Archive for March 25th, 2026

Firings watch.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

Hubert Davis out as men’s basketball coach at the University of North Carolina.

He was 125-54 in five seasons, and went to the NCAA Tournament four times. But the consistent theme seems to be: he couldn’t produce results. (Does that sound familiar to anybody? Lawrence?)

Including this season, half of North Carolina’s all-time first-round NCAA Tournament losses have come in the past two years.

UNC lost to VCU in the first round this year, and blew a 19 point lead while doing so.

ESPN.

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Obit watch: March 25, 2026.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

Tracy Kidder, author.

I read The Soul of A New Machine, but in a Reader’s Digest condensed version, back in the day. I should really pick up a copy and read the real book.

When The Detroit Free Press offered Mr. Kidder a reporting job, he told Mr. [Richard] Todd [his editor – DB], “Maybe I can get a Pulitzer if I work really hard.” Mr. Todd responded, “You can get a Pulitzer staying here in Western Massachusetts and writing books.”

(For those who may not know, Soul did win a Pulitzer.)

Mr. Kidder wrote in endless drafts. “Tracy throws up on the page and cleans up afterward,” said Jonathan Harr, author of the best-selling book “A Civil Action.” “He was absolutely indefatigable in the writing.”

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