There was an NPR story about a kid at this exact high school being accused of plotting a school shooting. He was a student there who was autistic, wore a trench coat, and had an interest in weapons. He and his family were treated terribly by officials at the school and by police. Hopefully this isn’t related.

I’m a Carolina fan/grad who works at Duke and I saw those 3 guys (Williamson, Barrett, Reddish) at lunch recently.  I’m a wee bit afraid for the coming season.  Williamson was huge, and the other two guys looked super gangly and athletic but also strong.  Like modern day Scottie Pippens or something.

It has actually happened before. It is very common for climbers in the area to come help with rescue (though often they are in Kathmandu or have just completed a climb on another peak). Denis Urubko himself has been in several such rescues in the past. In 2008 he had just finished climbing Makalu (5th tallest peak in…

They haven’t actually gone back to K2 yet, they’re resting a day or two until the weather improves and the helicopter can take them back to K2 base camp.

Funnily enough, I went to UNC and took a class called “Sports Ethics” which was taught by...Jan Boxill, who was the head of the philosophy department’s center for ethics and was forced out for “giving impermissible academic assistance and special arrangements to women’s basketball players” 

They’re brothers, but I think they had a falling out or something a number of years back? Basically I don’t think they have much to do with each other.

It “may not be healthy for the players long term” huh? I’m pretty sure playing football is most definitely not “healthy for the players long term.”

I went to UNC as an undergrad and had Jan Boxill for a class. Funnily enough, the class was “Sports Ethics”.

I was born in 1988 and the first big news story I recall is the OJ Simpson chase and trial. I remember at some point early in my schooling, during the learning to write phase, we had to write a sentence or two on who we wanted to meet if we could meet any person. I chose OJ Simpson so that I could ask him if he was…