Former Tar Heel basketball legend Jerry Stackhouse highlighted the 2023 NC Sports Hall of Fame class that was inducted Friday night and included fifteen in-state sports greats like Rick Barnes and Curtis Strange.
BALLERS. BUT THE BLUE TEAM WINS 1914. THIS. NAMES LIKE RICK BARNES, JEFF DAVIS, CLARKSTON HINES AND JERRY STACKHOUSE HEADLINED THIS YEAR'S NORTH CAROLINA'S SPORTS HALL OF FAME CLASS TONIGHT WAS THE INDUCTION CEREMONY FOR THE NEW CLASS. BUT THIS MORNING WE GOT A CHANCE TO BE SOME INDUCTEES AS WE HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR THE HALL OF FAME, KINSTON NATIVE JERRY STACKHOUSE IS KNOWN FOR HIS TIME AS UNC TAR HEEL AND ALSO HIS LONG CAREER IN THE NBA STACK IS NOW A COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH. HE SAYS IT WAS ALWAYS HIS GOAL TO BE ONE OF THE BEST OUT OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. >> ALWAYS A CONFIDENT EVEN AS A YOUNG BOY OR NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT TO DO THAT. THAT WAS MY GOAL OF THAT TIME. WE JUST KNEW THAT I WANT TO BE THE BEST YOU KNOW, MY PEERS ARE LONG AS I PLAY THE GAME. AND OF COURSE, THE GOD BLESSED ME TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THAT CATEGORY. WE DID THIS CLASS AND WITH ALL THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BE ABLE TO GOT TO BE MEMORIALIZED IN IN