Chadwick Boseman: King, Role Model, Honorary Tar Heel

Posted Sep 1, 2020
With Chadwick Boseman being born in 1976, he would have been around 8-10 years old during Kenny Smith's time at North Carolina. Put that together with the fact that he’s from South Carolina, and his Tar Heel fandom makes sense. But what’s even more remarkable is that Boseman did that interview three years into his cancer fight. No one had any idea. (Tar Heel Blog)

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