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USA Today
15-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
ACC commissioner reveals national network wants more 2025 UNC football games televised
ACC commissioner reveals national network wants more 2025 UNC football games televised How many times will UNC play in front of a national audience during its 2025 football season? Love him or hate him, Bill Belichick is must-watch television. I'm not talking about Bill being a comedy show or reality TV star, but Bill being the greatest football coach to walk this Earth. Belichick won eight Super Bowls in the NFL: two as the New York Giants' defensive coordinator, plus six more as the New England Patriots' head coach. Belichick will now try to prove his coaching prowess entering Year One at the college level, with the North Carolina Tar Heels hiring him to be their head coach, back in December 2024. Despite making bowl games in each of its past six seasons, UNC doesn't exactly provide must-watch football on television. With Belichick leading the show in Chapel Hill now, that could very well change. On Wednesday, ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said ESPN wants to televise more North Carolina football games in 2025. "ESPN ran to us, before we could even run to them (about televising more UNC games)," Phillips said. "It's a great thing for the ACC, a great thing for North Carolina and we are all following the massive coverage that Coach Belichick draws." We know ESPN will feature at least one Tar Heel football game this coming fall: their 2025 season-opener on Monday, September 1 at 8 p.m.(previously reported at 7:30 p.m.) against the TCU Horned Frogs. North Carolina features a few other national television-potential games on its schedule: Saturday, Sept. 20 at UCF, Saturday, October 4 against Clemson in Kenan Stadium and Saturday, November 29 at NC State. You can make a case for UNC-Syracuse on Friday, Oct. 31 being a national TV game, while UNC-Duke on Nov. 22 is the always-popular Victory Bell battle. Follow us @TarHeelsWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels news, notes and opinions.
Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
'We'll never forget': Hundreds gather to commemorate May 4 shootings at Kent State
At 12:24 p.m., a crowd of several hundred people gathered on Kent State's campus in silence as John Cleary rang the Victory Bell in commemoration of 55 years since the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of students protesting against the Vietnam War. On May 4, 1970, four students lost their lives, and Cleary and eight others were wounded, after demonstrations against the war began May 1. Events in remembrance of the tragedy were held all weekend, including a walking tour of the campus and memorials, a screening of the film 'Fire in the Heartland,' and a candlelight walk and vigil. Alumnus and New Mexico resident Ken Hammond has attended the memorial every year since 1970. Hammond is part of the Kent 25, a group of 24 students and one faculty member indicted on charges connected to the May 4 events. 'Something like that, it changes your life. There was a day that we lived through we'll never forget, and we love the people that we were here with,' Hammond says. 'This is a rare chance to come and see people and just be here. This place will always be extraordinary, and we need that attitude today more than we have for a long time.' At the annual commemoration on the same grounds of the event 55 years ago, crowds overflowed the tent with survivors, community members and students as university administration, faculty members and student leaders gave remarks about the day. Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, spoke to the crowds on what the 1970 events have taught him, and asked for action against Ohio's Senate Bill 1. The sweeping higher education overhaul eliminates diversity, equity and inclusion on campus, prevents faculty from striking and prohibits universities from weighing in on controversial topics. 'If you can hear my voice, wake up,' Grimes said during his speech. 'They want to divide us. They want to keep us quiet. But now is the time to break that silence.' For Grimes, the bravery of the protestors left a lasting impression he hopes to instill in others. 'My biggest takeaway is even in the adversity and in the face of sudden death, students still had the drive to fight for what they believe in knowing that the National Guard is right there, they're there with guns, but I'm still not going to back down. I'm still not going to stop doing what I believe in. That's huge to me,' he said. 'And I feel like a lot of people that are younger, or even in this generation are being met with the fate of things like SB1and need to realize it's time to take risks.' Roseann 'Chic' Canfora, chair of the May 4 Presidential Advisory and May 4 Commemoration Committee, reflected on the efforts being made by the university to continue to remember the events of that day. 'Kent State continues to model for the world the role of a university still healing from its wounds,' Canfora said, 'and nowhere is that more evident than in the leadership and conflict management training happening here and across the region, as our School of Peace and Conflict studies engages actively with college and high school students in reflecting on activism, civic responsibility and social justice in very real and practical ways, whether through art, education or leadership.' President Todd Diacon spoke to the struggles of the political landscape and the challenges that has brought to the university while reflecting on what the May 4 events represent. 'Even though I am anxious about what is happening today, I am driven to influence what I can influence because of our core values via this commemoration and via our policies and procedures,' Diacon said in his remarks. 'We will continue to promote kindness and respect and the value not only of learning, but also the value of learning to get along with people who disagree with us. 'This is the Kent State way.' This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Hundreds commemorate May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University
Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Yahoo
Sunday marks 55th observance of Kent State shootings
[Attached video: Peace mural unveiled ahead of 55th observance of Kent State shootings] KENT, Ohio (WJW) — Kent State University is holding its annual commemoration ceremony Sunday to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 and the victims who died and were injured during the tragic event. Peace mural unveiled ahead of 55th observance of Kent State shootings Fifty-five years ago this day, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on Kent State students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were killed and nine were hurt. For years, the university attempted to distance itself from that event, but in recent decades, it has welcomed visitors to the May 4 Visitors Center and invited them to visit historical sites around campus, hoping to learn from the legacy of that event. At noon Sunday, the campus community and visitors will gather on the May 4 site for the annual commemoration which will include remarks from university students and administrators, the ringing of the Victory Bell and a moment of silence at 12:24 p.m. The commemoration remembers those killed – Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder – and those wounded – Alan Canfora, John Cleary, Thomas Grace, Dean Kahler, Joseph Lewis, Donald Mackenzie, James Russell, Robert Stamps and Douglas Wrentmore. International visas reinstated for 7 KSU graduates On Thursday, at the beginning of the days-long observance of the events of May 4, 1970, a mural was unveiled in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, entitled 'Visualizing Peace, a work in progress.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
