36, Boston College 32, Rutgers 32, Michigan State 21, Boise State 17, Arkansas 14, North Carolina 14, Connecticut 10, Tulsa 7, UCLA 6, Oregon State ...

Kentucky to open the NCAA BB season with top dog — Bleacher Report - College Basketball 8/14/2008
If Kentucky fans thought they were getting a break for the opening of the 2008 basketball season they thought wrong. The Wildcats will open with preseason favorite North Carolina in Chapel Hill November 18 in both team's first scheduled game of the ...

ACC Football's Top Players By Position — Bleacher Report - College Football 8/15/2008
With the start of the season two weeks away, we will look at the top players in the conference by position on both sides of the football, and even in the kicking game.   OFFENSE Quarterback 1. Cullen Harper, Clemson 2. Riley ...

Manhattan transfer lands in San Fran — Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs 8/16/2008
Former Manhattan guard Rashad Green, who averaged 7.8 points and 5 rpg for Barry Rohrssen’s Jaspers as a freshman last year, has resurfaced at the University of San Francisco. His older brother Danny will be back at North Carolina. • ...

The Real Prestige Rankings: Introduction and Outline — Bleacher Report - College Basketball 8/18/2008
A few weeks ago ESPN released “ Prestige Rankings ” for NCAA College Basketball teams from 1985 through 2008.  As ESPN states, 1985 was the first year the NCAA tournament had 64 teams.  After reading through their methodology ...

Stepheson to transfer to USC, will appeal to play — ESPN.com - College Basketball 8/19/2008
USC's chances of competing for the Pac-10 title will dramatically increase if North Carolina transfer Alex Stepheson wins an appeal to play this season without sitting out a full year because his father, Art, has been ill.