Heather Holt

Leaving him hanging for five days under a shroud of uncertainty, reports of asking him to resign, bowing to public pressure, and ultimately firing him, not giving him a statement in the school release... Yeah, they did Hubert dirty.

Since writing about James Spurling (pictured in 2021 when the west concourse at Kenan Stadium was named in his honor) and his death one week ago, loads of stories I’d never heard have rolled in, one of the best from Tar Heel football player Mike Faulkerson-Dulaney from the early 1990s. Mike had a pet Columbia red-tailed boa constrictor who got loose in the dashboard of his truck. He drove to Spurling’s Eastgate BP and Spurling took the front dashboard off so Mike could retrieve the snake. And this from UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp (2008-13) hits the nail on the head: “There are a lot of caring, kind, and capable people who work in Carolina athletics. But none will ever top James Spurling. When things were good, he was wildly enthusiastic, and when they were bad, he put his hand on my shoulder and said everything would work out. He believed it. And he did that for everyone.”

Welcome to the family, Molly! 🏠

You think someone at Duke would have the audacity to say let’s tear down Cameron indoor and build a new gym in downtown Durham? You hear how crazy that sounds?