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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Tom Brady issues warning to Bill Belichick ahead of former coach's first year at UNC
It's only a few weeks before Bill Belichick takes to the field for the first time as a college football coach. On September 1, Belichick will be running onto the field at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as his UNC Tar Heels make their season debut against TCU. The eyes of the sports world will be watching - including Belichick's most notable former player, Tom Brady. Brady recently sat down with Fox Sports' Joel Klatt on the latest episode of 'Big Noon Conversations'. The seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback shared what students may be able to expect from working with Belichick - but also what the coach could struggle with. 'What they're going to get is, obviously, the most prepared, the most hard-working coach that I had ever been around,' Brady revealed. 'If you go to that school, you will be prepared to play at the next level. He's going to teach you the right fundamentals, the right techniques. He's going to have a high expectation for you, and you're going to develop a lot. That's what I know. 'I think the challenge for him is he's dealing with a lot of probably underdeveloped players, because he's dealt with guys that are four, five, six years further along than what he's normally had to deal with. 'So I think there's probably a learning curve for him, and this is just me hypothesizing. I don't have much knowledge of it, but I'm sure it's different coaching a 17 or 18-year-old than even a 22 or 23-year-old.' Additionally, Brady wondered how much information those student-athletes would be able to retain from such an experienced head coach. Brady also noted that players would not have as much time to prepare for a game as they would in the NFL. Belichick will be tasked with re-building a program that went 6-7 last season - one which ended in a loss to UConn in the Fenway Bowl. He'll be hoping to transform the Tar Heels football program into a perennial contender - something the team has never truly achieved in its history.
Hypebeast
10-06-2025
- Sport
- Hypebeast
Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Returns With New NCAA Collection
Name:Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 'UNC Tar Heels,' 'Tennessee Volunteers,' 'Penn State Nittany Lions,' 'Ohio State Buckeyes,' 'Michigan Wolverines,' 'LSU Tigers,' 'Kentucky Wildcats,' 'Florida State Seminoles,' 'Florida Gators,' 'Auburn Tigers,' 'Arkansas Razorbacks', 'Arizona Wildcats'Colorway:TBDSKU:IB3263-400, IB3253-800, IB3258-400, IB3254-600, IB3269-400, IB3248-500, IB3266-400, IB3255-600, IB3251-400, IB3252-400, IB3246-600, IB3259-400MSRP:$145 USDRelease Date:Fall 2025Where to Buy:Nike Nike's lastNCAAZoomPegasus 41collection dropped in August 2024. Now, to kick off the upcoming college sports season, Nike returns with an exclusive NCAA collaboration featuring over 10 universities. The Zoom Pegasus 41 remains an essential for athletes, designed with responsive cushioning that returns energy and delivers smooth performance on every run. Outfitted with dual Air Zoom units and a ReactX foam midsole, and a breathable mesh upper enhances breathability allowimg top-tier comfort with function. The collection features pairs uniquely with it's universities colors such as the University of North Carolina, University of Tennessee, Penn State University, Ohio State Univeristy, University of Michigan, Louisiana State University, University of Kentucky, Florida State University, University of Florida, Auburn University, University of Arkansas and University of Arizona — all built on the same comfortable and stable Pegasus 41 silhouette. Each pair has the university's signature colors, highlighted on the midsole and accented with contrasting tones across the upper and quarter panels. A university logo on the foxing adds an extra layer of identity — making this collection a standout fusion of performance, style and identity.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bill Belichick comes in low on Power Four college rankings
Eight Super Bowl championships weren't enough for Bill Belichick to be highly rated in CBS Sports' annual Power Four college football coach rankings. Belichick, who became the UNC Tar Heels coach in December 2024, came in at No. 54 of 68. Georgia's Kirby Smart came in at No. 1, Ohio State' Ryan Day at No. 2 and Clemson's Dabo Swinney came in at No. 3. Advertisement 'Now, here's an interesting case study of how our voters think. Belichick has won six Super Bowls as a head coach and two as an assistant. He's widely considered one of the greatest football coaches of all time,' CBS' Tom Fornelli wrote. 'And I had him 66th on my ballot. Why? Because none of that success has happened at the college level. Our John Talty had him at 19 because he's Bill Belichick. In the end, he finished here. It'll be interesting to see where he's ranked a year from now.' UNC is Belichick's first college coaching job after a successful run in the NFL that included a two decades of success — with six Super Bowl championships — with the New England Patriots. It's unclear if the success he had at the pro level will translate to college, but the 73-year-old has been busy recruiting and preparing for the upcoming season. Belichick's freshman season begins Sept. 1 when UNC takes on TCU at home. More Patriots Content Read the original article on MassLive.
International Business Times
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- International Business Times
Jordon Hudson Says She Is a 'scapeGOAT' as She Hits Back at Claims that Bill Belichick's Family Is 'Deeply Worried' About Couple's Relationship
Jordon Hudson has added further fuel to the fire as criticism of her relationship with Bill Belichick intensifies by calling herself the "scapeGOAT." The 24-year-old brunette has faced immense backlash in recent weeks over her romance with the 73-year-old legendary NFL coach, who recently took over a role with the UNC Tar Heels. Several damaging reports have surfaced, suggesting Hudson has a strong influence over Belichick, while many prominent figures have spoken out against the couple. The criticism has mounted steadily over the past couple of weeks since Belichick's controversial CBS interview, during which Hudson—though not visible on camera—cut in to stop questions about how the couple met. Cutting a Sorry Figure but No Remorse Despite the growing backlash, Hudson has mostly stayed quiet. However, on Thursday night, she broke her silence with an incendiary one-word response to a report claiming that Belichick's family is "deeply worried." "#scapeGOAT," Hudson wrote on X after a user slammed the coverage surrounding her. "GOAT" stands for "Greatest Of All Time," and Hudson's comment was in response to an article titled 'Jordon Hudson banned from UNC practices with Bill Belichick's family deeply worried.' It was recently claimed that Belichick's family is looking closely into Hudson's background, concerned she might jeopardize everything the coach has worked so hard to build. Former ESPN journalist Pablo Torre, citing an unnamed source, claimed there is "deep worry for how detrimental Jordon can be for not just North Carolina but Bill's legacy, reputation - everything he has built and worked for over decades." In response to these claims, Hudson also took to social media, seemingly targeting Torre for his prolific coverage of her relationship with Belichick. Torre has been leading the media storm, publishing several explosive reports about Hudson, including allegations that she was banned from UNC's football premises. Hudson Silences Everyone While Hudson didn't criticize Torre directly, she did repost several comments slamming both him and his reporting. Over the past 24 hours, she has shared several posts, including one that read, "Good lord Pablo needs a hobby." Many of the reposted remarks also questioned Torre's use of anonymous sources in his coverage. "Nobody should ever use anonymous quote to call anyone 'worst person I've ever dealt with on earth..' (as Torre did with Belichick girlfriend) or viciously disparage someone's character or spew numerous other personal insults," read one, to which Hudson replied: "Proverbial Retweet." On Friday, Hudson kept her distance from Times Square while Belichick appeared live on Good Morning America in New York, along with a public relations expert.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
PGA Championship: Who are these guys? Stars fade as lesser-knowns take center stage at Quail Hollow
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stop what you're doing right now and check the PGA Championship leaderboard, because you may be among the leaders at Quail Hollow. After a strange Thursday, pretty much everybody that's not a top-10 player in the world is up there. Jhonattan Vegas, ranked 70th in the world, leads the pack at 7-under after a remarkable round of 64. He's followed by Cam Davis and Ryan Gerard at -5, and then five players at -4, plus another dozen or so players at -3. You probably know Donald; he's a former world No. 1 and the captain of the European Ryder Cup team, and you may know Vegas because, well, his name is Vegas, but it's OK if you don't know the others. The beauty of golf is that on any given day, a player can have the round of his life and vault himself up to the top of the leaderboard. And on Thursday, a whole lot of players did exactly that. Advertisement Consider this: according to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is only the second time that a PGA Championship has had zero top-10 players in the Official World Golf Rankings in the top 10 at the end of a round. Ze-ro. The only other instance of this came in the 2021 PGA Championship at Kiawah, when the highest-ranked player at the end of round 2 was Brooks Koepka, ranked 13th in the world at the time. The highest-ranked player in the world in the top 10 at Quail Hollow is Keegan Bradley, who's ranked No. 19. He's currently tied for ninth as one of the near-dozen at -3. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler lurks at -2, but there are 19 players between him and the lead. Advertisement What all this means is that there will be some fascinating and under-told, or untold, stories from this first round, like that of Gerard, who visited this course as a kid and played golf at nearby UNC. Naturally, he had a full gallery in his corner. 'It's nice when everyone is cheering you on,' he said. 'A lot of people that are wearing the light blue, UNC logo shirts and everything out there. It's a big family of UNC Tar Heels where we all root for each other and support our own and I'm appreciative of all.' Or Vegas, who is playing in just his fourth major since 2019 and has never finished inside the top 20 at any of the four majors. He bested the field on Thursday by two shots thanks to birdies on five of his final six holes. Plus, there were moments of sublime beauty. This Justin Thomas chip-in from the water's edge on No. 16 was magnificent: But that only got Thomas back to +1; he had been as low as +4 after a bogey and a double in his first three holes of the day. Advertisement Thomas, who finished at +2, had plenty of company in the depths of the leaderboard. Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele, part of the morning supergroup with Scheffler, finished at +3 and +1, respectively. Schauffele, like Scheffler, placed at least some of the blame on mud balls altering his shot. McIlroy didn't say what he blamed, since he didn't speak to the media after his round. Meanwhile, the other favorite on the week, Bryson DeChambeau, basically parred his way around the course, making the turn at +1 with just a single bogey on the card. He's at even par. Jordan Spieth, in search of the PGA Championship win that would complete a career grand slam, couldn't get into red numbers. He's at +4. Koepka, once a major-killer, made a mess of Quail Hollow to also finish at +4. LIV's Joaquin Niemann, who has spent so much time lobbying to be included in majors, once again laid down an ugly round, this one a +3. Fellow LIV stars Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson continued to fade further into the distance with scores of +7 and +8, respectively. There's a long time between Thursday and Sunday, and a whole lot of stars that could step up and drop a tidy 64 or 65 Friday and get right back into this. But on Thursday at the PGA, the supporting actors got their turn in the spotlight.
