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UNC Asheville beats Bluefield 92-46

Connor Dubsky's 23 points helped UNC Asheville defeat Bluefield 92-46 on Wednesday night. Dubsky shot 6 for 12 (5 for 10 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Bulldogs (5-4). Toyaz Solomon scored 14 points and added eight rebounds.

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John Dobson: ‘I’m old school. When the Stormers fire me I’m done in coaching’

Stormers head coach on his Cape Town connection and ‘putting up a fight’ at Harlequins in the Champions Cup

Rugby union still produces some fascinating individuals and John Dobson, the head honcho at the DHL Stormers, is very much one of them. To say “Dobbo” is not your average coach is self-evident from his CV. In addition to degrees in law and business administration from the University of Cape Town there is surely no other top-level director of rugby with a creative writing degree. As he wryly puts it: “I was the only person on the course who didn’t wear a tweed skirt.”

As a player he was also, for two seasons, the only white guy in an otherwise exclusively black working-class club side. “What did I learn? How privileged us white people were.” He was conscripted into the South African army during the apartheid era, has had two novels published and is the son of a noted South African rugby writer, referee and historian. He describes himself as “an accidental coach” having started out as coach of his local university fourth XV, but has subsequently guided the Stormers, then in administration, to the inaugural 2022 URC title, the franchise’s first piece of silverware.

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Could Mike Vrabel be the next head coach of the Chicago Bears? | Inside Coverage

Jason Fitz, Charles Robinson & Frank Schwab break down the vacant head coaching position with the Chicago Bears following the firing of Matt Eberflus. Robinson explains how two of the potential top candidates for the job next year are former defensive-minded head coaches with big personalities: current Cleveland Browns consultant, former Tennessee Titans HC Mike Vrabel and Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, former head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.