tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77776277190306468782024-03-28T14:24:59.094-04:00One Brick BackA real life outside of athletics and newspapers. It might be fun.Tim Peelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002481048077651413noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777627719030646878.post-15659548095797411452024-03-25T07:46:00.004-04:002024-03-25T07:48:24.624-04:00Harper: Born to CoachKellie Harper, coaching NC State in the 2010 ACC Championship game against Duke. This profile of Kellie Harper was first published on GoPack.com, the day she was hired to succeed the late Kay Yow. Harper was young, just 32 years old at the time, but her basketball pedigree was already well-established. Maybe it didn't work out for longterm success in her four years at NC State, but she was aTim Peelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002481048077651413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777627719030646878.post-75347431600374714342024-03-16T18:21:00.004-04:002024-03-20T16:13:38.821-04:00When Rivals Collide for a Championship<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Tim Peelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002481048077651413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777627719030646878.post-65121536725023100862024-03-16T18:05:00.001-04:002024-03-16T20:47:20.948-04:00David’s Last (Hobbled) StandNC State Chancellor John Caldwell hands David Thompson his retired No. 44 jersey on Senior Day 1975. This is a game I had never written about until traveling to Washington this afternoon for the 2024 ACC title game between NC State and North Carolina. If you enjoy reading "One Brick
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Tim Peelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002481048077651413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777627719030646878.post-69616602971099033482024-03-16T14:51:00.000-04:002024-03-16T14:51:05.409-04:00160 Minutes of Steady EffortThis was originally published in The Wolfpacker magazine for the 25th anniversary of the 1997 ACC Tournament run, which ended with a North Carolina victory over NC State. It was a remarkable four days in Greensboro, especially for hometown hero and Wolfpack point guard Justin Gainey. If you enjoy reading "One Brick
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this oneTim Peelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002481048077651413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777627719030646878.post-19220050235049849182024-03-16T13:34:00.000-04:002024-03-16T13:34:51.183-04:00When the Lights Went Out at Reynolds ColiseumACC Player and Athlete of the Year Lou Pucillo driving in for a layup in the 1959 title game.This was originally published in 2019 in The Wolfpacker magazine and reprinted here. If you enjoy reading "One Brick
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Tim Peelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002481048077651413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777627719030646878.post-70392913324125874432024-03-16T12:22:00.006-04:002024-03-16T13:04:21.178-04:00A Surprise Run in the Sunshine State Brandon Costner drives during the 2007 ACC title game vs. UNC-CH.If you enjoy reading "One Brick
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Tim Peeler, 2023Someone asked me on Twitter what the trophy should be for the NC State-UNC-CH football rivalry. So I answered:You refer, of course, to the Croatan Cup (TM), an Tim Peelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002481048077651413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777627719030646878.post-73118595239083581762023-11-24T07:25:00.005-05:002023-11-24T07:49:03.885-05:00Innocent Fun, Contemplated: NC State vs. UNC FootballNOTE:
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By and large, the NC State-North Carolina football rivalry has been relatively prank free,
likely because of an admonition given by one of the state’s foremost leaders at
the Tim Peelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002481048077651413noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777627719030646878.post-86995295916159004852023-10-06T08:54:00.004-04:002023-11-24T07:49:58.185-05:00Lou Holtz's Mathematical ProblemNC State professor of mathematics Robert RamsayNOTE:
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prior to Lou Holtz's first game at South Carolina, which was against
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When 75 students from the North Carolina College of
Agriculture and MechanicTim Peelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002481048077651413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777627719030646878.post-75926972801182147872023-08-12T11:11:00.003-04:002023-11-24T07:55:22.590-05:00"I Had No Idea Basketball Was So Popular Down Here"make a small donation to the causeReynolds Coliseum, cradle of basketball fans.This was the next-to-last story I ever wrote for Technician, NC State's student newspaper, just before I graduated in the winter of 1987. I always thought it turned out well and informed the school of a student who was part of a famous family. Essentially, I'm still doing the same thing today, three and a half decades Tim Peelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002481048077651413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777627719030646878.post-26982262243617784952022-10-07T09:10:00.002-04:002022-10-07T09:15:08.815-04:00From Reserve to MVP: Larry Worsley Had the Run of a Lifetime in the 1965 ACC TournamentNOTE: This story was originally printed in Stu Coman's "The Wolfpacker" for the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship won by Everett Case-successor Press Maravich and his team. If you enjoy reading "One Brick
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When you go into the newspaper business, you dream
of covering big, substantial stories.
In sports, that means getting the opportunity to
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