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DeCock: Instability is the background music to minor league soccer, and it is a winter of uncertainty for the Carolina RailHawks, who in essence led a revolution against their league.
Modified: 11/10/09 11:31:24 PM
DeCock:
Though Manny Legace never played an NHL game for the Carolina Hurricanes or Hartford Whalers - not yet, anyway - he was the Whalers' eighth-round draft pick in 1993, a draft that also brought Chris Pronger, Marek Malik and Nolan Pratt to the organization.
Modified: 11/09/09 11:18:36 PM
DeCock:
The inevitable soul-searching that this North Carolina team will go through, as is only natural given the volume of the post-championship exodus, was always going to last longer than one game.
Modified: 11/10/09 12:07:32 AM
DeCock:
This is the one piece of advice Marcus Ginyard wishes someone had given him before his freshman year at North Carolina: "Coach Williams is right 100 percent of the time, no matter what," Ginyard said. "Even when you know you're right, he's still right."
Modified: 11/09/09 09:26:04 AM
DeCock:
If the North Carolina bench hadn't called time out, Ryan Houston might have. After carrying the ball on 10 out of 11 plays to get the Tar Heels within 3 yards of the goal line, he was gassed.
Modified: 11/08/09 03:56:16 AM
DeCock:
It isn't often Tony Bennett shows off his shooting skills to his new Virginia team - just enough to show he still has it.
Modified: 11/06/09 08:44:04 AM
DeCock:
The players stood in their spots and listened, and Paul Maurice lectured, and then they would try to do what he was telling them to do. Then he would correct them, and the players would switch places, and they would start again.
Modified: 11/04/09 08:58:59 AM
DeCock:
Now sporting the worst 13-game record in franchise history at 2-8-3, the Carolina Hurricanes need some help. Fortunately, the franchise also has a history of big turnaround games, single games that sparked streaks and changed seasons.
Modified: 11/03/09 06:22:11 AM
DeCock:
In the winter of 2003, after a dismal six-goal loss to the Los Angeles Kings, the Carolina Hurricanes reached the inevitable conclusion that no matter how hard anyone tried or what anyone did, their season was only getting worse.
Modified: 11/02/09 06:08:47 AM
DeCock:
Just when it looked like North Carolina's experience on Thursday night was not only the worst kind of rerun but a series headed for cancellation, the Tar Heels did something they couldn't do a week ago.
Modified: 10/30/09 12:31:50 AM
DeCock:
It has been a tough year for college football in North Carolina, no doubt about it. At this point, it's conceivable that not a single team will make a bowl game. It's also unlikely.
Modified: 10/27/09 03:50:58 AM
DeCock:
The list of Duke's errors, miscues and self-inflicted wounds went on and on. It's an old story at Wallace Wade, one told all too often in recent years.
Modified: 10/24/09 11:54:37 PM
DeCock:
Time is not on his side. Greg Paulus' football experiment is an exercise in the now, in the immediate. The one thing he doesn't have is time.
Modified: 10/23/09 08:31:30 PM
DeCock:
The stage was set for a magnificent night, the first-ever Thursday night football game at Kenan Stadium ushered in with appropriate ceremony.
Modified: 10/23/09 01:19:37 AM
DeCock:
Only Bobby Bowden could take a question about his 0-3 record in the ACC and address the controversy swirling around his team with an anecdote about a bowl game in 1986.
Modified: 10/22/09 12:32:31 AM
DeCock:
With basketball season officially under way, most of the attention is on the returning men's stars and highly touted recruits. Some of the ACC's impact players, though, are already around.
Modified: 10/20/09 04:02:46 AM
DeCock:
It didn't take a magnifying glass to see the cracks in N.C. State's basketball team last year. The visible lack of chemistry on the court was only one manifestation of a team divided.
Modified: 10/19/09 06:18:56 AM
DeCock:
To the extent that a hockey game played before the first candy bar hits the fryer across the street at the State Fair can be a litmus test, Wednesday's game was just that for the Carolina Hurricanes.
Modified: 10/15/09 06:15:54 AM
DeCock:
When it comes to motivating his teammates, Rod Brind'Amour is not interested in using revenge as a lever.
Modified: 10/14/09 08:00:31 AM
DeCock:
There isn't a hint of nostalgia in Tom O'Brien's voice when he discusses this week's return to Boston College, where he spent a decade building the Eagles into a perennial powerhouse.
Modified: 10/13/09 12:15:24 AM
DeCock:
Only Joni Pitkanen knows if his knee will have recovered enough for the Carolina Hurricanes defenseman to play Wednesday. (He did not practice with the team Monday.)
Modified: 10/13/09 12:32:26 AM
DeCock:
The students made their feelings clear. Faced with other options on the North Carolina campus on a warm, if cloudy, fall day, many fewer than usual found their way to Kenan Stadium.
Modified: 10/11/09 05:56:50 AM
DeCock:
It's hard to believe the hockey season is just five days old.
Modified: 10/07/09 11:35:04 AM
DeCock:
Four weeks in, Brett Favre is still unretired, from football and the endorsement game, which answers one of the annual burning questions about the NFL.
Modified: 10/06/09 05:54:32 AM
DeCock:
There's nothing in Paul Maurice's coaching résumé to indicate he's ever hesitant to play his No. 1 goalie, which is good news for Cam Ward, who would just as soon play as not.
Modified: 10/01/09 10:46:28 PM
DeCock:
The last thing Julie Walker ever wanted was to be in the news. She would just prefer her husband Scott make the headlines on the ice.
Modified: 10/01/09 08:46:28 AM
DeCock:
Another NHL season begins in the Triangle when the Carolina Hurricanes host the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday, the ninth opening night at the RBC Center.
Modified: 09/29/09 12:49:55 AM
DeCock:
In the years when Nick Price's single-minded focus on golf made him the No. 1 player in the world, he had no intention of letting the game get between him and his family forever, and if that coincided with the decline in his game in the late '90s, so be it.
Modified: 09/28/09 04:52:47 AM
DeCock:
If the message to his players wasn't clear enough when he walked into the locker room and told them they weren't any good, Tom O'Brien made sure they would hear about it all week by underlining the point with the media.
Modified: 09/27/09 06:03:07 AM
DeCock:
Not that it was ever easy putting together a roster full of veterans that is ready to contend this season or assembling a cast of prospects who can take over next season, but this is the hard part.
Modified: 09/26/09 06:29:56 AM
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