The RailHawks are playing for the first and last USSF-D2 Pro League championship. It’s a sanctioned game that will be entered into the record books, but it will be sort of like a king without a country. The U.S. Soccer Federation has done a solid job of maintaining orderly second-division play this year after the […]
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Four men in an Israeli tank in Lebanon
Lebanon opens Friday in select theaters (see times below) Our rating: Samuel Maoz’s Lebanon contains one image I’ll never forget. A Lebanese chicken farmer makes the error of driving into the sights of a rattled Israeli tank crew and its accompanying paratroopers. After he draws their fire, we see a glimpse of what’s left of […]
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Finals preview: RailHawks to take field in Puerto Rico tonight
Carolina RailHawksAll-league midfielder Daniel Paladini, seen against Puerto Rico in August, a 3-2 loss. Today is surely the biggest day in the four-year history of the Carolina RailHawks soccer franchise. The fact that it will likely pass unnoticed by most Triangle residents fixated on the N.C. State Fair, or gridiron football, or raking leaves, doesn’t […]
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N.C. Central football coach Mose Rison fired, replaced by assistant Darryl Bullock
N.C. Central athleticsMose Rison earlier this season This season’s drama in local college football coaching circles has been focused on UNC’s Butch Davis and his ability to keep the support of university administrators, trustees and boosters amid multiple scandals. But the first head coach to lose a job this year is N.C. Central’s Mose Rison. […]
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RailHawks “win” 0-1, losing to Montreal; return leg on Sunday
Montreal impact Matt Watson in action last night in Montreal WEBCAST—In a bruising, ugly and perhaps even cynical contest before 7,502 fans in Montreal tonight, the Carolina RailHawks lost to the Impact 1-0 in the first leg of the USSF-D2 Pro League semifinal. But in a demonstration of the odd tactics that prevail in two-legged […]
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Bad news for UNC basketball: Will Graves kicked off team; “huge blow,” says Roy Williams
File photo by D.L. AndersonWill Graves watches Kyle Singler stroke one during last year’s 82-50 loss to Duke. This isn’t why UNC fans are looking forward to basketball season. With Butch Davis’ football team laboring under the cloud of NCAA and internal investigations, Tar Heel fans could be forgiven for starting to think about basketball. […]
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Remembrance of goals past: RailHawks draw with Minnesota to open playoffs
Wiki CommonsThere were many things to think about Wednesday night, from madeleines of the past to no-hitters of the present. Just not scoring goals. WEBCAST—The Carolina RailHawks nearly stole a victory at the death tonight, but had Brad Rusin’s chested “header” found the back of the net, the resulting victory might have been more than […]
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To the end of the world with Noam Chomsky and elin o’Hara slavick
Aftermath: Protesting Cartography + Hiroshima elin o’Hara slavick FedEx Global Education Center Through Nov. 11 Lecture: elin o’Hara slavick Nov. 3, 6 p.m. FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 It was a pleasant evening to think about the apocalypse. The setting was the FedEx Global Education Center, a three-year old facility on the UNC-Chapel Hill […]
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Working things out in Funny Story
It’s Kind of a Funny Story opens Friday in select theaters (see times below) Our rating: It’s Kind of a Funny Story is the weak but appropriate title for a movie that’s kind of good but also kind of not essential viewing for grown-ups. And, not to put too fine a point on it, it’s […]
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Things getting hot for the Heels: Statement from AD Dick Baddour
File photo by Jeremy M. LangeThe Tar Heels take the field in a 2008 game. The sky is not Carolina blue today. Yahoo! reported last night that former associate head coach John Blake had far more extensive and recent contacts with agent Gary Wichard than had been previously disclosed, including a series of financial transactions […]
