Too many people to thank here, but I owe a great deal to editors, fellow scribes, our wonderful photojournalists and everyone who keeps The NandO going amid endless challenges.

I’m grateful to anyone who ever shared a story with me and to you, for reading.

Thank you.

I’m leaving after accepting an opportunity in Chicago. I hear at least one North Carolinian has done well there. As excited as I am for the work ahead in America’s best city, it’s bittersweet.

North Carolina is home. I love this state and its people. I’ll miss it all.

I spent 8th grade career day at The NandO, in the old newsroom off McDowell Street, and I was hooked. To spend more than 13 years at my hometown paper, writing about ACC basketball and everything else, has been the honor of a lifetime.

Agreed, and you get the sense that Scheyer is looking for (and even wanting!) those teaching moments however rare they are. The league will do them no favors in terms of prepping for March. Like training for a prize fight by snacking on junk food.