• How is it Knick coach Isiah Thomas almost coming to blows with a Knick player in Bobjohnson Arena last night is the talk of the sports world today — and rates not a mention in the Uptown paper of record? Instead, Rick Bonnell tells us he did emergency color work for the Knicks’ radio broadcast. I do not understand that paper.
  • Several Panthers met with wounded vets at BofA Stadium. By the end of the video you will feel pretty stupid for getting all worked up about football. One guy who took an IED blast actually said it was an honor to meet the players. Wow.
  • UNCC football has the green light from Mac Everett’s task force. No surprise there. What is a surprise is the idea they can wait and figure out the conference angle later. No. Now. A bad conference fit in the A10 is what has UNCC athletics in a bind. The goal should be nothing less than the Big East. The first step, the Southern Conference and keeping some of ASU’s players at home.
  • The Charlotte Chamber’s quarter-cent for roads gambit still has to overcome confusion on the county commission, The Charlotte Business Journal reports. Jennifer Roberts evidently does not understand: 1) That Raleigh is off-loading responsibilities 2) The land transfer tax is a non-starter, even though is raises more money. Charlotte realtors will kill it dead.