The IronDog Chronicles

Everyone wants to ball when they come to the Hill…
Which is why no one should be surprised that presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, wanted to ball this AM with the Heels, and who can blame him? After all, how often do you get a chance to ball in a pick-up game with a Final Four […]

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Perhaps, we can call it the Mel Kiper Jr. effect, but no punches were pulled on WXYC on Sunday night….
Over the past five years, we had some great post-draft commentary. However, I have to say that the newly debuted WXYC Sports Rap line-up brought serious wood to the show. In fact, I think […]

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Tough one for the Heels this weekend…
On my end, I’m giving three days burial before I interject my rants and raves.  Yet, on Sunday night’s Sports Rap, Phil Mitchell  and myself dug deep into the reasons behind North Carolina’s devastating 84-66 loss to Kansas on Saturday night.   Check out the stream here. 
Very strong callers added […]

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Hot picks for you…
On Sunday night’s SportsRap, we hit up the selections fresh off the griddle.  Here’s this week’s show.  We have a look back at the ACC Championship, NCAA Tournament picks, and what’s ahead for the Heels in March.
Picks from Bret Dougherty:  North Carolina, Georgetown, UCLA, and Memphis
Picks from Gregg Found:  North Carolina, […]

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Keep your eye open…
I was at the Open Eye Cafe last Wednesday afternoon and lo and behold…An interview breaks out. After talking about sports and blogging in the Carrboro/Chapel Hill area, Wayne Sutton from Local Conversations in Raleigh, NC put me on the camera.
Wayne addressed a few questions about the powers of social networking, […]

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Nice night in the Hill for an enticing listen…
Special thanks to TNT for re-running the All-Star game at 11PM for our listeners.  With this week’s WXYC ‘Sports Rap’ show, DTH columnist, Gregg Found and I discussed the Virginia Tech ‘W’, Tywon Lawson’s injury, MJ’s view on the NBA, and Tyler Hansbrough’s legacy in Tar Heel […]

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Ding, ding…ding. Here comes another nugget from the Hill again. Full-Tilt style…

WXYC has pumped out chunks of full flavorful personalities over the years, and Jason Perlmutter is one of them.
A short four years ago, he was scouring garage sales in Greensboro and Henderson and ruling eBay auctions while walking around with a old-school […]

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Last night was a doozy peoples…
Check out the October 7, 2007 edition of WXYC’s “SportsRap” here.
The board was back on, and the call flow was steady. We touched all the bases with a review of UNC’s 33-27 victory over Miami, the weekend’s upsets, and the Marion Jones case, which still crushes my heart.
I still […]

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