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Carolina Hurricanes CEO Brian Fork On Arena Renovations, Media Rights, MLB Expansion Mar 26, 2026

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Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio sit down with Carolina Hurricanes CEO Brian Fork in a special one-on-one episode recorded live from the new View Bar at Lenovo Center. The setting itself kicks off a wide-ranging conversation about where things stand on the arena renovations and what the long-term vision looks like for one of the best buildings in hockey. Fork also pulls back the curtain on what it actually takes to run an NHL franchise — including how the Hurricanes are navigating one of the most complicated media landscapes in professional sports history.

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UNC Coaching Search HEATS UP After Hubert Davis OUT | Will Wade LSU Rumors Hit Fever Pitch | 03.25 Mar 25, 2026

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On a loaded episode of Ovies & Giglio, the guys dive into the resurfacing rumors connecting Will Wade back to LSU and what it could mean for NC State moving forward. Then, they unpack how things unraveled in Chapel Hill, leading to Hubert Davis’ exit at UNC, and take a look at where the Tar Heels turn next in their search for a new head coach.

Plus, Duke is dancing into the Sweet 16—what’s the ceiling for the Blue Devils? And the Carolina Hurricanes are hitting another up-and-down stretch as the regular season winds down…is it just a blip or something bigger to watch?

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Let's set the table
03:00 - Will Wade back to LSU?
15:00 - Athletic's Brendan Marks on UNC
39:00 - Housekeeping
43:00 - On3's Conor O'Neill on Duke
53:00 - More on Wade and LSU
1:10:00 - Maniscalco on the Canes
1:27:00 - OG Sports Phone on Wade, Hubert and more

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UNC’s Delay on Hubert Davis Doing More Harm Than Good | Bomani Jones on Blue Bloods & Nostalgia | Roy Cooper Convo | 03.24 Mar 24, 2026

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The waiting game in Chapel Hill is somehow still going. All indications continue to point toward North Carolina moving on from Hubert Davis — and yet the administration appears consumed by the desire to handle the transition "the right way". Ovies & Giglio see the irony in all this. In trying to do this the right way UNC may be doing it in one of the most uncomfortable ways possible for the people whose professional lives are hanging in the balance.

CBS Sports' Chip Patterson joins the studio to provide something genuinely valuable — a window into the Tar Heel group chat ecosystem. They don't post through it the way fan bases at some other high profile programs do. Which means the real temperature of Chapel Hill right now exists in private conversations rather than public timelines. Bomani Jones then joins the conversation for the kind of analysis that only Bo delivers. The discussion centers on UNC's place in the modern era of college basketball — what the program actually is versus what its history says it should be — and the specific danger of nostalgia as a navigational tool for an institution trying to find its footing in a landscape that has changed completely around it.

Former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper — a double Tar Heel — comes into the studio to give his take on what's happening in Chapel Hill. And because he is by his own designation North Carolina's number one Caniac, the Carolina Hurricanes conversation was never not going to happen.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Hubert Davis waiting game
14:00 - Chip Patterson
24:00 - Housekeeping
34:00 - Bomani Jones
1:06:00 - Roy Cooper
1:27:00 - Hey Joe

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UNC Appears Ready to Move On From Hubert Davis | Duke Is the Last ACC Team Standing | 03.23 Mar 23, 2026

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Fair warning — this episode might already be outdated by the time you press play.

The situation surrounding Hubert Davis at North Carolina is moving fast. All indications out of Chapel Hill point to the university being ready to move on from Davis following the shocking first round NCAA Tournament loss to VCU. The mechanics of how the separation happens appear to be the remaining variable. But the direction the university is heading seems clear enough that Ovies & Giglio are treating this episode as the honest accounting of how Hubert Davis ended up here — and how dramatically different everything looked just three weeks ago. And when UNC makes Davis' status official — who do the Tar Heels go after?

Then the basketball still being played — because the NCAA Tournament doesn't pause for Chapel Hill's administrative decisions.
Duke is the only ACC team remaining in the Sweet 16. The Blue Devils got their Siena scare in the first round and then found something critical in a second half sequence against TCU that allowed them to look like themselves again heading into the Sweet 16. Cameron Boozer still shows up in the box score but the game isn't coming as easily as it did earlier in the season — the physical toll of a deep tournament run is showing and the question worth asking is whether something as straightforward as getting Patrick Ngongba back into the lineup is the piece that unlocks the version of Duke that nobody in the bracket wants to face.

N&O's Shelby Swanson joins the show to discuss the Hubert Davis situation with the reporting and perspective that the moment demands. A Lightning Round follows. OG Sports Phone closes it out.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Hubert Davis convo is fluid
31:00 - Housekeeping
38:00 - Duke last ACC squad standing
1:01:00 - N&O's Shelby Swanson
1:18:00 - Lightning Round
1:30:00 - Hey Joe

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Is Hubert Davis the Right Coach for UNC? | Heels Reach Crossroads After VCU NCAA Tournament Exit Mar 20, 2026

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North Carolina basketball has a standard. It was set by Dean Smith and sustained by Roy Williams. In five years under Hubert Davis the Tar Heels have not met it. Making it more complicated — Jon Scheyer has built something real at Duke under the similar circumstances or replacing a legend.

The Tobacco Road rivalry has always pushed both programs toward consistent excellence. But the problems at UNC go deeper than Hubert Davis. This looks less like a coaching issue and more like an identity crisis for the university itself. And until that gets addressed no coaching decision fixes what's actually broken. Everyone agrees on one thing — UNC basketball has to evolve or get left behind.

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Siena Almost Stuns Duke | UNC Blows 19-point Lead, Drops OT Thriller to VCU | OG After Dark Mar 20, 2026

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Two Triangle teams. Two completely different first round NCAA Tournament stories.

The Tar Heels blew a 19 point second half lead to VCU. And everything that has haunted this UNC team all season long showed up at the worst possible moment on the biggest possible stage. Duke nearly made history for all the wrong reasons. Siena pushed the Blue Devils to the absolute brink of becoming only the third number one seed to ever lose to a sixteen. Jon Scheyer called it the toughest game he'd ever been in. Duke survived — but did the scare recalibrate them or damage them?

Ovies & Giglio have the full reaction live during "OG After Dark" -- presented by Bloomin' Blinds.

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OG Business: Charles Barkley Wants You to Hate Basketball Too Mar 20, 2026

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Is college basketball good? Is sports radio good? It seems like they are, and yet old men remain mad as hell about them. Joe and Demetri dive into what has caught their eyes and ears this week in sports media.

-- Old sports radio guys going through it
-- The teams have too much power
-- Dicky V & Chuck deliver awful NC State call
-- Bruce Pearl kayfabe

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Will Wade Was NC State's Biggest Critic | Marcus Ginyard on UNC hoops | Canes Check-in | 03.18 Mar 18, 2026

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Will Wade didn't sugarcoat it. His first roster in Raleigh was — in his own words — the worst team Wolfpack fans will see going forward. It's a remarkable thing for a head coach to say publicly about his own program. The question Ovies & Giglio are asking is whether Wade's year one education in the ACC was enough to produce the changes that actually matter — players who genuinely fit the system he wants to run rather than players a spreadsheet recommended because the numbers looked right in a vacuum.

Then it's UNC's turn — and a voice worth hearing joins the conversation. Marcus Ginyard, member of the 2009 National Championship team, comes on to discuss the current state of Tar Heels basketball and what Caleb Wilson's presence meant for this program beyond the box score. Ginyard brings the championship perspective and the honest assessment of where UNC stands heading into their NCAA Tournament opener. Can the Tar Heels get to the Sweet 16? Ovies & Giglio think it's there for them — but only if they play a certain way.

Mike Maniscalco joins the show to cover the Carolina Hurricanes entering one of the most demanding stretches of hockey on their schedule. The brutal run started last night in Columbus — and the priority heading into it is singular and non-negotiable. Get to the postseason healthy. Everything else is secondary.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Now what for NC State?
25:00 - Housekeeping
28:30 - Marcus Ginyard
53:00 - Mike Maniscalco
1:16:00 - OG Sports Phone

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NC State's Season Ends in Dayton, Texas Beats Wolfpack in Gut Punch First Four Finish | OG After Dark Mar 18, 2026

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OG After Dark is live — presented by Bloomin' Blinds — and NC State's season is over. It ended in Dayton in the final moments against Texas in a game polar opposite of the one they lost to the Longhorns in the Maui Invitational. Let the accounting begin.

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OG Lite Bracket Night: Men's & Women's Tournament Picks, Sleepers & Upset Alerts Mar 17, 2026

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OG Lite Bracket Night is live from Longleaf Swine in downtown Raleigh. Ovies & Giglio bring the NCAA Tournament bracket insight, the picks, the sleepers, and the upset alerts worth paying attention to before the field of 68 tips off. Mia O'Brien and Mitch Northam from the Women's Basketball Podcast join the party to break down the NCAA Women's Tournament field, the storylines worth following, and the coaching changes on the horizon that could reshape the women's college basketball landscape heading into next season. Plus the stories that only come out at a live event in downtown Raleigh.

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