The IronDog Chronicles

After spending a considerable amount of time in Durham over the past few years, I’m amazed at how people are treating Bull City, Durham, North Carolina these days….
For chrissakes, from the way that the fear factors have been spread by mainstream media these days, you would think that Durham is the next Flint, Newark, Compton […]

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I can always count on my boys working at delis, bars, pump and munches, and car washes to come on through for keeping people in check…
It says here in Matier and Ross’s stellar local column in the SF Chronicle that Carmen Policy has been rumored to be involving himself with moving the Raiders to Los […]

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Wow…The King has been dethroned….
Royce Gracie loses a shocker to Matt Hughes. The next stage for innovation in ultimate fighting has been launched. Check it out here through YouTube…God, I love that service.
Grapplin’, Irondog

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Quick interview in the Charleston Post & Courier the other day with Roy Williams…
I thought this was an interesting response.
P& C: This is a difficult one, but who’s the best all-around player you ever coached?
RW: “That is a hard question. It’s like asking a parent which child they like the best. As […]

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I have a photo that rests on the wall above my desk…
It’s of Floyd Patterson, the former Heavyweight Champ who reigned the heavyweight division for the better part of two decades. The signature on the black and white photo subtly states.
“Kindest Regards, Floyd Patterson”
The signed statement is simple, dignified, and in a subtle […]

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Look who I caught in at the Piedmont Blues Festival in Greensboro on Friday night…
None other than the Best Sideman in Show Biz…Fred Wesley.

What more can you say for Fred Wesley? The trombonist and a mainstay in the James Brown led J.B.’s made up one of the best rhythm sections of all time. […]

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Now, that UNC Football coach, John Bunting, has signed prep phenom QB, Mike Paulus, will people give him his full credit due…Geez.
What a land. Here’s a little for you to you know how big of a coup Paulus’s signing is for Bunting…
The highest rated and most hyped QB of the past twenty years […]

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