Tar Heel Born, Bred and Till I'm dead. Like Coach Williams, I am a Western North Carolina native and a 1999 graduate from McDowell High School. I entered UNC in August of 1999 and graduated in December 2002 with a double major in Political Science and History. From Chapel Hill, I went on to graduate school at the College of Charleston where I obtained a Masters degree in History in 2005. In 2009 I began working in politics and am currently a burgeoning political operative.
For the past couple of weeks many Tar Heel fans have been immersed in the NBA playoffs watching former Tar Heel greats Harrison Barnes, Raymond Felton and Danny Green show their stuff. Former Tar Heel…Read More
The Boston Marathon symbolizes some of our country’s greatest virtues like endurance, perseverance and camaraderie. Running a marathon is not a spontaneous or casual endeavor. No one woke up last Monday…Read More
I would not have wanted to be a member of the UNC press staff on Friday afternoon. At approximately 2:00pm on Friday, the University of North Carolina issued a landmark press release announcing the unanimous…Read More
Lynch. Montross. Williams. Phelps. Reese. I know their names Jalen Rose. I also know their numbers 34, 00, 21, 14 and 31. I know this because my mother put their jersey numbers on the birthday cake she…Read More
If you were to steal the CD player in my car right now, you would find Fun’s album “Some Nights”. One of my favorite lyrics off of the album is, “I got nothing left inside of my chest, but I’m…Read More
I’ve been hearing a lot of chatter from ACC fans about how when their team loses, they hope that Miami…Read More
1989 was a rather disappointing year for the UNC Tar Heels. Despite having a team of seven McDonald’s…Read More
As many of you know I spent much of last year working on a political campaign in the state of Iowa. Thirteen…Read More
We’ve all been there. You’re out of high blood pressure medication. Favorite cap has been thrown.…Read More
One of the pitfalls of being an unranked team is that ESPN usually assigns the B squad to announce your…Read More
Well technically, I am referring to the 1999-2000 season when the party wasn’t over until (whoops out…Read More
My last piece addressed the need for loyalty among Tar Heel fans during a season that will no doubt see…Read More
About a month ago, I was watching the Indiana game in a bar in South Carolina. As we all know things…Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I tweeted KIH’s founding editor and asked him who he thought was the Tar Heels’…Read More
Last night I stayed up until 1am watching my beloved Tar Heels play a scrappy basketball squad from Long…Read More
I’m going to be completely honest. When I heard that Butch Davis was going to be the new football coach…Read More
Keeping It Heel recently sat down with former basketball team manager Allison Braxton. Allison was…Read More
Keeping It Heel recently sat down with former basketball team manager Allison Braxton. Allison was…Read More
A few weeks ago I got home from a weekend jaunt to Charleston, and a package was waiting on me. It was…Read More
Sometimes Tar Heels Do Bleed Red: A Conversation With UNC Broadcaster, Eric Montross It is an image that…Read More
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