Charlotte FC looked for redemption in July after a 3-9 finish in May and June. Now, the team is entering August with the ...

Former Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne following the sad passing of the Black Sabbath ...

FILE - In an Oct. 9, 1997 file photo, North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith smiles during a news conference in Chapel Hill, N.C.,where he announced his retirement.

Dean Smith was a spiritual man, and there is no doubt if he had any say in the matter, this escape would have come long ago. As a coach, he had many great rivals, ...

Dean Smith was the most innovative and player-loved coach of his time. — John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) February 8, 2015. Steve Wojciechowski, former Duke player and current coach of Marquette.

Dean Smith, who passed away at the age of 83 on Sunday, won 879 basketball games, two national championships, made 11 Final Fours, coached 24 first round NBA Draft picks, among countless other ...

One night in 1965, when Dean Smith was still a 30-something basketball technocrat trying to justify his post as successor to the magisterial Frank McGuire, his Tar Heels returned to campus from a ...

Over and over Sunday, the men who played for Dean Smith and coached against him said essentially the same thing: The former coach at North Carolina didn’t command respect, he humbly earned it.

Excerpted from Dean Smith: More than a coach. Published by Triumph Books. Book can be purchased online at Amazon. Frank McGuire, the man a 30-year-old Smith replaced as head coach in 1961, had far ...

On Sunday, when he learned Smith had died at the age of 83, he said simply and quietly, "I'll miss Dean." If Smith wasn't the last of his kind, he was certainly one of the last, a man from an era ...

Dean Smith’s first face-to-face meeting with a potential new signing is crucial. He’s looking for a few simple traits: a man who can hold a conversation, asks questions and absorbs ideas.