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Carolina Insider Podcast - UNC Football Discussion, Ted Keith Interview

UNC Football pulled away from NC Central on Saturday as the quarterback position took center stage. Jones Angell and Adam Lucas discuss the Tar Heels' win over the Eagles (4:36). Ted Keith from Sports Business Journal talks about his time at Carolina, the golden age of Sports Illustrated, and the changing media landscape (46:39). (Read More...)

A New Book Reflects on the Legacy of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright, UNC Professor Paul Green

Paul Green's longest legacy, The Lost Colony, first produced in 1937, is still running today at the Outer Banks every summer. His literary friendships—with Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Sherwood Anderson, among others—ran deep. A graduate of UNC, Green continued his career at the state’s flagship university, teaching philosophy and the dramatic arts. (Indy Week)

VooDoo Wings restaurant opens on Franklin Street

VooDoo Wings Co., which had its Chapel Hill grand opening at 147 E. Franklin St. on Aug. 17, hosts a menu of flavored chicken wings, sauces, sides, sliders, desserts and more. Sunny Kumar, the owner of the Chapel Hill franchise, said the energy of students and visitors from the area proved a good demographic to inspire the opening of a branch. (Daily Tar Heel)

Chapel Hill: The College Town That’s Been Partying Since 1793

Carolina bleeds Tar Heel blue, but the spirit is strongest in Chapel Hill. The ram’s head mascot is everywhere from bar cups to barber shops. Blue-clad students fill every storefront on Franklin Street. But there’s more to Chapel Hill than just hoops, and if you look beyond the Smith Center, you’ll find a place teeming in history, science, and natural beauty. (Thrillist)

Hundreds remember 9/11 heroes at Kenan Memorial Stadium stair climb Wednesday

James Calfa remembers Sept. 11, 2001. The UNC Army ROTC master sergeant was in high school and staying in Manhattan with family for his brother’s cancer treatment, when they heard about planes hitting the World Trade Center towers. Calfa joined around 1,500 people in the 10th annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in Kenan Stadium Wednesday. (UNC.edu)

New bar set to open on Franklin Street, reflects owner's Chapel Hill history

When Michael Rosenbacher was a student at the University of North Carolina, he said that he saw Franklin Street as a place for all of Chapel Hill to come together. Now, he’s opening a space that he hopes will recreate that feeling. Max’s Tin Can, located at 201 E. Franklin St., is a new bar located beneath Time-Out in the former Downtime nightclub space. (Daily Tar Heel)

Carolina remembers Zijie Yan, ‘master of light and matter’

Zijie Yan’s death shook the Chapel Hill community last August, bringing Carolina students and faculty together to mourn. A year later, Richard Superfine and the Applied Physical Sciences department are still working through their grief for the loss of their beloved colleague. APS faculty honor him daily through their resilience — by pressing on with their science. (UNC.edu)

Playa Bowls restaurant opens on Franklin Street in convenient location for students

A new acai shop, Playa Bowls, opened on Aug. 11 at 104 E. Franklin St., next to Starbucks on the corner of Franklin Street and Columbia Street in downtown Chapel Hill. Playa Bowls is a restaurant chain with over 200 storefronts across 22 states. The business began in 2014 in Belmar, NJ when two surfers opened up an acai stand outside a pizza shop. (Daily Tar Heel)

UNC Ice Hockey Club Plans $25 Million Fundraising Campaign for Arena Project in Chapel Hill

One year ago, the UNC Ice Hockey Club announced plans to build a rink and arena in Chapel Hill. Since then, the team has gone through a few changes, but the stadium plan remains on the horizon. The club, though, is beginning to take embark on a major capital campaign alongside an updated timeline of construction for the club’s future home. (Chapelboro.com)

Ted Williams baseball, used while he was in UNC's Navy Pre-Flight School, on view in Wilson Library

Ted Williams is remembered as one of the towering greats of baseball. He didn’t have a great game on a certain day at UNC in 1943, but he gave teenage fan John Boring a great gift that Boring has passed on to the University Libraries. Williams was in Chapel Hill with his Red Sox teammate Johnny Pesky as cadets in the Navy Pre-Flight School. (UNC.edu)

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