How UNC superfan, Randall Keen, rallies in Carolina blue
Posted Nov 25, 2025
Living with ALS hasn’t stopped 64-year-old Randall Keen from cheering for nearly every Tar Heel team — or from teaching his daughter, Avery, what it means to keep showing up in Carolina blue. After retirement, and after the diagnosis, he started coming back. First to baseball. Then volleyball, women’s lacrosse, field hockey, and now, men’s soccer.
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