Baddour: UNC players' suspensions tied to former player
Posted Sep 23, 2010
UNC defensive starters Deunta Williams and Kendric Burney were visiting a former Tar Heels defensive back on the trips to California that helped land them multiple-game suspensions from the NCAA this afternoon, UNC athletics director Dick Baddour said. “I don’t have his permission to use his name, but they met at Sutton's [in Chapel Hill],’’ Baddour said. “He’s a former defensive back, and they established a relationship.
(Raleigh News & Observer)
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