The IronDog Chronicles

Leave it up to ‘The New Science Experience’ to bring that Championship Rub-a-Dub-Dub…
Darren Hunicutt of the famed WXYC ‘New Science Experience’ Show mixed up this grab bag of cuts entitled ‘Go Time’ to commemorate the 2009 University of North Carolina Men’s Basketball NCAA Championship. Check out the downloaded mix show here.
The beats clean the […]

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The hot summer days in the Hill are on right now…
So, there is no better time to check-in with this week’s Sports Rap.
Sunday night’s show touched on a lot of topics that ranged from European basketball, UNC Football, baseball, and the hot summer topic of explaining the differences between MMA, UFC, and Affliction for mixed […]

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Here’s another wham-bango on sports film…
With the dismissal of Billy Packer and the continuation of our sports film discussion, we delved into the sports media arena on WXYC this week.  With this week’s show, we tackled the worst, overrated, and underrated sports films from the past.   Check out this week’s show here.
Stay tuned for […]

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Popcorn heahhh…
Maybe the summer blockbusters have inspired the SportsRap conversations this summer, but we devoted half of last week’s show to the Best Sports Movies of all-time.  Check out last week’s show here.
The topic was so solid that we’ll be devoting 45 minutes to sports film discussion next week.
I’ll post my top 15 here soon.  […]

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A review of more than just strawberries and cream…
After the scintillating Rafael Nadal/Roger Federer Wimbledon Final, we shifted to the hardcourts.  How could you not?  In fact, this blogga not only thinks is the best tennis match of all-time, but also the best one-on-one sporting event of all-time…Yes, that good.    On this week’s show, […]

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Run Roadrunner Run…
For Bo Diddley fans, here is a special treat for you. I’ll be hosting WXYC’s Thursday Night Feature tomorrow night, July 3rd from 9-12AM, and the topic will be Bo Diddley and his music.
We’ll have two solid interviews from Blues Hall of Famer and renowned blues archivist and photographer, Dick Waterman, and […]

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From the green room to the show room…
On Sunday night, we had some heated discussions on WXYC SportsRap. First off, should Tywon Lawson, Wayne Ellington, and Danny Green stay in the draft? As of this afternoon, despite the hairline fracture in the elbow, Danny Green won’t tap-out. I’m telling you […]

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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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