2025 TOP 10 REGIONAL SPORTS STORIES OF THE YEAR
Just for Me Honorable Mention: My friends Brett Friedlander & Gary Hahn given the Skeeter Francis Award by ACC for lifetime media coverage!
JFMHM: Marshall fined $100K for opting out of Bowl game because not enough players.
JFMHM: Whole Chapel Bill / JordOn fiasco in the first 6 months on the job at UNC!
JFMHM: Kevin Keatts fired one year after the Final Four for not even qualifying for ACC Tourney!
JFMHM: MLB Speedway Classic at Bristol was postponed a day, but Braves vs. Reds was fantastic!
JFMHM: My Friend Mark Packer retires from the ACC Network & essentially broadcasting!
JFMHM: Ven Allen Lubin becomes first player EVER to transfer directly from UNC to NC State! (Smart Kid!)
JFMHM: NC State WXC, W Doubles Tennis win National Titles within a week & Men’s Soccer loses National Championship game in OT to Washington another week later!
JFMHM: NC State Legend Trent Hidley wins REAL Senior World Wrestling Championship in Croatia!
JFMHM: NC State Beats the HELL out of Chapel Bill 42-19 to put his old ass to bed!
Honorable Mention: Clemson returns to the CFP, but loses to Texas in the first round.
HM: Rasul Faison returns to Gamecocks, but not cleared to play until 4 days before first game?
HM: Clemson fires Wes Goodwin as DC and ultimately hires former Indiana HC Tom Allen.
HM: Kurt Busch given Medical Clearance to return to NASCAR, but never does.
HM: Sterling Sharpe is first Gamecock elected to Pro Football HOF (but still banned from The PressBox)!
HM: Clyde Wrenn honored by Gamecocks with name placed above the players’ entrance!
HM: ACC & ND agree to play more often (Clemson, FSU & Miami), then relationship fractured!
HM: Carlos Rodon named NY Yankees Opening Day starter after damn near run out of MLB!
HM: Trey Turner wins NL batting title for Phillies!
HM: Ian Schefflin gives up hoops for a helmet, then opts out of playing in the Pinstripe Bowl?
High Honorable Mention: Jim Larranaga quits mid-season over NIL BS & Leonard Hamilton is sued over it!
HHM: Dawn Staley becomes the highest paid WBB Coach ever at over $4M!
HHM: ESPN’s “Look-in” in March agreed to continue ACC partnership until 2036!
HHM: ACC abandoned the stupid “Pool Play” Baseball Tournament formant for Single elimination!
HHM: Meechie Johnson pulls the double flip-flop from OSU-to-USC-to-OSU-to-USC?
HHM: Tony Vitello becomes the first ever College Baseball Coach to take over as MLB Manager with SF Giants!
HHM: Former Gamecock QB Connor Shaw has massive heart-attack on sideline of son’s FB game & shocked back to life!
HHM: North Wilkesboro given NASCAR Cup series points race after 2yrs hosting the All-Star! (First since 1997)
HHM: Cam Scott announced that he was entering the transfer portal, then changed his mind.
HHM: Newberry FB makes its deepest run in the D2 playoffs ever with semi-finals loss to Ferris St. 49-17!
10: Jadeveon Clowney cut by Panthers, arrested at HS game & signed by Cowboys (7th team of his career)?
9: Bubba Cunningham steps down as AD at UNC over Chapel Bill’s hire?
8: SC State wins it’s 2nd HBCU National Championship in 3 years!
7: Clemson, FSU & ACC drop their lawsuits vs. each other and agree to play nice! (For the time-being?)
6: State of North Carolina votes to allow Online Sports Gambling just before ACC Tournament!
5: Florida baseball coach Kevin O’Sullivan shows his ass at Coastal Regional, then takes a leave of absence?
4: Rockingham Speedway ROARS back to life with NASCAR Trucks & Xfinity races!
3: NASCAR settles Anti-Trust lawsuits with 23XI & Frontrow Motorsports last week!
2: UNC Trustees suspended over meddling in the hiring of Chapel Bill… HAHAHA!
1: Year of Aja Wilson: 4th WNBA POY, Jersey Retired, Statue built, TIME Athlete of Year!?!
January 15, 2020
