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Who are Your Top 20 Tar Heels Basketball Players in the Last 50 Years?

Top 20 Tar Heels by Derrick Clyburn We are in the dog days of summer. The NBA Finals are over. We are a month away from NFL Training camps starting up. And College Basketball is far in the distant future. My question during this down time in sports for many is: Who are Your Top

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Former Tar Heels Great Kenny Smith’s Son K.J. Smith Will Walk on at UNC

K.J. Smith Will Walk on at UNC By Derrick Clyburn Congratulations Kenny! I know you and your family are extremely excited to have your son K.J. play for the Tar Heels. I believe that is a dream of most Tar Heels players, alumni, and fans. To have your son play for the school that you

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Many Question Marks for Tar Heels Football on Offense this 2017 Season

Offense will be a Work in progress for Tar Heels Football 2017 By Derrick Clyburn This will be a very interesting football season for the North Carolina Tar Heels. There are so many holes to fill on the offensive side of the ball. Summer is here and there’s only two months before some major decisions

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Cameron Johnson is Cleared to Play for the Tar Heels 2017-18: Let’s Look at the Possibilities This Season

Cameron Johnson is Cleared to Play by Derrick Clyburn Cameron Johnson has been fully released to transfer by Pittsburgh and is cleared to play in 2017-18 for North Carolina. I admire how determined Johnson was in this process of playing for the Tar heels. It really could have gotten ugly, but Pittsburgh did the right thing

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Cameron Johnson Former Pitt Player Commits to UNC Basketball

Cameron Johnson Commits to the Tar Heels by Derrick Clyburn Pitt Panther, Cameron Johnson committed to North Carolina on Tuesday. The 6-8 forward graduated from Pittsburgh and has two years of player eligibility left to transfer to the school of his choice. Cameron  is fighting the Pittsburgh ruling that he’s immediately eligible to play anywhere except

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The State of the NBA: Is the Talent Level Watered Down? Let’s Look at the 2017 Playoffs

The State of the NBA: Is the Talent Level Watered Down? Let’s Look at the 2017 Playoffs One-and-Done Players By Derrick Clyburn and Derrick Isaiah Clyburn Eastern Conference Here are the Eastern Conference series outcomes. Quarter-finals: Boston defeats Chicago 4-2, Washington defeats Atlanta 4-2, Toronto defeats Milwaukee 4-2, and Cleveland defeats Indiana 4-0. Semi-finals: Boston

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David Glenn on Rashad McCants: What Do You Think About McCants Tar heel Fans?

By Derrick Clyburn Rashad McCants, What are the Tar Heels going to do with him? Rashad had talent and was an alpha dog, but he had no discipline to make it in the NBA. He has been blaming everyone but himself since then. In the process, he with the help of ABCers have tried to

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What Made You Fall in Love with The North Carolina Tar Heels?

Falling in Love with the North Carolina Tar Heels By Derrick Clyburn That’s a great question. I fell in love with the North Carolina Tar Heels back in the early 1970’s. When players like Walter Davis, Bobby Jones, Mitch Kupchak, Phil Ford and Dudley Bradley were in a Tar Heel basketball uniform. Dean Smith was the

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