A walk down ACC memory lane with Dean Smith, Jim Valvano, and Mike Krzyzewski (video)

Posted Mar 13, 2015
It's a sports-themed 1980s promo from WRAL-TV of Raleigh in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Come for the bad hair and Lee Greenwood wearing short shorts, an N.C. State satin jacket, Duke hat and North Carolina T-shirt that spells Tar Heels as one word. Stay for the Jim Valvano, Mike Krzyzewski and Dean Smith finale _ which looks like the intro for a promising wacky-coaching-neighbor sitcom. (Associated Press)

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