Cliff Morris played with basketball greats

Posted Sep 18, 2015
Dr. Cliff Morris peeled back the plastic on a hummus wrap from a local coffee shop, and recounted a multitude of life-shaping memories playing basketball as a North Carolina Tar Heel three decades ago under the direction of the late Dean Smith. Morris, who played at UNC from 1983-1985, now owns the Morris Cardiovascular and Risk Reduction Center in Chester, Virginia. (Hopewell News)

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