George News Archive
George Karl’s speech at the ESPY AwardsWednesday night at the ESPY Awards on ESPN, Denver Nuggets coach George Karl won the perseverance award, named after legendary college coach Jim Valvano, who...
Thu Jul 15, 2010
UNC coach grateful for connection to SteinbrennerGeorge Steinbrenner, whose daughter graduated from North Carolina in 1981, often contributed to the Tar Heels' athletic programs over the years. Most recently, he donated...
Wed Jul 14, 2010
‘The Boss’ had UNC ties
Everyone remembers George Steinbrenner as the brash, outspoken owner of the New York Yankees. But you may also be surprised to know that “The Boss”...
Wed Jul 14, 2010
Steinbrenner brought money, exhibition games to UNC
Over breakfast at the Velvet Cloak Inn in Raleigh, the late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner set his friend Gregory Poole Jr. into action...
Wed Jul 14, 2010
Yankees were a blast in Boshamer
On a spring day at UNC's Boshamer Stadium the Yankees piled off the bus that had brought them from Raleigh-Durham Airport, saw the field was...
Wed Jul 14, 2010