More Highlights for Bob Holliday

• Holliday: Sports Journalism Just as Important When The Cheering Stops

  Former WRAL-TV Sports Anchor and frequent WRALSportsFan contributor Bob Holliday penned this piece about reporting on sports when sports are not happening due to the COVID-19 pandemic: It’s a rare event that brings the sports world to a complete pause.
• Revisiting the 2018 ACC Baseball Tourney at the DBAP

  The Durham Bulls Athletic Park hosted the 2018 ACC Baseball Championship from Tuesday, May 22, through Sunday, May 27.  WRALSportsFan Contributor Bob Holliday put together a list of his favorite moments from the tournament, as the ACC’s top 12 teams
• WRAL presents “Attack Of The Cardiac Pack” NCSU 1983 Champs

  1983 “March Madness” resulted NC State winning the NCAA National Basketball Championship. The team was tagged with the nickname “Cardiac Pack” after winning games that ended in heart-stopping, buzzer beater baskets.

  Watch this 30 minute program, complete with vintage commercials, that captures the excitement on campus and in the community. GO PACK!

• 1992 NCAA Basketball Final Four tournament Compilation of WRAL Sports Coverage

  Enjoy watching a compilation of newscasts featuring coverage of the 1992 NCAA Basketball Final Four and championship game. Spoiler alert! Duke University won the championship.

  WRAL sent a news and sports team to cover the excitement of the event. You’ll meet the student who was the Duke Blue Devil in 1992.

• JamBurger ACC Basketball Preview December 1992

  JAMBURGER is a descriptive word created by legendary WRAL sports anchor Tom Suiter. It simply means a basketball player jams the basketball down the hoop with force. Eat that!

  The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) consistently produces top tier college basketball teams. In 1992, the conference was relatively small compared to the number of colleges participating in it today. The perennial college favorites from the state of North Carolina are Duke, UNC, NC State and Wake Forest. Out-of-state contenders are just as talented: Georgia Tech, University of Virginia, University of Maryland, and Clemson University.

  “Tom Suiter’s ACC JAMBURGER Preview” produced in December, 1992 features each ACC basketball team. WRAL Sports reporters include Bob Holliday, Jay Jennings, Jeff Gravley, and Rick Sullivan. WRAL Sports anchor Tom Suiter is joined by sports columnists Barry Jacobs and Caulton Tudor.

  The program was produced by Jay Jennings and Peter Anlyan.