Staff blogs
Kiss and tell...
This was a bad week for, uh, babymaking. Brigham Young University basketball star Brandon Davies was removed from the squad for admitting to premarital sex with his girlfriend. This and other acts -- drinking coffee, tea, alcoholic beverages among them -- are forbidden to all students of the Mormon university, ...
Date night and the Oscars
Took my bride out for a date last Friday night and we went to see The King's Speech. I'm glad we did, though it was odd that there was not a single young person in the theatre. Maybe they'd all seen it already. Anyway, we went to The Black Swan ...
As the Mid-East Rumbles
My thoughts after watching the developments in Libya the past few days...more questions than answers... When things first started shaking loose in Egypt a few weeks ago, I wondered out loud in the office if we would see a ring of fire around the Mediterranean Sea in the near future. ...
Frank Sports Talk (F.W. Manning II)
Lady Viking Hoops Host 2nd Rnd Playoff Game
At 25-3 the Lady Vike Hoopsters are one of most dominate teams this reporter has covered over the past 5 prep school years. After a 61-40 Rnd 1 win the Vikes are back home WED at 7 p.m. for RND 2
Sam Bush fires it up in Raleigh
Raleigh is beginning to get some notice as a music scene, with lots of action downtown in the pubs and restaurants, but last night the best show in town was Sam Bush and his band, featuring Scott Vestal on banjo at the Progress Energy Center. If you've never seen Bush ...
Watson ushers in a new era of Artificial Intelligence
My next door neighbor is a retired psychology professor and when we first met he said one of his primary interests is in artificial intelligence. Haven't talked to Mike yet, to get a reaction after a new supercomputer named Watson smashed its competition in Jeopardy over the past three days. ...
TEE Shots (Senior Writer Tom Embrey)
Open Mouth, Insert Foot
When if comes to challenges, just bring it...I think.
The National Anthem
Christina Aguilera's tortured attempt at the national anthem prior to the Super Bowl was the worst I've ever heard. If there was ever a case of a singer falling in love with her own voice and then forgetting the words to the song, this would be exhibit A. It was ...
The Other Big Game
Duke "welcomes" Carolina to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Wednesday, Feb. 9. I'm beyond predictions, considering how much better the Tar Hells...I mean Heels...have acquitted themselves lately. Still smarting from The Duke Debacle at Madison Square Garden, I'll share this dogged-eared anecdote with fellow fans: A man had mid-court tickets for ...
Eagle Eye (Sports Editor John Krahnert III)
Trying Not to Injure Myself on the Dance Floor
I'll probably have a hard time sleeping tonight. Tomorrow marks my public dancing debut for the Dancing With the Sandhills Stars event at Pinehurst Resort. My partner, SCC's Alicia Hill, and myself have been practicing like crazy for the past few weeks to get ready for this. I have no ...
TEE Shots (Senior Writer Tom Embrey)
Challenger Memories
Remembering the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Freedom of "Speech"
Academy Award nonimations were announced today. No surprise, "The King's Speech" led with a dozen. I don't see it playing here. Surely, it will, perhaps at the Sunrise, in a while. Or, now that everybody wants to see it, at the multiplex. I knew this would happen. Anything where Colin ...
Icy things in my yard
For the past year I've been combing my yard with my camera and an eye for close-up images that caught my attention. During the recent ice storm, I spent a couple of hours slipping around and ended up with these images, which are posted on our photo galleries. In the ...
Living proof of ACC's forgettable year
There has been a lot of talk about the relative weakness in the ACC basketball picture this year, with only Duke showing the league's customary strength. While I think UNC will continue to improve over the ACC season, there are not many other teams who seem to stand tall in ...
Eagle Eye (Sports Editor John Krahnert III)
St. John's On the Way Back
St. John's is beginning the process of re-establishing itself as a player in the college basketball world.
In the name of security
On t.v. news the other night there was a story about armed drone airplanes and how effective they have been as a weapon against the "ghost" army that opposes US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. I wondered at the time how long it would be before the idea of using ...
Perfect day
Sometimes in a kid's life, everything comes together perfectly to make a memory so powerful that, 20 years later, you say to your old friend, "remember that time..." Sunday was just such a day; a perfect snowstorm, not too cold, no school, and friends around who's moms said it was ...
