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Bills running back Antonio Williams forms special bond with NASCAR driver Joe Graf Jr.
Former North Carolina running back Antonio Williams has always had a need for speed. Growing up in North Carolina, the Buffalo Bills’ second-year running back fell in love with auto racing as a child, watching NASCAR races with his grandfather, James. When James Williams passed away last year, Antonio sought a way to honor his legacy. (Buffalo News)
<h2>Video: Position Preview - UNC's 2021 Offensive Line</h2>Greg Barnes, Jason Staples, former North Carolina offensive lineman <a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Mike Ingersoll">Mike Ingersoll</a>, and Ross Martin of Inside Carolina preview the Tar Heels' 2021 offensive line, which will be one of the most experienced groups in the ACC this upcoming season. (<a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//article125407.aspx"><b>View Video</b></a>) <p>Tue Jun 22, 2021 </p> <p> <!-- Category 1 --> </p> <h2>Where UNC ranks among college football's most favorable schedules</h2>3. North Carolina - Notre Dame and Miami. Those are the two games you're looking at this season if you're a Tar Heel fan hoping to make travel arrangements for the College Football Playoff. UNC is a legitimate national title contender for two reasons — <a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Sam Howell">Sam Howell</a> and a favorable schedule. North Carolina will not play Clemson during the regular season. (<a href="https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/College-football-most-favorable-schedules-Kirby-Smart-Georgia-Bulldogs-Clemson-Tigers-USC-Trojans-Tar-Heels-166806470/amp/"><b>247 Sports</b></a>) <p> <!-- Category 2 --> </p> <h2>Chansky’s Notebook: Call It Showtime</h2><a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Mack Brown">Mack Brown</a> turns 70 one week before his nationally ranked Tar Heels open the 2021 season at Virginia Tech. How much has Brown changed since he first coached UNC in the 1980s and ‘90s? Brown now jokes about having to keep up his shoe game. He may not actually be hip, but he knows how to surround himself and his staff with young people who are. (<a href="https://chapelboro.com/wchl/features/sports-notebook-wchl/chanskys-notebook-call-it-showtime"><b>Chapelboro.com</b></a>) <p> <!-- Category 2M --> </p> <h2>The stories of Tar Heel coaches who led multiple different teams, Part 2</h2><a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Bob Fetzer">Bob Fetzer</a> was the namesake of Fetzer Field, the former home of UNC’s soccer and lacrosse teams. From 1921-25, he and his brother <a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Bill Fetzer">Bill Fetzer</a> were the co-coaches for the UNC football team. They led the team to a 30-12-4 record, but most notably, they were in charge of the 1922 team. That season, UNC shared the Southern Conference championship. (<a href="https://www.tarheelblog.com/2021/6/20/22537240/unc-tar-heels-sports-history-basketball-baseball-football-fetzer-field-bill-lange-duke-doak"><b>Tar Heel Blog</b></a>) <h2>The stories of Tar Heel coaches who led multiple different teams, Part 1</h2><a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Nat Cartmell">Nat Cartmell</a> was UNC’s first ever men’s basketball coach. The former Olympic medal-winning sprinter had origially come to Chapel Hill to coach track when he was asked to help the newly formed basketball team. <a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Anson Dorrance">Anson Dorrance</a>'s record as the coach of the women’s soccer team is unparalleled, but he actually started as coach of the men’s team. (<a href="https://www.tarheelblog.com/2021/6/19/22535129/unc-tar-heels-history-basketball-football-baseball-soccer-anson-dorrance"><b>Tar Heel Blog</b></a>) <h2>Giovani Bernard reflects on signing with Tampa Bay Buccaneers</h2>After playing the first eight seasons of his career in Cincinnati, <a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Giovani Bernard">Giovani Bernard</a> finds himself on a new team, fresh off a Super Bowl run. Not long after the former North Carolina star was released by the Bengals back in April, Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bruce Arians were in hot pursuit of getting Bernard down to Tampa Bay. (<a href="https://247sports.com/Article/Tampa-Bay-Buccaneers-Giovani-Bernard-reflects-on-signing-to-repeat-as-Super-Bowl-champions-former-Cincinnati-Bengals-running-back-North-Carolina-Tar-Heels-football--166690591/"><b>247 Sports</b></a>) <p> <!-- Category 3 --> </p> <h2>Brownlow's Mailbag: Davis or Scheyer, UNC football's great expectations</h2>What are the odds that North Carolina football can make the ACC title game, and any chance they can beat Clemson? Definitely. And while QB <a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Sam Howell">Sam Howell</a> plays a big role in that thought process, so does having a defense that is young and talented and got a lot better towards the very end of of last season. It wore down at the end of the Texas A&M game. (<a href="https://www.wralsportsfan.com/brownlow-s-mailbag-davis-or-scheyer-unc-football-s-great-expectations-and-more/19699895/"><b>WRAL Sports Fan</b></a>) <h2>Video: UNC's Mack Brown Shows Off 'Drip' in First TikTok Video</h2>On Thursday, UNC football coach <a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Mack Brown">Mack Brown</a> dropped his first Tik Tok video which displayed his office and then showed off his various Jordan Brand sneakers and outfits or "drip," as the kids call it. Coach Brown is filmed wearing three different get-ups. The first features high-top Jordan sneakers, black pants, and a sharp black Jordan bomber jacket. (<a href="https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina/Article/-Mack-Brown-TikTok-Video-UNC-football-166694309/"><b>Inside Carolina</b></a>) <h2>Bills minicamp: Mitch Trubisky solid, Antonio Williams makes plays</h2>Second-year undrafted running back <a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Antonio Williams">Antonio Williams</a> flashed the quickness and playmaking ability that Bills fans saw out of him when he played in the finale last year against the Miami Dolphins, scoring two touchdowns in the blowout. <a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Mitch Trubisky">Mitch Trubisky</a> had a better afternoon than <a href="https://www.tarheeltimes.com//search.aspx?q=Josh Allen">Josh Allen</a>. He completed 8 of 12 passes compared to Allen's 3 of 12. (<a href="https://www.syracuse.com/buffalo-bills/2021/06/observations-from-bills-minicamp-day-2-mitch-trubisky-solid-antonio-williams-makes-plays.html"><b>Syracuse.com</b></a>)
