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Sunday, May 28, 2017

BRIAN BILL MEMORIAL DAY

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My late father was an impeccable dresser and a borderline neat freak. His walk-in closet looked like the showroom at Brooks Brothers and...
Saturday, May 27, 2017

REMEMBERING PAT TILLMAN

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Pat Tillman didn't die on 9/11, but like thousands upon thousands of Americans, he died because of it. Tillman, who was playing with...
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Monday, May 1, 2017

PRAYING FOR BOBBY TROUP

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Everybody who has met Bobby Troup, loves Bobby Troup. Void of ego, malice, pettiness, and greed, Troup is the salt and the earth in t...
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Saturday, April 8, 2017

BRYAN BRENNAN: STILL THE SELFIE KING

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It's a selfie-obsessed world and I'm just living in it. Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter have become a haven for the self-absorb...
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

LUKE MAYE AND A PICTURE WORTH MORE THAN 1,000 WORDS

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Watching Luke Maye on television hit the shot that sent North Carolina to the Final Four is one thing, seeing a picture of the former wa...
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Sunday, March 26, 2017

MAYE CAROLINA CONNECTIONS LAST FOREVER

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Just over a year ago, I ran into Mark Maye, one of my old roommates at UNC during a football game. We hadn't seen each other since I...
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Sunday, March 19, 2017

THE COURAGE OF JOHN MARTIN

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"I was waking up at 4 a.m. every single day asking myself if all this was real." John Martin's near-perfect life w...
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Hard-working, creative, and lover of good words, competition, and testing my limits. Graduate of UNC and Tar Heel baseball player. Signed with Boston Red Sox as free-agent. Hit a HR in "Bull Durham" off Nuke. Former sports anchor/reporter at NESN, Fox Sports Net and MLB.com.5-time Ironman, 3-time NYC Marathon finisher. Wedding singer and Solid Gold dancer. "It's not the critic who counts, but the man who gets in the arena to compete that does."
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