Chansky’s Notebook: The Almost Tar Heel

Posted Jun 1, 2018
Did you know that J.R. Smith once committed to North Carolina? If you didn't stay up late last night, and you care who won the opening game of the NBA Finals, you know by now that it was Golden State in overtime. You also probably heard that Cleveland’s J.R. Smith was guilty of being dumb in the closing seconds of regulation. He didn’t know the score of the game. (Chapelboro.com)

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