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Scott Fowler: UNC’s Roy Williams opens up on Jordan, Dean, Duke and why he really retired

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Roy Williams, the star of this week’s “Sports Legends of the Carolinas,” is probably a well-known name to you and to most sports fans.

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UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis haunted — and energized — by national title loss

North Carolina’s 1991 Final Four loss to Kansas antagonized Hubert Davis as a player so much that he said he repeatedly watched a replay of it annually until he, as an assistant coach under Roy Williams, was part of the Tar Heels’ 2017 national title team.

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How ‘Breakfast Club’ helped UNC backcourt develop into one of best in college basketball

There were times watching Caleb Love and R.J. Davis as freshmen in North Carolina’s backcourt where it was hard to envision things working out. The pair contained a similar skill set and neither was what basketball people would call a pure point guard.

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Forde-Yard Dash: What Happens When Collectives Come for Your Players

Collectives can insert themselves into recruiting by offering money to players at other schools—it’s become a problematic part of roster management.

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ACC Men’s Preseason Rankings, Postseason Outlook

Duke’s Jon Scheyer era begins with high expectations as familiar faces headline the league.

Sports Illustrated

Mac Engel: He’s not Darren Woodson, but he’s closer to anything the Cowboys have had since Woody

FORT WORTH, Texas — With all respect to the Oklahoma Roy Williams, not the Texas Roy Williams, Donovan Wilson is closer to anything the Dallas Cowboys have had at safety since Darren Woodson.

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Evolving college basketball landscape is forcing coaches to adapt ... or ‘get out’

Mark Turgeon and Chris Mack had the kind of college basketball jobs at Maryland and Louisville, respectively, that you don’t walk away from. Yet both made the rare move of leaving Power 5 conference men’s basketball jobs in season.

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Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads review – a burning portrait of racism in Britain

Two decades since the debut of Roy Williams’s play set in a pub during an England v Germany World Cup qualifier, the script is as hot as ever

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Rock/ Paper/ Scissors; The Fellowship

Timing is everything in Chris Bush’s theatre-hopping trio of Sheffield plays; the same goes for Roy Williams’s ill-starred new Windrush generation drama

The Guardian - UK

The Fellowship review – ambitious drama overstuffed with issues

Strong performances carry this family drama by Roy Williams in which urgent themes don’t have enough space to grow

The Guardian - UK

The Fellowship at Hampstead Theatre review: a moving and hard-hitting family portrait

Roy Williams’ ambitious new play tackles the complexities of Black British identity

Evening Standard

Michigan State, Gonzaga considering basketball game on San Diego aircraft carrier

SAN DIEGO — After four attempts to play college basketball games outdoors on Navy ships, after three of them were either postponed or outright canceled, after all of them ran into financial complications, the prevailing winds indicated, for lack of a better pun, that ship had sailed.

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Fantasy Case Against Amon-Ra St. Brown

Following up such a productive rookie season will be no small feat.

Sports Illustrated

In football-first world of college athletics, where does that leave ACC basketball?

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — Almost five months after he became the fifth commissioner in ACC history, Jim Phillips stood in front of a crowded hotel banquet room in Charlotte and emphasized the single priority most critical to the league’s future. It was Phillips’ first major public appearance in his new…

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Jay Wright’s Retirement Accelerates a Sport’s Leadership Chasm

College hoops is facing a void after multiple high-profile departures, including by the Villanova coach.

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Jay Wright Did It His Way, and That Includes His Retirement

The Villanova coach’s abrupt exit from college hoops is stunning, but he walks away on his terms.

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Villanova Coach Jay Wright Announces Retirement

The Wildcats’ longtime leader is calling it a career at age 60.

The Guardian - UK

Phoebe Frances Brown, ‘frank and funny’ actor and writer, dies aged 29

The Nottingham-born playwright wrote and starred in The Glad Game, a one-woman show about her diagnosis with incurable cancer

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Luke DeCock: UNC one shot short of NCAA championship, but Tar Heels set stage for Hubert Davis era

NEW ORLEANS — It was, roughly, the same spot where Caleb Love had made so much magic happen. He had a look at the rim. The ball did not come close. North Carolina’s dream season came to an end. The Tar Heels finally woke up.

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Roy Williams Backing UNC Over Kansas in Men’s National Championship Game

Despite his ties to the Jayhawks, the former coach says his allegiance to the Tar Heels is “thicker and deeper.”

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A fitting finale: UNC's New Orleans history faces Kansas' recent success against Heels

NEW ORLEANS — In this city of old haunts and mysterious hexes, where the sound of music is as much of a part of the culture as the spirits who give this place its soul, North Carolina has made its share of basketball history, and now seeks more magic alongside…

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After taking down Duke and Mike Krzyzewski, Hubert Davis has arrived for North Carolina

It's been a dream first season for Davis.

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CBB Fans Calling Kansas-UNC National Championship Game the ‘Roy Williams Bowl’

The legendary coach led both the Tar Heels and Jayhawks to prominence during his 43-year career.

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Roy Williams was so fired up after North Carolina beat Duke and hoops fans loved it

Roy Williams was SO HAPPY.

Sports Illustrated

Here’s the Tipoff Time for Duke vs. UNC in the Final Four Saturday Night

The Blue Devils and Tar Heels will tip off in just a half hour.

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