Author: ashleyhumphrey

Would you rather watch and Olympic Competition or UNC-Duke Basketball?

Story link: https://chapelboro.com/town-square/unc-professor-takes-olympics-history-class-across-the-pond At UNC, I’ve picked up what some casually call the “Matt Andrews minor” — a history minor built almost entirely from Professor Matt Andrews’ legendary sports history courses. He teaches four large lecture courses every year, and I have taken three of them: The Olympic Games: A Global History in the fall […]

Would you swim in the Seine River? The time I interivewed Paris Government Officials

Story link: https://www.wralsportsfan.com/would-you-swim-in-the-seine/21555203/ While in Paris, our group was credentialed to two press centers: the Main Press Center (MPC), sponsored by the International Olympic Committee, and the Paris Media Center (PMC), sponsored by the Parisian government. The MPC was the home for major news outlets, hosting daily press conferences with Olympic teams. The PMC primarily […]

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: MEETING SOMEONE IN PARIS I COULD’VE KNOWN ALL MY LIFE

Story link: https://www.wralsportsfan.com/olympic-mission-creating-connections-through-sports/21556969/ Before heading to Paris, our team compiled a list of over 200 people attending the Olympics who had connections to North Carolina– from athletes and coaches to businessmen. About two weeks before the trip, my parents mentioned that someone from our church was going on a mission trip to the Olympics to […]

What NBC’s Stay Tuned is getting right:

I had the privilege of hearing NBC’s Maya Eaglin tell her story at the 2024 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas Awards – where UNC Sports Xtra won Best Student Sportscast! After graduating from Elon University with a degree in Journalism, Eaglin landed a job at NBC in production. She had no intention […]

Where “Not a One-Trick Pony” came from:

I used to picture a hobby horse, endlessly bobbing up and down and around, stuck in the same motion forever. I thought about how it must feel to specialize in one thing for your entire life—  monotonous, predictable, repetitive. That was never going to be me.   I was never a specialist. I played several sports […]

TikTok Shutdown and I Rekindled a Love for Reading All in One Weekend

UNC has scheduled a “Wellness Weekend” at the beginning of every spring semester since the COVID-19 pandemic. As someone who thrives in warm weather, I asked my mom during my sophomore year if we could go somewhere warm for the weekend to escape the January cold. My mom saw an opportunity for a family trip–something […]

A Village Juice & Kitchen Review: classic Acai Bowl

I tried and reviewed an açaí bowl from Village Juice and Kitchen, a new on-campus dining option, on Friday morning. Village Juice and Kitchen opened this month in UNC’s Lenoir Dining Hall. Likewise, I had to try the açai and see if it compares to local competitors. I originally came at 9 a.m. after an […]