Former UCLA Bruins coach Ben Howland announced in March that he expected freshman forward Shabazz Muhammad to be “one and done,” and he was right. Muhammad announced Tuesday that he will enter the 2013 NBA Draft. The 20-year-old Muhammad was the Pac 12 co-freshman of the year after leading the Bruins in scoring with 17.9 [...]
Asheville Now Hotspot For Food, Beer And Fashion
January 6, 2013 | Posted by
An art deco jewel shimmering amid the misty Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Asheville once attracted Jazz Age luminaries like F. Scott Fitzgerald. Today, the city hosts a delightful mix of wealthy second home owners, bearded outdoorsy types, artists and vacationers on getaways from the big city. Long home to a thriving music and [...]
NCAA Fires Lead Investigator of Shabazz Muhammad Case
December 21, 2012 | Posted by
The NCAA has fired Abigail Grantstein, who was the lead investigator in the Shabazz Muhammad case, according to CBSSports.com on Thursday. Grantstein’s firing comes a month after a woman informed the Los Angeles Times that she heard Grantstein’s boyfriend talking about the case on an airplane flight. Grantstein’s boyfriend mentioned how Muhammad would never be [...]
Shabazz Muhammad Ruled Ineligible by NCAA
November 10, 2012 | Posted by
UCLA prized recruit Shabazz Muhammad was ruled ineligible for the Bruins’ season-opening game Friday night against Indiana State, and his future the rest of the season is uncertain. “Muhammad is not eligible to compete in (Friday’s) game due to violations of NCAA amateurism rules,” the NCAA announced in a release. UCLA athletic director Dan Guerreo [...]
The Path To The Necessary 270 Electoral Votes Favors President Obama
November 6, 2012 | Posted by
First one to 270 wins. Electoral College math can be tricky, but knowing that 270 votes is the minimum needed for either President Barack Obama or Republican challenger Mitt Romney to claim victory in today’s presidential election makes it easier to understand. Varying political landscapes mean that each candidate has an array of possible ways [...]
Final Polls Give Barack Obama Slight Edge Over Mitt Romney In Presidential Race
November 6, 2012 | Posted by
President Barack Obama should win a second term after squeaking out narrow wins in a number of key swing states, according to the final presidential polls released on Sunday. Polls by the Pew Research Center, NBC/Wall Street Journal, CNN/ORC International and YouGov show the president with enough of a narrow but significant lead over Republican [...]
NC Preacher: Obama Actively Supports Evil
October 7, 2012 | Posted by
North Carolina preacher Patrick Wooden is speaking out against President Barack Obama, and what he believes to be the promotion of evil with the president’s pro-abortion and gay marriage stances. Wooden was one of the right-wing figures that pushed for North Carolina’s ban on gay marriage with an amendment to the state constitution earlier this [...]
Jabari Parker Narrows His List Down To 5
October 6, 2012 | Posted by
Jabari Parker, considered the top high school player in the country in many circles, still has not made a college choice, but he did cut down his prospects to five: BYU, Duke, Stanford, Florida and Michigan State. “He thought about it and looked at the programs. That’s the five he had,” Simeon coach Robert Smith [...]
Roy Williams Other Kidney Benign
October 5, 2012 | Posted by
Roy Williams was relieved second kidney tumor isn’t cancerous. The school announced test results Thursday night, a day after the Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach had a biopsy of the tumor discovered on his left kidney. The school says the tumor is an oncocytoma, which is a benign growth often indistinguishable from kidney cancer [...]
Davis Love III Taps Michael Jordan As Ryder Cup Advisor
September 7, 2012 | Posted by
Davis Love III, a North Carolina graduate and long-time friend of Michael Jordan, has elicited the iconic basketball figure to serve as an advisor/motivator to the United State’s Ryder Cup team. The 49-year-old Jordan, an avid golfer for decades, will be at close quarters with Love and his team when they take on the Europeans [...]
