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Now this fits the definition of “classy” to a tee…

Last month legendary basketball coach Dean Smith passed away.  He coached the Tar Heels of UNC-Chapel Hill from 1961 to 1997 and when he retired he was the coach with the most wins of any in collegiate basketball history.  He had two national titles to show for it.  Along the way he coached about 184 players.

And every one of them is getting $200 to enjoy a nice dinner out.

From the story at Fox 8:

 Each player who lettered under late North Carolina head men’s basketball coach Dean Smith is receiving a surprise gift from the coach himself: $200.

Smith, who died last month, willed the money to each former player in his trust. Tim Breedlove, who wrote the letters to the players, confirmed the gift to SI.com on Thursday. The letter from Miller McNeish & Breedlove, PA,

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It was like watching the old “Four Corners” play that the Tarheels were notorious for before the institution of the shot clock… but with the Tarheels losing!

Look, I’m not all that much of a sports fanatic, but something is seriously off-kilter in this state so far as basketball goes.

As one friend put it a few weeks ago, it’s pretty sad when the best team in North Carolina right now is the Bobcats 😛...

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Duke fan that I am, I’m man enough to admit that UNC had an excellent game tonight. 101 to 87… that might be the biggest margin between the two teams in a long time.

So to the Tarheels: congratulations!

(I just don’t want to have to make a habit of saying that :-P)...

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Ron Paul, Republican candidate for President, spoke at Carmichael Auditorium at UNC Chapel Hill yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Also speaking on the program – having received Dr. Paul’s endorsements – were Eric Smith, who is running for North Carolina’s Superintendent of Public Instruction and B.J. Lawson, candidate for North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District. Since I am the treasurer for Eric’s campaign, and also ‘cuz I’ve always wanted to meet Ron Paul, I absolutely had to attend! 🙂

It was just as noon hit that I was leaving Reidsville, and on the way I stopped at the Barnes & Noble in Burlington to buy a copy of Dr. Paul’s new book The Revolution: A Manifesto, currently ranked #1 on Amazon. It was the only copy on the shelves and one of the associates told me that it had been “selling hard”. When I got to Chapel Hill ...

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