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GLENDALE, Ariz. — There certainly are legitimate reasons to hate North Carolina basketball, and thus this particular collection of Tar Heels who defeated the Gonzaga Bulldogs for the 2017 NCAA championship on Monday night at University of Phoenix Stadium. That’s not your problem with them, though. Is it? Michael Powell of The New York Times wrote this week a scathing column about North Carolina athletics and its involvement in the scandal in the university’s African and Afro-American Studies department in the years leading up to 2011, a series of activities that have been investigated by the NCAA since 2014 without...

Dear Roy Williams: If you can't tell the difference between what is a male, and what is a female, perhaps it is you who has a "bullsh*t" problem. In case you missed it, after their win over Miami in the quarterfinal round of the ACC basketball tournament, Williams was asked about the impact (on recruiting and media attention) of having the ACC tournament in a big city such as New York (the site of this year's tournament), as opposed to a city like Greensboro, North Carolina (a frequent host city). Williams answered, "It used to be much more [important to...

Dallas acquires Roy Williams to torture compliment Terrel Owens.

GAME: North Carolina (32-4) vs. Illinois (37-1). ROUND: National championship. TIME: Monday, 9:21 p.m. EST. SITE: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis.

Williams leaving Kansas for UNC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESPN.com news services Roy Williams, who coached the Kansas Jayhawks to the Final Four four times in the last 15 years, is heading home to take over the North Carolina basketball program, the Kansas City Star is reporting. Williams, a North Carolina native and Tar Heels graduate, met with his players Monday afternoon. He did tell the Jayhawks in the days following their loss to Syracuse in the national championship game that they would be the first to know of his decision. The Lawrence (Kan.) Journal World is reporting that Williams boarded a private...