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Q&A with Janet Cone, director of athletics at UNC Asheville
by Bob Rose The UNC Asheville athletic department is a modest NCAA Division I program by comparison to other top-level programs in North Carolina, such as the North Carolina Tar Heels or Duke Blue Devils. However, the Bulldogs’ longtime athletic director Janet Cone is a mover and shaker among college sports administrators. Cone is a […]
Q&A with Demp Bradford, president of the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission
Certain activities are closely associated with Asheville: sampling local craft brews, tubing down the French Broad River, eating one’s own weight in barbecue. If Demp Bradford, president of the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission, has his way, professional sports will become quintessentially Asheville, too. Bradford, a native of the North Carolina Piedmont, became interested in […]
Letter: Walking the walk — a quest for used basketballs for Craggy inmates
“One of the few outlets for the men to get exercise and blow off steam is half-court basketball. Man, those basketballs sure don’t last long, though.”
Conscious Party: T.C. Roberson alumni basketball game
Women’s and men’s basketball games take place Dec. 22 at T.C. Roberson High School to raise funds for the Sizemore family.
Letter writer: We need Michael Jordan’s minor league basketball team in Asheville
“This is huge news and a great opportunity for Asheville and Western North Carolina.”
RECAPPED: Charlotte Bobcats vs. Atlanta Hawks at US Cellular Center
Historically a mecca for failed sports franchises, Asheville managed to attract two NBA teams to the U.S. Cellular Center Tuesday, Oct. 8, in an odd preseason match-up. The game was part of the Charlotte Bobcats’ renewed efforts to build a fan base in Western North Carolina. Here’s what you missed.
Bulldog nation welcomes back the UNCA men’s basketball team
After losing in a heart-breaking game against Syracuse in the NCAA tournament, the UNC Asheville men’s basketball team returned to a warm reception from fans, students and the Asheville community on Sunday, March 18. Above, senior guard Matt Dickey speaks to the crowd (photo by Megan Dombroski).
UNCA comes close, but Syracuse tops Bulldogs 72-65
Did they think it could really happen? Well, yes, the students watching the game at the Highsmith Student Union did, until, well, it didn’t. Still, UNCA did well, getting a nod on an NPR report on first-round games for coming close.
(Photo by Bill Rhodes)
Shall we dance? NCAA Selection Committee says “yes”
UNC Asheville was chosen to be the No. 16 seed in the East Region for the NCAA basketball tournament. The Bulldogs will face No. 1 seed Syracuse on Thursday in Pittsburgh.
(Photo by Bill Rhodes)
Teens prepare healthy halftime snack for UNCA basketball fans
From a kitchen near the Kimmel Arena at UNCA, kids from across-section of area schools prepared a surprise for basketball fans at halftime — healthy snacks
Big changes coming to the Civic Center
Xpress staff reporter Michael Muller interviews Sam Powers, General Manager of the Civic Center and Director of Economic Development for the City of Asheville. In this exclusive video, Powers takes Xpress viewers on a guided tour and explains some of the changes coming to the 35-year old downtown institution.
Pickup basketball game at Carrier Park
The other life of the “Free Throw Wizard”: An Xpress exclusive
Think you know Fred Feder, the free throw wiz profiled in Mountain Xpress? Well, there’s much more to his story than hoop dreams.
Askville: Hoop, there he is
On April 22, 1989, a hush—or something like it—fell over a crowd of nearly 20,000 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. It was halftime during a Knicks game, and on the Garden’s polished floor, a unique drama was unfolding. Fred Feder From the sidelines, Patrick Ewing—all 6 feet 9 inches of him—rose and strode […]